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Instant Information on the Internet! is designed to guide the researcher to the most important genealogy sites on the Internet, giving the addresses (URLs) of the best web sites for genealogical research in each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. It tells how and where to locate records, contact other researchers, exchange information, and locate indexes that can be searched free of charge on a home computer. Designed specifically for speed and convenience, Instant Information on the Internet! provides immediate access to the top tier of genealogy resources on the Internet and is the logical starting point for genealogical research in this promising new medium.

Organized by state, Instant Information provides the following Internet listings: 1) the state department of vital records; 2) the state archives, historical society, and library; 3) any National Archives Records Center located within the state; 4) other state, regional, and local archives, libraries, and societies, and some additional resources; 5) A selection of sites listing how-to, or instructional, information; 6) A selection of indexes, documents, and publications in digitized form; and 7) sites containing links to other sites.

Considering the growth and daily transformation of cyber information, it is a good idea to maintain a paper trail. With this in mind, Instant Information on the Internet! helps pinpoint not only where information can be found on the Internet, but how to backtrack and reconstruct what has already been searched. While it is a stripped-down, no-frills guide to the most important genealogy sites on the Internet, it is also a wonderfully balanced research tool--well-rounded, and yet selective; concise, but also inclusive.


EDITORIAL REVIEWS

"Designed for individual genealogists and family historians who want to harness the Internet for their research, this guide will be a good addition to a library's circulating collection."--AMERICAN REFERENCE BOOKS ANNUAL (2000), pp. 159-160.

"...we applaud the directness and brevity which characterizes [the book]."--THE COMPUTER GENEALOGIST, Vol. VIII, No. 1, p. 11.

"[This book is an] inexpensive tool to get you started and focused in your Web search..."--FEDERATION OF GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES FORUM, Vol. 11, No. 3, p. 30.