GENEALOGY 102 6 November 2015 Welcome to …. Online Genealogy Your Speaker . © GENEALOGY U Basic Searching Concepts Online Library Databases • HeritageQuest Genealogy 102 Irvin C. Rabideau • Ancestry Library Edition Genealogy Databases - Fees Genealogy Software Tips & Tricks Computers & Genealogy Computer Basics: Assumed Four Traditional Not a Techie Class Approaches to Genealogy Computer Mouse ISPs Web Surfing Irv Rabideau AncestorAnswers © 2015 [email protected] 1 GENEALOGY 102 6 November 2015 Newest Approach Online Genealogy – Not the Only Approach “There is no such thing as internet genealogy” – – Cyndi Howells Internet Genealogy Guru & Creator of CYNDI’S LIST www.cyndislist.com Just Another Genealogy Genealogy Research Online Genealogy Research Method Methods Up Side • Rapidly Growing New Sources & Indexes Added Daily Today We All Begin With Online Down Side Searching • Contains Small Percentage of But To Be Successful −− Sources (about 8%) You Must Use All Available • Contains a Lot of Junk Methods Irv Rabideau AncestorAnswers © 2015 [email protected] 2 GENEALOGY 102 6 November 2015 Online Genealogical Research Online Genealogical Research Online Genealogical Research Integrate into Regular Research Genealogy Basics Still Apply Genealogy Basics Still Apply Genealogy Basics Still Apply 1. Start With What You Know 14. Always Ask Yourself the 4 Basic Qs 7. Stay Organized 2. Critically Examine Family Stories & Who? Traditions 8. Cite Your Sources • Target Ancestor 3. Focus Your Efforts 9. Always Get Proof What? • Information Needed (Record Type) 4. Think About Location 10.Know What You’re Looking At Where ? 5. Think About Dates 11.Share Your Information • Place (Locality) 6. Consider Possible Sources 12.Join an Organization When ? 13.Attend Workshops & Conferences • Time Period Search Concepts: General Web Search Engines Search Concepts Boolean Operators Leading Search Engines Boolean Operators • Google.com Wild Cards AND • Yahoo.com Nesting OR •Bing.com Stop Words NOT •Ask.com Proximity Don’t Rely on Just One NOT ALL of these are Available Google Demo in ALL Search Engines Irv Rabideau AncestorAnswers © 2015 [email protected] 3 GENEALOGY 102 6 November 2015 Search Concepts: Search Concepts: Search Concepts: Boolean Operators Boolean Operators Boolean Operators “AND” “OR” “NOT” A & AB A B B A AND B A OR B A NOT B Search Concepts: Search Concepts: Search Concepts: Boolean Operators Wild Cards Wild Cards “NOT” Examples for ? ? Replaces a Single Character Wom?n * Replaces Everything to the • Returns: Right Woman A A B Women Some Smart Search Engines Will Automatically Return Both B NOT A •GOOGLE Irv Rabideau AncestorAnswers © 2015 [email protected] 4 GENEALOGY 102 6 November 2015 Search Concepts: Search Concepts: Search Concepts: Wild Cards Nesting Nesting Examples for * Determines the Order of (Michigan or Wisconsin) and • Genealog* Truncation (Usually) Searches (Genealogy) Returns: • (Michigan or Wisconsin) and • Genealogical • Genealogies (Genealogy) • Genealogy • (Michigan) or (Wisconsin and Smart Search Engines like Google MI WI Provide Wild Cards by Default Genealogy) • Determine your Search Engine’s G Functionality Search Concepts: Search Concepts: Searching Online Databases Nesting Stop Words (Michigan) or Common Words Ignored in Keyword Searches (Wisconsin and Genealogy) Waterford Public Library – Online •Words Differ by Database Databases Stop Word Examples MI WI • a, an, are, as, at, be, but, by, http://www.waterfordmi.gov/577/Online- for, from, had, have, he, in, her, Databases G his, is, it, of, on, that, the, this, to, was, which, with, you Irv Rabideau AncestorAnswers © 2015 [email protected] 5 GENEALOGY 102 6 November 2015 Searching Online Databases Searching Online AncestryLE Databases (Library Edition) Waterford Library Genealogy Databases Ancestry Library Edition HeritageQuest Available Only at Libraries Ancestry Library Edition (In Library Only) Biography and Genealogy Master •Not Searchable from Home Biography and Genealogy Master Index Index HeritageQuest Online Detroit Free Press Archives 1999 - 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