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The genealogist's Google toolbox : a genealogist's guide to the most powerful free online research tools available! / Lisa Louise Cooke.

Summary:

When it comes to your tracing your family tree online, you need the right tools to get the job done! In The Genealogist's Google Toolbox, renowned genealogy podcaster Lisa Louise Cooke help you stuff your genealogy toolbox with FREE state-of-the-art Internet tools that are built to search, translate, message, and span the globe. You'll travel outside the genealogy community and straight to the folks who dominate the online world: Google. The Genealogist's Google Toolbox includes: Google Search: Put an end to fruitless searches forever Google Alerts: Your personal genealogy research assistant Gmail: Never loose another email iGoogle: Create a genealogy research dashboard Google Books: The world's history at your fingertips Google News Timeline: Get the scoop on your ancestors Google Translate: Open the world of foreign language documents and websites YouTube Videos: Your family history in action Google Earth: Rock your ancestor's world!--Amazon.com.

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ISBN: 9781458301550
ISBN: 1458301559
Physical Description: 203 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: [San Ramon, Calif.] : Genealogy Gems Publications, [2011]
Copyright: ©2011

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Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Caffeine & search options column -- Chapter 2: Basic & advanced search -- Chapter 3: Search strategies for high-quality results -- Chapter 4: Site search & resurrecting web sites -- Chapter 5: Image search -- Chapter 6: Google alerts -- Chapter 7: Gmail -- Chapter 8: iGoogle - your personal genealogy homepage -- Chapter 9: Google books -- Chapter 10: Google news timeline -- Chapter 11: Google translate & translation toolkit -- Chapter 12: YouTube and Google video -- Chapter 13: Google Earth overview -- Chapter 14: Google Earth - ancestral homes and locations -- Chapter 15: Google Earth - organizing, naming and sharing -- Chapter 16: Google Earth - historic maps and images -- Chapter 17: Google Earth - plotting your ancestor's homestead -- Chapter 18: Google Earth - fun with images and video -- Chapter 19: Family history tour maps -- Appendix: Find it quick: the 'How to' index.