Search Engines for Genealogical Research
Although http://www.google.com 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.
Major Search Engines[edit | edit source]
Some search engines to try include:
- Bing
- Yahoo
- Ask
- Mocavo - launched in March 2011. Read reviews by Dick Eastman, Jordan Jones, & Randy Seaver.
- Linkpendium's Genealogical Data Search
Compiled Search Engines (Metacrawlers)[edit | edit source]
These search multiple search engines at one time.
- WebCrawler
- SearchBoth - allows you to compare results from two search engines of your choice
- Mamma 'Metacrawler' that searches nine different search engines.
- Dogpile
- Surfwax
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]
- Genealogy Search Engines - at Cyndi's List
- SearchEngineList - a comprehensive list of search engines