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• Vocabulary
• Research Basics
• Types of Resources
• Caribbean Research Links
• Get in Touch
• Stay in Touch
• Caribbean Genealogy Library

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• Vocabulary
• www.
• ISP
• Browser
• http//
• URL
• link
• domain name
• .pdf
• e-mail

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• Vocabulary
• www. World Wide Web
• The World Wide Web (known as "WWW', "Web" or
  "W3") is the universe of network-accessible
  information, the embodiment of human knowledge.
• The World Wide Web began as a networked
  information project for scientists.
• The Web has a body of software, and a set of
  protocols rules and conventions.
• ---http//www.w3.org/WWW/

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• Vocabulary
• ISP Internet Service Provider
• viaccess.net
• attglobal.net
• aol.com
• earthlink.net
• islands.vi
• many, many more

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• Vocabulary
• browser A browser is a software program that
  allows you to view and interact with various
  kinds of Internet resources available on the
  World Wide Web. A browser is commonly called a
  web browser.
• ---http//www.siteserving.com/site_serving/library
  /definitions/browser.html

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• Vocabulary
• Some examples of browsers
• Internet Explorer

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Microsofts Internet Explorer
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Aol.com is a version of Microsofts Internet Exp
lorer For about viewing and saving images on AOL
http//autumnweb.com/Roxys/2WebPageHelp/4aolgrafx.
html
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• Vocabulary
• Some examples of browsers
• Internet Explorer
• Netscape

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Netscape
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• Vocabulary
• Notice how a URL (Web page) looks the same in
  Internet Explorer and in Netscape. The only
  difference is the way in which it is framed.

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• Vocabulary
• http// hypertext transfer protocol
• The system by which a Web page is downloaded to
  your browser.
• The World Wide Web rules for moving hypertext
  (e.g., HTML) files across the Internet.

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• Vocabulary
• HTML documents end with .html or .htm

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• Vocabulary
• URL Uniform Resource Locator
• The address of any resource that may be found on
  the Web.
• Example http//www.familysearch.org
• is the URL for genealogy resources of the
• Church of the Latter Day Saints and its Family
  History Library

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• Vocabulary
• link or hyperlink marked text (usually
  underlined) or image within a HTML document (Web
  page).
• With just one click of your mouse, a link brings
  you to another Web page (or to another place on
  the same Web page).

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• Vocabulary
• Domain name
• Extensions (endings) of URLs authorized for use
  on the Web which denote the type of Web site
  being viewed
• May also include a country code, e.g., .uk
  (United Kingdom), .jp (Japan), or .vi (Virgin
  Islands)

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• Vocabulary
• .pdf Printable Document Format
• Platform independent file format created by Adobe
  
• Created for offline reading of brochures, reports
  and other documents with complex graphic design.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free downloadable
  viewer at
• http//www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html
• When you download a .pdf file, you get the entire
  document in a single file

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• Vocabulary
• e-mail electronic mail
• Message, usually text , transmitted over the
  Internet and sent from one person to another (or
  to several addressees at once)
• Other documents may be attached but the receiver
  must have a copy of the program which created
  each document, or a compatible program, in order
  to open and view the attachment(s).
• ISPs offer e-mail systems so do places of
  business and Web sites.

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• Research Basics
• Be prepared
• Define your research goal before you logon
• Be accurate without being limiting
• Expect errors in data transcription
• (Continued)

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• Research Basics
• Document your search (Contd)
• Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence! Citation
  Analysis for the Family Historian. Baltimore
  Genealogical Publishing Company (1997).
• Lackey, Richard S. Lackey. Cite Your Sources, a
  Manual for Documenting Family Histories and
  Genealogical Records. Jackson, MS University
  Press of Mississippi (1980)
• (Continued)

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• Research Basics
• Document your search (Contd)

Always use a Research Log!
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• Research Basics
• Be creative
• Organize and integrate your findings
• Share your results
• Ask for help!

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• Types of Resources
• Research methods
• Books
• Online Newsletters/e-zines
• Cemeteries
• Vital Statistics
• Probate
• Local Histories
• Genealogies
• Family Associations
• Libraries
• Historical and Genealogical Societies
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• Types of Resources (continued)
• Manuscripts
• GEDCOM Files
• Burial Records
• Church/Synagogue Records
• Real Property Records
• Court Records
• Photographs
• Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
• Commercial CDs
• Databases
• Tax Records
• . . . to name a few!

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• Caribbean Research Links
• Databases

Family Search http//www.familysearch.org
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• Caribbean Research Links
• Databases

Ancestry http//www.ancestry.com
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• Caribbean Research Links
• Databases

The Danish Emigrant Archives http//www.emiarch.dk
/home.php3
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• Caribbean Research Links
• Passenger Lists

Ellis Island Online http//www.ellisisland.org/
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• Caribbean Research Links
• Passenger Lists

Web Pages by Stephen P. Morse http//home.pacbell.
net/spmorse/index.html
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• Caribbean Research Links
• Passenger Lists

Passenger Lists on the Internet http//members.aol
.com/rprost/passenger.html
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• Caribbean Research Links
• Historical/Genealogical Societies

Swenson Center http//www2.augustana.edu/administr
ation/swenson/genealogy.html
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• Caribbean Research Links
• Historical/Genealogical Societies

Généalogie et Histoire de la Caraibe http//www.wo
rldsearch.com/dunioc.site/en/995582/sites/2/list/9
7501
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• Caribbean Research Links
• Maps

Map of Plantations Early 1700s St. Thomas and St.
Jon http//www.rootsweb.com/usvi/thomas1.jpg
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• Caribbean Research Links
• Censuses

1930 Census St. Thomas New Quarter Page
1 magnified in part Accessed via Ancestry.com
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• Caribbean Research Links
• Probate Records

St. Thomas St. John, West Indies Index to
Probate Records 1717-1814 HGS
USVI http//www.horlacher.org/usviris/prob1717.htm
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• Caribbean Research Links
• Church Records

Rootsweb.com Dansk Vestindien USVI
Site http//www.rootsweb.com/usvi/
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• Caribbean Research Links
• Church Records

Danish Lutheran Church Parish Registers Accessed
through http//www.rootsweb.com/usvi/
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• Caribbean Research Links
• Search Engines

Google www.google.com Click on Groups Tab
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• Caribbean Research Links
• PDF Files

Royal Danish Consulate http//www.dkconsulateusvi.
com/
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• Caribbean Research Links
• PDF Files

Database A List of Inhabitants in The Danish
West Indies from 1650 1825 Linked from Royal
Danish Consulate http//www.dkconsulateusvi.com/
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• Caribbean Research Links
• PDF Files

Download prompt for Database A List of
Inhabitants in The Danish West Indies from 1650
1825 Linked from Royal Danish Consulate http//ww
w.dkconsulateusvi.com/
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• Caribbean Research Links
• PDF Files

View of Right-Click Menu at download prompt
for Database A List of Inhabitants in The
Danish West Indies from 1650 1825 Linked
from Royal Danish Consulate http//www.dkconsulat
eusvi.com/
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• Caribbean Research Links
• PDF Files

At Right-Click Menu, choose Properties Database
A List of Inhabitants in The Danish West Indies
from 1650 1825 is identified as a PDF
file Linked from Royal Danish Consulate http//ww
w.dkconsulateusvi.com/
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• Caribbean Research Links
• PDF Files

Close Properties screen and begin PDF file
download of Database A List of Inhabitants
in The Danish West Indies from 1650 1825 Linked
from Royal Danish Consulate http//www.dkconsulat
eusvi.com/
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• Caribbean Research Links
• PDF Files

PDF file viewable in Adobe Acrobat
Reader Database A List of Inhabitants in The
Danish West Indies from 1650 1825 Linked
from Royal Danish Consulate http//www.dkconsulat
eusvi.com/
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• Caribbean Research Links
• Court Records

West Indies Chancery 1771-1773 HGS US Virgin
Islands http//www.horlacher.org/usviris/1771viwl.
htm
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• Get in Touch
• e-mail
• e-Sticky Notes
• Correspond
• Join and Participate!
• Talk
• Attend conferences and workshops
• Take virtual courses
• Pool your efforts
• Post your work

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• Stay in Touch
• Preserve a cemetery
• Safeguard documents
• Publish!
• Start a newsletter
• Organize a family name or regional origin
  association
• Get your family involved

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