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User Guide

A Guide to the
Genealogy in Hertfordshire
Web Site

Navigation Guide

The following are the main Groups on the web site

Logo     Description
    The Genealogy in Hertfordshire "Welcome Page", which includes the entry menu (choice of the Home Page, the Old Hertfordshire map, and the newsletter), a recently entered picture, and a mention of the supported charity.
    The Guide to Old Hertfordshire Map. Clicking on the map entry for a place provides an entry (via a link page) to the appropriate place page
       
    The Site Home Page - which can be loaded by clicking the top Genealogy in Hertfordshire line of every menu. Home Menu simply loads the menu.
       
    This site is an educational site, and the Teacher introduces help and advice pages.

 

 

Logo   Group Title

Menus

  Topic Home Page
  The Genealogy in Hertfordshire Web Site

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  The Genealogy in Hertfordshire "Welcome Page"
  Guide to Old Hertfordshire

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  The Guide to Old Hertfordshire Map
           
  Home Page

Home Menu

  The Site Home Page - which can be loaded by clicking the top Genealogy in Hertfordshire line of every menu. Home Menu simply loads the menu.
  Teacher   This site is an educational dite, and the Teacher introduces help and advice pages.
  Guide   A guide to using the web site.
  Family Events   Advice on researching family events from birth to burial
  Census Returns

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  Advice on using the 1841 to 1911 censuses.
  Subject Index

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  This is a new facility, which does not cover everything on the web site - but is very useful if there is a relevant entry.
  Key Web Sites

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  Allows you to visit the major genealogy web sites while exploring this one.
  Tutorial     A series of worked examples showing how you can research your family history. It currently covers the 19th century, but it is intended to extend this further in 2009.
  Help Desk

Answers

  This Topic covers the answers to "Ask Chris" queries, and there is an alphabetical index for the key surnames - which also includes links to other people-oriented pages,
  Places in Hertfordshire   There are pages for all the market towns and ancient parishes in Hertfordshire, plus many other smaller places. Some of the larger places have their own menus and this will be significantly expanded in 2009.
  Books on Hertfordshire   A guide to the books on Hertfordshire - with review pages on most that are mentions on this web site.
  Maps   A guide to the old maps of Hertfordshire, currently under construction - but with many images of the early maps.
  Webmaster

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  The webmaster deals with the design, updating and maintenance of the web site. He is also responsible for Ask Chris, Tell Me, and charity donations.
  Tutorial

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A series of worked examples showing how you can research your family history. It is now out of date as it does not cover recent significant advances in commercial sites such as Ancestry,  FindMyPast and the British Newspaper Archive.

         

See Logo List for a full list of menu logos

Page created December 2008