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Technology Tips and Tools

Cyndi's Genealogy Home Page Construction Kit
www.cyndislist.com/construc.htm
Consult this quick-start guide to designing and building your own genealogy Web site before you break ground online. Cyndi's List Webmaster Cyndi Howells tells how to find a hosting service, which file formats to choose, where to download GEDCOM to HTML conversion software and how to add sound and graphics.

Free-B-Kins: Genealogy Graphics
www.mayflowerfamilies.com/freebkins
Spiff up your family Web site with free genealogy graphics in various themes, including Native American, Ships, Homespun, Heritage, Kinship and Family Ties.

The Genealogical Software Report Card
www.mumford.ca/reportcard
If you're weighing your family tree software options, check out this fascinating report card on the most popular programs. Reviewer Suddie Bill Mumford rates shareware and commercial software with a 300-item score card. An easy-to-read chart compares major features such as multimedia, portability and convenience.

Genealogy and Technology Articles
www.oz.net/~markhow/writing
Columnist Mark Howells indexes nearly 50 articles he's written on technology and genealogy issues, from Web-publishing standards to strategies for searching the 1881 British census on CD-ROM.


Find out how technology can help you translate your ancestors' writings and records in the August 2002 issue of Family Tree Magazine.
 
 

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