{"id":14,"date":"2010-03-29T20:09:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T01:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/?p=14"},"modified":"2010-03-29T20:09:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T01:09:48","slug":"accessing-new-york-records-online-in-one-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyblog.arleneeakle.com\/?p=14","title":{"rendered":"Accessing New York Records Online&#8211;in One-Step"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a title=\"One-Step utility\" href=\"http:\/\/stephenmorse.org\/\">http:\/\/SteveMorse.org<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nKnown as <strong>One-Step, <\/strong>this genealogy portal gives you  better, and more controlled, access to over 100 different websites and  databases. And the site is one of the most <em>user-friendly<\/em> utilities I have used. Names that were impossible to find in the U.S.  census records and among the immigrants who came through Ellis Island  now magically appear\u2013for me. So I know that the problem was in the site  or its indexes, not in my limited computer skills.<\/p>\n<p>(I always knew it was a mistake to take the advanced  course before I enrolled for the basics. Yet, when I finally enrolled in  the basics class, the instructor treated me like an advanced student,  assuming I knew how to open a file and create a folder. Not so and still  not so!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ancestry.com<\/strong> and <strong>Google.com<\/strong> also respond masterfully to One-Step.  Indexing errors or 1 million+  entries needn\u2019t stop you from finding your ancestor.   <strong>And the  map access is a time-saver. <\/strong>So I<strong> <\/strong>invite you  to check out this portal site and use the utility programs these  computer-tech genealogists\u2013most of whom are volunteers\u2013have designed to  aid us.<\/p>\n<p>Special research help with New York City censuses and  broad coverage of East European and Jewish names is a utility that I  really appreciate. Searching the concentration of names in a small area  is a real challenge\u2013especially when indexes have been poorly read.<\/p>\n<p>And if you are developing a genealogy database, you  might invite their in-put so your site works faster, and we can find the  <em>right ancestor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Add to your March-April 2010 reading list:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Crume, Rick.  \u201cStepping Up,\u201d <em><strong>Family Tree  Magazine<\/strong><\/em> (Feb 2007) 58-61.  Describes and compares the  different search formats for <em>One-Step<\/em>\u2013how and when to use them.   Very helpful.<\/p>\n<p>Morse, Stephen.  \u201cMorse\u2019s Code:  A <em>One-Step<\/em> Portal for Online Genealogy,\u201d <em><strong>Association <\/strong><strong>of  Professional Genealogists Quarterly<\/strong><\/em> (September 2006 and  December 2006), two-part article. Or, read the online version at  stevemorse.org. Well illustrated with computer screens and special  search tips from the master himself.<\/p>\n<p>Your favorite New York genealogist, Arlene Eakle\u00a0 http:\/\/arleneeakle.com<\/p>\n<p>PS\u00a0 I understand Spring in New York City is a special place.\u00a0 And with all the rain they have had&#8211;it should be awesomely beautiful.\u00a0 Many of the records accessed through Morse&#8217;s utility can be seen in their original form in the archives and libraries of the greater New York area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/SteveMorse.org Known as One-Step, this genealogy portal gives you better, and more controlled, access to over 100 different websites and databases. And the site is one of the most user-friendly utilities I have used. 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