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| What are we
genealogists always doing? Traveling and visiting
research sites. And what do we always
need on the road? Our home computer. Actually
what we really want is something off our home
computer - our genealogy bookmarks and hyperlinks
and our general computer folders that we use
everyday. I have organized mine into what
I call a "genealogy work bench."
I have found my genealogy
workbench invaluable for my genealogy work.
Not only is it a great tool in my daily
research at home, it also overcomes the
problem of being separated from my home
computer while on a genealogy trip. Here's
how:
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When I'm traveling, I have frequent
access to the internet in libraries
and archive centers where I can
use my genealogy workbench for quick
access to my sites and my quick-references.
- Before I leave home I
upload selected genealogy files to my
Online
File Folder
 and then I have
access to them from most research centers
(i.e., that have internet access.)
- Also before a genealogy
trip, I upload my favorites from my web
browser to my genealogy workbench and
access them via a hyperlink from my genealogy
workbench. In this way, I have
full access to my normal internet environment.
- I also generate my PAF
genealogy database as a series of web
pages, in effect a "mini-website,"
then I upload it to my genealogy workbench
and reference it via a hyperlink. In this
way, my current genealogy database is
available on the trip for quick reference.
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I use
my Online File Folder to upload and
save items I run across at local library
websites. And notice my personal
Online File Folder is password protected.
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I access
my web-based e-mail from my workbench.
- And notice ... with this
setup, I have a permanent e-mail address
for my genealogy correspondence.
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I have set this as my home page and
I often update it so it is always fresh
and contains what I actually am using
daily.
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| Detailed
Article |
Article:
Genealogy Workbench (click here)
Here
is a detailed article describing the www.martygale.name
genealogy workbench website. Also, see
other articles |
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Here's
What you Need for a Genealogy Workbench Website
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I built my genealogy workbench
using my free ad-supported five-page Website
Tonight plan which allows me to build
my workbench with an easy-to-use, template driven,
non-technical online service. I used two of my five
pages for my basic work environment of hyperlinks
and reference text. I made one of these two a password
protected web page (a standard feature of Website
Tonight) to prevent the general public from viewing
it (i.e., some information is still private). I
put all my genealogy links I would need when on
the road on these two pages dividing them between
the public web page and the private web page. I
also put some handy quick-reference information
so I wouldn't have to keep looking up these little
facts. Then I used my remaining three web pages
for a contact page, a guest book page, and a forum
page. Notice that a "page" in WebSite
Tonight can be any length you want.
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| Domain
Name (Click Here):
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From
$1.99 per year
(includes many free
services)
The domain
name is the web address of a website. For example,
the domain name of the website "www.jimolsen.name"
is "jimolsen.name." It will
not only be used to form your website name but
also could be your genealogy e-mail address. In
fact, once you own a domain name, you can use
it as your permanent e-mail address (e.g., "jim@jimolsen.name")
and end once and for all the e-mail chaos when
you change your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
For a genealogy website, it's best to use a domain
name ending in .name, .org, or .info for a genealogy
website. If your domain name such as "jimolsen.name"
is not available (someone else has already claimed
it) then try a numbered name such as "jimolsen142.name".
Also, try variations such as "olsenfamily.name."
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| WebSite
Tonight (five page): |
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From
$2.79 per month (free with domain name but with
advertising)
This will be the home of your genealogy website.
Your website is actually just a bunch of files (i.e.,
linked together) in which you copy the files from
your computer to your website using standard file
functions (e.g., Windows drag and drop). We have
a full line of hosting
plans. Also, you obtain
a free "Economy Hosting Plan" when you
register or renew a domain name which is identical
to the paid-plan but is ad-supported. |
| C-Site
Copyright Protection - Optional (Click
Here): |
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Just
$14.99 one time (plus government filing fee)
A growing problem for genealogists is to see their
genealogy work, verbatim, on other genealogy websites
and without giving any credit to the author who
did all the work to create the information. In fact,
anyone who visits your genealogy website can download
your work and claim to be the author. The solution
is to obtain an official federal copyright of your
website. While you can always copyright your work
by just putting the copyright words (e.g., "Copyright
2007 by Mildred Smith") on each web page of
your website, without a federal copyright, it’s
difficult to prove actual authorship. With c-Site,
we’ve made it easy for you to protect your
website contents and file for a federal copyright
– the indisputable legal proof you need to
claim ownership of your work. |
| Online
File Folder
- Optional (Click
Here): |
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From
$4.95 per year
Every genealogist needs online file storage. Online
file storage is disk storage housed on a internet
server and is an addendum to the disk storage on
your local computer. The point is that the online
file storage is accessible from any place in the
world from the internet, not just your home computer.
Our "Online File Folder" service provides
disk space on our highly reliable servers. You access
your "Online File Folder" using any standard
web browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape
Navigator. With an Online File Folder, you'll be
able to upload (or download) any files from any
computer with internet access using a very easy
and user-friendly interface. This capability is
great on genealogy trips when you are using the
public computers in a library or research center.
Prior to the trip, you'll be able to easily upload
files from home to be used on the trip (i.e., accessed
from any public computer). Or you can easily upload
files from the library (i.e., those great files
available only at that library) then download your
treasures once you're back home. We have written
an article on the genealogy
road warrior which explains these procedures
in detail. AND this is also a great secure offsite
storage location for those irreplaceable family
history files and folders or your financial records. |
| Traffic
Blazer
- Optional (Click
Here): |
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From
$17.74 per year (usually one year is enough)
One of the main purposes of a genealogy website
is communication with your fellow genealogists and
family members. How will your long-lost cousin who
has the family bible and is activity searching for
your mutual ancestors ever find your genealogy website?
Search engines - that's how! You must get your genealogy
website listed in all the major search engines for
the genealogy keywords and phrases (family names,
locales, etc.) that are important to your genealogy
website. This process is known as "search engine
optimization." It is a process of refining
your website so that it is in the best possible
position to gain a high search engine ranking. However,
search engine optimization is a lengthy and tedious
process. In fact, the author of a website must design
and execute a time-consuming campaign to complete
the search engine optimization of the website. The
campaign will be an iterative process in which the
website is optimized for search engines then tested
to see if the author was able to second-guess the
logic of the search engine to collect the right
keywords or phrases as well as judge the website
as relevant for those keywords or phrases when a
visitor searches for them.This is where "Traffic
Blazer" can help. “Traffic Blazer”
is a search engine optimization and submission tool.
It provides all the tools you will need to undertake
a successful search engine optimization campaign.
For a modest yearly fee, the ”Traffic Blazer”
battery of tools will be available to you to analyze
your website, optimize its contents for search engines,
and track the results of your campaign. “Traffic
Blazer” guides you through every step of the
search engine optimization campaign. In this way,
your website will be found by your long-lost cousin
when he or she performs a search. |
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