The Queen of genealogy links list is Cyndi Howell. She began collecting links for her own personal use, organizing them for her research. Eventually as others heard about her collection, she was urged to put them on line. She did so and continued to add new ones as she found them. This has now grown into a very large site, well organzied and a very big job. She has even published books regarding her list of over 70,000 website. She has also authored, "Netting Your Ancestors" to guide you with doing research on the internet. If you ever get bitten by the genie bug bad enough that you attend some of the national genealogy conferences you might even get to hear her speak. (I have!) She's a down-to-earth gal and has ended up devoting her vocational life to doing this.
What started out to be a one page list of bookmarks shared at her local genealogy society, has turned into a very large website, that every seasoned researcher couldn't live without. She even posts new links and has them listed by the date she posted them. They eventually also get moved to the appropriate categories. If you haven't seen her website yet, I encourage you to do so. Altho' my goal here is to post new stuff I find and helpful how to's, I have only spare moments at work to do so. Thus these are not daily posts! But my post today is to point you to her posts and website. You'll be amazed if not overwhelmed with the wealth of information she has.
If you have any experience with her website - or not - leave a comment below. I would love to know what you think.
Happy Ghost Busting!
What started out to be a one page list of bookmarks shared at her local genealogy society, has turned into a very large website, that every seasoned researcher couldn't live without. She even posts new links and has them listed by the date she posted them. They eventually also get moved to the appropriate categories. If you haven't seen her website yet, I encourage you to do so. Altho' my goal here is to post new stuff I find and helpful how to's, I have only spare moments at work to do so. Thus these are not daily posts! But my post today is to point you to her posts and website. You'll be amazed if not overwhelmed with the wealth of information she has.
If you have any experience with her website - or not - leave a comment below. I would love to know what you think.
Happy Ghost Busting!