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'''''Google Books''''' | '''''Google Books''''' | ||
Use this to search for book authors or books that contain ancestor names. Books published by Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), SAR (sons), and CAR (children) and the Huguenot Society are all big into genealogy. Most books on ''Google Books'' | Use this to search for book authors or books that contain ancestor names. Books published by Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), SAR (sons), and CAR (children) and the Huguenot Society are all big into genealogy. Most old books on ''Google Books'' are no longer copyrighted since the copyright has expired on very old books. But other books may still be copyrighted, and you will have to request that they send you a copy of the page that your ancestor is on. | ||
'''Using AND and OR''' | '''Using AND and OR''' | ||
Say you wanted to find webpages that had two ancestor names and a location. An example of this would be to enter into the Google search box the following: | Say you wanted to find webpages that had two ancestor names and a location. An example of this would be to enter into the ''Google'' search box the following: | ||
"James Jubal Robinson" AND "Dora Lee Stinebaugh" AND "Torrance County" | "James Jubal Robinson" AND "Dora Lee Stinebaugh" AND "Torrance County" | ||
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To specify a date range in your search, use two dots (..) between the dates. For example: | To specify a date range in your search, use two dots (..) between the dates. For example: | ||
"Joseph" OR | "Joseph" OR “Giuseppe" AND "Massaro" OR "Massara" 1880..1950 | ||
This example checks for two variants in the first name, two variants in the last name, and a date range from 1880 to 1950. | This example checks for two variants in the first name, two variants in the last name, and a date range from 1880 to 1950. | ||
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'''Wildcard *''' | '''Wildcard *''' | ||
If you don't know some of the letters in a name, you can use asterisks. For example | If you don't know some of the letters in a name, you can use asterisks. For example: | ||
"Frieda * Heywood" | "Frieda * Heywood" | ||
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'''Minus Signs''' | '''Minus Signs''' | ||
What if your name has a common use which you don't want to get results from | What if your name has a common use which you don't want to get results from? For example, a search on "James Mustang" will bring up many entries on the Mustang car or horse. Eliminate these results by using the minus sign as follows: | ||
"James Mustang" -mustang car -mustang horse | "James Mustang" -mustang car -mustang horse | ||
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'''''Google Advanced Search''''' | '''''Google Advanced Search''''' | ||
The easiest way to get to this is to search for | The easiest way to get to this is to search for “Google Advanced Search”. This will bring up a webpage with many different ways for you to constrain your search. It also lists all the shortcuts (like *, -, AND, OR). | ||
'''<Ctrl>-p''' and '''<Ctrl>-f''' | '''<Ctrl>-p''' and '''<Ctrl>-f''' | ||