Edgewood New Mexico FamilySearch Center/Class Notes: Difference between revisions

When searching in ''Google'', for example, searching for James Jubal Robinson, Google will present a list of every webpage with James, Jubal, and Robinson. To restrict your search, place the search item in quotes: "James Jubal Robinson" which will return only items with all three of these words together.                                                                                                             

The easy way to find this feature is to search for "Google Alerts." This only works if you have a ''Google'' account, and you are signed into your account. It allows you to specify a phrase for ''Google'' to look for on a regular basis, and ''Google'' will email you when someone posts something with that phrase. This does a worldwide search.                                                                                                             

This can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the ''Google'' search page by clicking on the 3x3 matrix of dots to the right of Images. This will display a list of all the extra ''Google'' goodies. Or you can just search for "Google Earth." This feature is useful for finding cemeteries, especially private cemeteries where homesteaders buried family members on their private land. An attendee said he used it for finding parcel records. Note that digital photos nowadays have GPS coordinates encoded into them, so you can use ''Google Earth'' or ''Google Maps'' to locate where a photo was taken.                                                                                                             

When you are on a webpage, and you want to print it out, just press '''<Ctrl>-p'''. If you want to find a word or phrase without reading the entire page, press '''<Ctrl>-f'''. This will pop up a box in the top or upper right-hand corner where you can type in the word or phrase you want to search for. The ^ and upside-down ^ symbols let you control the direction of the search, either from the top to the bottom, or in the reverse direction.