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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 === | === Major Search Engines === | ||
Some search engines to try include: | 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.yahoo.com Yahoo] | ||
*[http://www.ask.com/ Ask] | *[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] | ||
=== Compiled Search Engines (Metacrawkers) === | |||
These search multiple search engines at one time. | |||
*[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.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] | ||