Internet for Genealogists

Session I

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Handouts

In class exercises

At home exercises

Mary’s Session 1 Handout

Session 2

Class outline

Class exercises

Mary’s Handout

Ancestry census search criteria

Check the links under Session 3 for programs needed for the next class.

Session 3

Session 3 Notes

Session 3 Exercises

Session 3 Outline

Mary’s Notes for Session 3

We will be discussion capturing all or part of web pages. Screenshot Captor is a very good free program for that purpose.
Screenshot Captor

We will be discussion opening and doing minor manipulation of downloaded images. Any of the free programs listed below will do the job well. However, there are many other image viewer/manipulation programs that can also do the job as well.

Irfanview

Faststone

XnView

Here is a link where you can learn about the Zotero plug-in for either Word or OpenOffice that will past a preformated citation into your word processor.
The Zotero word processor plugins for MS Word and OpenOffice