This is Volume I of a two part DVD series. See Google Earth for Genealogy Volume II.Google Earth has the power to geographically document your ancestors' lives. It's one of the most exciting online family history tools available, and best of all, Google Earth is FREE!
In this step-by-step tutorial video series Lisa Louise Cooke, host of The Family Tree Magazine Podcast, shows you how to:
- Download and use Google Earth
- Identify the locations of old photographs
- Explore church record origins
- Plot your ancestors' homesteads
- Create your own custom historic map overlays
- Save and share Google Earth images
In addition to the seven videos, this Windows-compatible DVD includes convenient links to the websites mentioned in the tutorials to help you quickly get started. Mac users can download the free program Fip4Mac which allows for viewing of the videos contained on this DVD on a Mac.
Lisa Louise Cooke is the producer and host of the internationally popular Genealogy Gems Podcast, an online genealogy audio show. A national speaker, video producer, author and online instructor, Lisa's passion for geographic genealogy is out of this world!
Please note: This DVD requires the Windows computer operating system; it does not play on a DVD player attached to your TV set.