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From: Nancy Siders <>
Subject: Miscellaneous...
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 18:17:38 -0700

Hi!

I'm back! AND attempting to catch up on my email Will get to
any of your questions as soon as possible. I did run across the
following in the Eastman Newsletter some of you may be interested
in...

> - Netting Your Ancestors
>
>Cyndi Howells is the creator of "Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the
>Internet," a huge list of more than 23,000 genealogy-related World Wide
>Web sites. Cyndi maintains this list at http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/ and
>it seems to grow daily. Now Cyndi has written a book about genealogy
>research on the Internet. "Netting Your Ancestors" has just been
>released and I had a chance to read it this week.
>
>The timing is interesting; in the past two weeks I have written about
>two other new books that contain huge listings of genealogy Web sites.
>Cyndi Howells' book is quite different from the other two, however. The
>other books contain very short introductions to genealogy information on
>the Web followed by extensive listings of Web sites. "Netting Your
>Ancestors" is the exact opposite: it is mostly introductory material
>with long and detailed explanations of how to use the Internet to find
>genealogy assistance and reference. To be sure, there are specific
>references to a few Web pages and mailing lists, but this is primarily a
>"how to" book, not a long list of Web sites. After all, Cyndi already
>has more Web sites listed online than what she could fit into a
>reasonably-sized book, and she updates that list almost daily. There is
>no way to accomplish the same thing in a printed book. Once you read her
>book, you should be able to easily find her online listings.
>
>The Chapters in "Netting Your Ancestors" are:
>
> 1. Stepping Out Onto The Internet
> 2. Communication Online With E-mail
> 3. Mailing Lists and Newsgroups
> 4. The World Wide Web
> 5. Other Options for Furthering Your Genealogical Research on the Internet
> 6. Downloading Software
> 7. Glossary of Internet Terms
>
>The "Stepping Out Onto The Internet" chapter and the "Communication
>Online With E-mail" chapter apparently are written for readers who have
>never been online. Anyone with online experience will probably skip over
>those. The chapters on "Mailing Lists and Newsgroups" and "The World
>Wide Web" build upon the first two chapters and focus primarily on
>genealogy-related lists and Web sites. The chapter called "Other Options
>for Furthering Your Genealogical Research on the Internet" is very
>brief; it simply mentions Internet Relay Chats and telnet and then gives
>a one-paragraph description of how to build your own home page.
>
>Since most of the book contains "how to" information, "Netting Your
>Ancestors" will appeal to many people outside the United States. The
>descriptions of how to use the Internet and how to find Web sites are
>not restricted to any geographic area.
>
>The book is written in a manner that seems easy to understand. I would
>recommend this book to anyone who is new to online genealogy. I was
>especially pleased with the Glossary of Internet Terms. It is 20 pages
>of long and contains detailed explanations of almost every buzzword you
>will encounter in online genealogy research. These are not one-sentence
>explanations; most of them are at least a full paragraph, and a few
>topics were even longer than that. Anyone who is new to the online world
>will use this glossary often.
>
>"Netting Your Ancestors" is 182 pages and is published by Genealogical
>Publishing Company. It is available from them for $19.95 U.S. funds plus
>shipping. For more information, look at:
>http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/netting.htm

Later...Nancy
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