Family History for the Older and Wiser : Find Your Roots with Online Tools

Discover your roots with **Family History for the Older and Wiser.** This extremely easy-to-follow book will guide you through all the different stages of researching your family history online and how to record your findings. Using a case study approach, the book takes a single source item - an 1890 marriage certificate purchased at an antiques event - and uses it to highlight the questions you should be asking yourself about your own family documentation and how this can be used as a basis for online research. Learn how to: - Access and investigate online records - Use spreadsheets to record your findings and assess their validity and reliability - Incorporate your family tree into online programs - Share your research with friends and family and much more...

Computing for the Older & Wiser is a simple-to-follow user friendly guide aimed at the older generation introducing the basics of mastering a computer. Covering the latest release of Windows Vista Home Premium(TM) and Windows XP(TM), this book is designed for people who want straightforward instructions on how to use their home PC.

Written in plain English, using no unintelligible 'computer speak' Adrian guides you step-by-step through the basics of computing including chapters on:

• Use of the keyboard and mouse
• Email and the Internet
• Customising your desktop
• Word processing
• Digital photography
• Useful websites
• and much more

Useful tips and tricks and a question and answer revision section in each chapter will build your confidence, get you up-to-date and technologically savvy in no time!

If you want to learn how to search and shop online, email or chat to family and friends, and you have the enthusiasm to learn a new skill then this book is for you.

• With explanatory screenshots in full colour
• Easy to read font
• Supplementary website - including additional exercises to help improve your PC skills, further online hints and tips, and a directory of useful resources. www.pcwisdom.co.uk

"Computing for the Older & Wiser will take readers comfortably through getting started on their home PC. The content is similar to what we would take our clients through if they were to attend a class, which is exactly the right level."
—Faye Lester, Computer Training Coordinator, Age Concern Camden, UK

"I have not had so much fun for years"
—Renee Moore, 79, pupil at Age Concern, Colchester, UK

Discover your roots with Family History for the Older and Wiser. This extremely easy-to-follow bookwillguide you through all the different stages of researching your family history online and how to record your findings.

Using a case study approach, the book takes a single source item - an 1890 marriage certificate purchased at an antiques event - and uses it to highlight the questions you should be asking yourself about your own family documentation and how this can be used as a basis for online research.

Learn how to:

• Access and investigate online records
• Use spreadsheets to record your findings and assess their validity and reliability
• Incorporate your family tree into online programs
• Share your research with friends and family and much more...

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