The Capital-Journal
We express our identity today through vanity license plates, themed credit cards, designer checks, and so on. Now there is a way for people interested in genealogy and family history to display their interest through their electronic communications.
Www.familytreemagazine.com, the newest, most simplified site for searching your family's roots, is offering free e-mail to interested individuals.
"Using our e-mail service is an easy way for people to identify themselves to others as having an interest in genealogy and preserving family history," says Bill Brohaugh, New Media Director for F&W Publications, publisher of Family Tree Magazine. "The great response we've had to this free service is reflective of the strong interest found today in genealogy," he adds.
"According to American Demographics, 40 percent of American adults --- 113 million people --- are interested in family history, researching their past and preserving the present. The strong interest in using our site as an e-mail service is indicative of this," Brohaugh said.
In addition to free e-mail, www.familytreemagazine.com offers:
- SuperSearch, the ability to search more than a dozen of the biggest databases of names on the Web --- totaling more than I billion entries --- using a single form. This exclusive tool lets users find ancestors by searching multiple databases simultaneously - -- from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' FamilySearch to the Internet's oldest genealogy site, Rootsweb.
- A similar SuperSearch for living relatives.
- One-click connections to the Web's most useful how-to sites.
- Free e-mail service.
- Free downloadable forms and templates for recording genealogy and requesting archival information.
- Free weekly e-mail newsletters with step-by-step tips, problem- solving techniques, and up-to-the minute information about research, reunions, conferences and more.
Www.familytreemagazine.com is affiliated with Family Tree Magazine, a bimonthly magazine for beginner and intermediate genealogists and individuals interested in preserving today's family history for future generations. Family Tree Magazine first appeared Nov. 2 on newsstands.
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