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Many websites are added each day to the Internet. If you have searched for information on an ancestor more than 60 days previously, it is worth searching again. The information changes at an amazing rate on the Internet. Websites with frequent changes often get updated in the search engines daily, if not every week or two.  
Many websites are added each day to the Internet. If you have searched for information on an ancestor more than 60 days previously, it is worth searching again. The information changes at an amazing rate on the Internet. Websites with frequent changes often get updated in the search engines daily, if not every week or two.  
A search engine 'crawls' or 'spiders' the web based on what is already there.  If a new link is added somewhere, the search engine will go to that link and 'spider' it for its contents and add the page or entire site to its database, index its contents, and make that site's contents available for searching by way of the search engine.  This can happen anywhere from once a month to daily depending upon how frequently that site is updated.     


=== Major Search Engines  ===
=== Major Search Engines  ===

Revision as of 20:36, 20 March 2011

Although Google is the most comprehensive of the search engines for locating genealogical information at present, other web engines are also useful. The fierce market competition between the better-known search engines should only serve to make genealogical research easier. 

Many websites are added each day to the Internet. If you have searched for information on an ancestor more than 60 days previously, it is worth searching again. The information changes at an amazing rate on the Internet. Websites with frequent changes often get updated in the search engines daily, if not every week or two.

A search engine 'crawls' or 'spiders' the web based on what is already there. If a new link is added somewhere, the search engine will go to that link and 'spider' it for its contents and add the page or entire site to its database, index its contents, and make that site's contents available for searching by way of the search engine. This can happen anywhere from once a month to daily depending upon how frequently that site is updated.

Major Search Engines[edit | edit source]

Some search engines to try include:

Compiled Search Engines (Metacrawlers)[edit | edit source]

These search multiple search engines at one time. 

Tips for Searching[edit | edit source]

Most search engines now have different sections for research, such as web records, images, videos, maps, etc. When researching information in books, try using the WEB function first, as it will also provide you with documents, articles and papers not included in the BOOKS function.

Additional Resources[edit | edit source]

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