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Genealogical Society of Marion County, Indiana
Message Boards

Search the Message Boards for others looking for the same person(s) you're researching. You go to the Board to search but you can ask to be notified of new entries.

Mailing list

Join a Mailing List (rootsweb.com). Be sure to subscribe in "digest" mode. E-mails about subjects on the list will come to your e-mail inbox.

internet as 1 genealogical tool

The Internet is not the "be all/end all" of genealogy. It is just ONE of the tools in the genealogy toolbox.

Wiki

Wiki is a website that allows multiple users to create, modify and organize web page content in a collaborative manner.

Blog

Blog is an abbreviated version of 'Web log', a term used to describe Web sites that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information. See blog.eogn.com and www.genealogyblog.com

Internet as secondary source

All material found on the Internet should be considered a secondary source - even scanned images.

searching depends on keywords

When searching on Google, your results and the number of results, will depend upon how you enter your keywords.

Google your Family Tree

Google your Family Tree at www.Google.com.

scholar.google.com

Look for genealogy and history materials at scholar.google.com

Internet findings may be incorrect

Information from Internet on-line services may be passed on in good faith, but does not mean it is correct. Look for sources and documentation, and then check them.