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The Old Dobbs Genealogical Society is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of the first volume of their new series of Cemetery Books. Volume 1 will contain a complete listing of all of the cemeteries in Nahunta, Buck Swamp, and Great Swamp Townships. This is the first update in more than 20 years and is an invaluable resource for genealogical research.
The book will be offered in both hardcover and CD versions. The CD version will be in searchable PDF format. Cost is $30 for either format. Shipping/handling is $5.00 per book, but if you order both the hardback and the CD versions, you will pay only one shipping charge. Books should be delivered in November, 2005. NC residents should add $1.75 for tax.
Please mail your request for the book with your payment to:
Wayne County Maillist
There is a maillist for Wayne County,
NC genealogy. To subscribe, send an email to NCWAYNE-L-request@rootsweb.com.
In the body of the email, write the word subscribe. No subject should be
used.
Online Universities Offer Genealogy Classes
RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees <http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/>. Lessons include Where to Begin?, What's in a Name?, Using Technology to Dig for Roots, Death Records, Marriage Records, Birth Records, What Is the Question?, Misspeld Knames, and Census Records, there are tips and links to resources at RootsWeb and elsewhere on the Internet that will be useful for all.
Online educational facilities are open 24 hours a day for students to learn how to research their ancestors, build web pages, edit images, and do research online.
Virtual University (VU) "Introduction to Online Genealogy'' is an eight-week workshop course is designed to teach students how to use various Internet tools such as e-mail, Telnet, FTP, and search engines to access Usenet newsgroups, online databases, web sites and various other online resources of interest to genealogists. These in-depth classes also will teach you how to research your family tree and use the new technology to its fullest.
Marthe Arends -- a writer, editor, lecturer and instructor specializing in computer genealogy at Bellevue (WA) Community College teaches the course. Experienced at teaching genealogy classes on the Internet, she has developed ways to handle her large class loads. One method that works well is to divide the class into study groups for various topics and let the members help each other.
The course is repeated periodically. Check the calendar for courses offered at Virtural U. and the schedule at http://www.vu.org/channels.html
The International Internet Genealogical Society University -- http://www.iigs.org/
-- recently opened its virtual doors with a number of genealogically related
classes available -- all free. They include:
-- A Guide to Research on the Internet
-- Ontario (Canada) Research -- Canadian Passenger Lists
-- U.S. Land & Property Records
-- Beginning U.S. Research
-- Tracing Mormon Pioneers
-- Genealogical Research in Virginia (and other states)
-- Lumbee and Southeastern American Indian Research
-- Native American Research in Michigan
These virtual universities offer a comfortable new way to learn genealogy and technology -- and best of all, you do it at home, at your own hours. Who says the old ways are better?
none registered at this time
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