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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. | 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. | ||
=== Major Search Engines === | |||
Some search engines to try include: | |||
*[http://www.google.com Google] | *[http://www.google.com Google] | ||
*[http://www.bing.com Bing] | *[http://www.bing.com Bing] | ||
*[http://www.yahoo.com Yahoo] | |||
*[http://www.ask.com/ Ask] | |||
*[http://www.mocavo.com/ Mocavo] - launched in March 2011. Read reviews by [http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/03/mocavocom-a-genealogy-search-engine.html Dick Eastman], [http://www.genealogymedia.com/2011/03/16/mocavo Jordan Jones], & [http://tinyurl.com/mocavo1 Randy Seaver]. | *[http://www.mocavo.com/ Mocavo] - launched in March 2011. Read reviews by [http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/03/mocavocom-a-genealogy-search-engine.html Dick Eastman], [http://www.genealogymedia.com/2011/03/16/mocavo Jordan Jones], & [http://tinyurl.com/mocavo1 Randy Seaver]. | ||
*[http://searches.linkpendium.com/websearch.html Linkpendium's Genealogical Data Search] | *[http://searches.linkpendium.com/websearch.html Linkpendium's Genealogical Data Search] | ||
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Compiled Search Engines - these search multiple search engines at one time. | Compiled Search Engines - these search multiple search engines at one time. | ||
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*[http://www.webcrawler.com/ WebCrawler] | *[http://www.webcrawler.com/ WebCrawler] | ||
*[http://us.searchboth.net/ SearchBoth] - allows you to compare results from two search engines of your choice | *[http://us.searchboth.net/ SearchBoth] - allows you to compare results from two search engines of your choice | ||
*[http://www.mamma.com/ Mamma] 'Metacrawler' that searches nine different search engines. | |||
*[http://www.dogpile.com/ Dogpile] | *[http://www.dogpile.com/ Dogpile] | ||
*[http://lookahead.surfwax.com/index-2011.html Surfwax] | *[http://lookahead.surfwax.com/index-2011.html Surfwax] | ||
=== Tips for Searching === | |||
nbsp;Google, Yahoo and Bing 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. <br> | |||
=== Additional Resources === | |||
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/search.htm#Genealogy Genealogy Search Engines] - at Cyndi's List | *[http://www.cyndislist.com/search.htm#Genealogy Genealogy Search Engines] - at Cyndi's List | ||