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Thread: Tips for Google Searching
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20-04-2008, 9:54 PM #11Sue Mackay
Insanity is hereditary - you get it from your kids
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21-04-2008, 6:27 AM #12helen57Guest
Hi Sue & Jim
Thank you so much, I am one who puts in words and gets reams of hits.
You have both help cut out the hits that are useless to me
Again a big thank you
Helen
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21-04-2008, 11:03 AM #13NicosGuest
Oh boy...I wonder how many hours I must have wasted in the past!!
Thanks folks!
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22-04-2008, 3:14 AM #14
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22-04-2008, 7:29 AM #15DannoGuest
Thanks for the Hints & Tips
I used to put the words 'Genealogy & Family Tree' along with the names I was searching for.
I'll be using these tips from now on.
Cheers
Danno
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22-04-2008, 7:58 AM #16
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29-04-2008, 9:39 PM #17
Google Book Search
Don't forget Google Book Search
This can be reached via the main Google page but it is well worth bookmarking
https://books.google.com/
Type in a name you are interested in, using inverted commas. It will bring up instances of the name in books, some of which can be read on line, some of which are closed (but you get a tantalising glimpse of the relevant extract).
One of the most useful things on Google Book Search is when searching for things that were in early publications such as The Gentleman's Magazine. Type in "Gentleman's Magazine" "Thomas Smith", for example, and see the sort of thing that comes up.
Warning! You can play around in this site for days! But the hits that come up are not on normal Google, and there are a lot of 18th and 19th century BMDs from Harleian Society publications and other journals.
I even discovered that one of my ancestors, an apothecary, had written pamphlets on the medicinal properties of plants!Sue Mackay
Insanity is hereditary - you get it from your kids
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29-04-2008, 10:19 PM #18MarkJGuest
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18-05-2008, 12:30 PM #19
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Just another tip that can help sometimes.
If you are looking for a topic and more than just the usual info found on Google you could type a word like 'article' or 'research' or 'e-text' 'online book' before the name of the topic. E-texts and online books can be lengthy but fascinating reading. If they're in pdf format you can search for a word using the binocular symbol, if not in pdf try using 'find' under Edit at the top of your screen. You might get lucky too if you add a specific date or century to your search.
Browneyes
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19-05-2008, 8:04 PM #20elizabethjones1Guest
Helping you trace your British Family History & British Genealogy.
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