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11/28/15

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There are millions of websites and it would take several lifetimes to review them all.  These sites are some that I have found useful.

Interesting Websites

              
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W8TQE Adrian Amateur Radio Club Home page Local amateur radio club.
Lenawee County Library Our electronic information source!
Cartalk Tom and Ray's page about cars.
Discovery Channel Online Nice science potpourri coordinated with cable TV channel.
Hollywood Online Great entertainment guide--wide range of information.
Kelley Blue Book Used Car Bluebook Values
National Rifle Association Learn about your constitutional right to hunt mice with an Uzi.
NGS - National Geographic Online Nice site with content similar to magazine.
SpeedCenter Racing Site Catch up on your latest racing news, MIS fans!
Welcome to PBS Online Tons of information from Educational Television.
Drew's Script-O-Rama The most comprehensive index of movie and television scripts available on the Internet!
Discovery Kids A great Kid's hands on science site from the Discovery channel.
Internet Advisor - Nice add-on to the Internet Advisor Radio program on WJR Saturday afternoon.

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Weather Channel  Weather by city or zipcode.
Marine Weather, Lake Erie Check this before you put your canoe in.
Adrian, Michigan Forecast   Weather underground's Adrian forecast.
Fort Wayne Radar See what's coming from the West.

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The Computer Shopper Like the magazine, excellent guide to computer equipment.
Price Watch - Street Price Search Engine
eBay - Your Personal Trading Community Find anything at auction.
CNET.com A little bit of everything.
Tigerdirect.Com
  Great prices if you know what you are buying.

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Welcome to McAfee Anti-virus software and information.
ZDNet Software Library Top rated shareware library from Ziff-Davis Publishing.
NoNags Source of free software with minimum nagging to upgrade.
SHAREWARE.COM   Search 1/4 million top rated files.
TUCOWS Software Find the latest and the best here.

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www.HTMLCodeTutorial.com as the name implies, an excellent tutorial.
 

These are so out of date, that they are good for a laugh!  Now there are many sites with unlimited space, but read the fine print for the actual conditions.

Take a look at http://www.hosting24.com/ which is one of the best!
Free Servers! 12 MB space for your Web Page

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Phyllis Rickard's links:

These links were one of the handouts Phyllis made up for her June 9, 2000
LPCUG Genealogy Program.

General sites:

Ancestry.com - Portal allows you to search numerous databases. Part commercial, part free. Ancestry.com also operates FamilyHistory.com.
Cyndi’s List of Genealogical sites on the Internet - A comprehensive listing of over 40,000 genealogy links, one of the best places on the Internet to start.
FamilySearch - New site provided by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with huge database and links to other resources.
Genealogy.com - Portal provides databases, forums, tutorials and links to commercial services.
The Genealogy Home Page - Their home page is a good place to start.
Genealogy Portal - Allows you to search for sites and surnames, vital records and software.
Genealogy Today - Has many interesting articles and surname search.
Helms Genealogy Toolbox - Does just about everything.
National Genealogical Society - Web site for the National Genealogical Society.
Rootsweb - One of the largest sites on the Internet, includes a database with over half a million surnames.
 

How-to-sites for beginners:


Genealogy.com University - Free online course on genealogical research. Associated how-to resources.
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  • Before sending everyone a warning, check here for hoaxes, scams & scares

F-Secure Anti-Virus HOAX warnings page
Vmyths.com Virus myths and hoaxes.
Current Internet Hoaxes, urban legends, and other digital lies
Sophos describes hoaxes and scares
SARC - Virus Hoaxes
Scams and Hoaxes FAQ: Messages you DON'T want to post
Loxoo - Internet hoaxes, rumors and urban legends based on doctored, modified or misrepresented photographs.

 

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  • PC User Groups (computer clubs) around the country.

Ash Nallawalla's Master List of Computer User Groups on the Web
Sarasota PC Users Group Home Page Reportedly, one of the best.
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We all started off as newbies at some point.  Here are some links to help you get started.

Internet Beginner's materials:

Internet 101: An Official Internet Starting Point Just about covers everything.

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There are hundreds of sites with add-on airplanes and scenery for Flight Simulator along with reviews and other information.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 by Microsoft. Review
All freeware add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator & Combat Flight Simulator. Home page

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Sites that will answer many of your health questions.

Med Help International - The Virtual Medical Center for Patients; "Virtual Medical Center for Patients" is a collection of information and professional medical support gathered from the best medical organizations and experts in the world.
Medical Help Links to medical search engines for all sorts of health information.
medsite: the physician's home on the internet
New England Journal of Medicine
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There are hundreds of  sites that deal with virus information and protection software.  The site listed below is a one stop shopping store for FREE antivirus software. 


Freeware.com Just type "antivirus" into search box for all kinds of goodies.

 

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