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Jump start you family history search with our Online
Genealogy Crash Course. Stop wasting time aimlessly wandering the web — learn
how to find your roots online in four hour-long video classes. This DVD brings you
recorded webinars with family history experts. Discover valuable tips and tricks for
googling your ancestors, using census and vital records websites, and searching the
grandmother of all genealogy websites, Ancestry.com.

The DVD contains these tutorials:
Search Engine Tips and Tricks

Streamline Google searches with techniques for using search engines efficiently and
effectively. You’ll learn:
    •    tips for phrasing your searches
    •    how to tailor your searches to fetch what you’re
looking for
    •    hints for tools such as Google Books and News
Archive

    •    presented by Lisa Louise Cooke

Online Census Secrets

All US census records are online, but finding your ancestor isn’t as easy as typing
in a name — you need to know where to look and how to make the most of census websites.
You’ll learn:
    •    key facts about US censuses
    •    how to access free online census records
    •    search strategies for locating hard-to-find
ancestors

    •    presented by Allison Stacy and Diane Haddad

Vital Records

Vital records are keys to any genealogical pursuit. We’ll show you the basics of how
to locate vital records online. You’ll learn:
    •    major sites with vital records and indexes
    •    how to get offline records with the help of
online resources

    •    presented by Lisa Louise Cooke

Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com

We’ll show you insider tricks and techniques for teasing out ancestor information
from the site’s tens of thousands of databases. You’ll learn:
    •    tricks for finding the databases you need
    •    tips for finding elusive ancestors
    •    presented by David A. Fryxell

As a bonus, when you order our Online Genealogy Crash Course, you will receive a coupon
for 20 percent off a live webinar. Visit
ShopFamilyTree.com for more information and to preorder this DVD.