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Sharing your family history online

by Chris Paton

‘Share and share alike, attribute your finds, protect the privacy of the living, be courteous in your pursuits, and reap the rewards’ – just one of the wise and comprehensive sentences in Chris Paton’s introduction to his new book, in which, chapter by chapter he gives practical and detailed advice about navigating the online genealogy world – so as to get the very best from it for your research, meanwhile avoiding all possible pitfalls.

There’s a brief primer covering key family history websites and records (see Chapter 1) so that those who are new to family history can quickly get up to speed, as Chris explains – but I’d recommend everyone to begin here, including as it does, too, such matters as bequeathing your digital legacy, keeping on the right side of