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'''Please note:''' Sometimes a website page no longer exists and there is not a good substitute. In this situation, make a note on the Google Sheet and move on to the next broken link.
'''Please note:''' Sometimes a website page no longer exists and there is not a good substitute. In this situation, make a note on the Google Sheet and move on to the next broken link.


Suggestions for Googling:
Use Google to find the new URL:
*Try Googling the beginning portion of the URL to locate a possible page.  
*Google the beginning portion of the URL to locate a possible page.  
*Try googling the title of the page with quotation marks around it to narrow down your results
*Google the title of the page with additional details that might be useful. 
'''EXAMPLE'''  
'''EXAMPLE'''  
*For the broken link: <nowiki>http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html</nowiki> the Wayback Machine gave the original [https://web.archive.org/web/20070206022737/http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html web page]
*For the broken link: <nowiki>http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html</nowiki> the Wayback Machine gave the original [https://web.archive.org/web/20070206022737/http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html web page]
*The title of the page is: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 and you can see it is on the Illinois State Archives
*The title of the page is: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 and you can see it is on the Illinois State Archives
*Type in google: Illinois state archives "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900"
*Google: Illinois state archives "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900"
*The first result on the list is: <nowiki>https://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp</nowiki> and you will see that it is the same page as found in the Wayback Machine.
*The first result on the list is: <nowiki>https://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp</nowiki> and you will see that it is the same page as found in the Wayback Machine.