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Don't Under Estimate Search Engines! - Page 2


© Mark W. Swarthout
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Sep 27, 2001


One example of what I have found is the information on Myron Angel, first cousin to my 4G Grandfather, Corydon Fairchild. When I did a search on his name, I was surprised when the tools returned a dozen or so solid hits. I was even more surprised when I learned the history of "The Father of CalPolyTech," as well as a number of books that he had edited and even information on his brother, Eugene. When I then started looking at the books, I found that Myron had very informative biographies of many of his cousins, the brothers of my 3Great Grandfather, greatly adding to my knowledge of the family.

Such searches can lead you to the web pages of distant relatives that may already have information on your family several generations in the past. Others with famous names will appear, leading you to the fun exercise of determining whether you are related or not. (Yes, I am related to Gladys and Glendon, but also to Cornelius!) Other searches may lead you to living relatives in distant places that just might have that elusive piece of information you have been looking for the last ten years! I hooked into my family reunions, I just got back from my third one, through a search that lead me to a bulletin board with the reunion information posted on it.

So don't overlook the obvious. Good luck in your search for more family history!

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2.   Oct 1, 2001 10:13 AM
It is amazing the number of hits you can find out on the web as a whole!

And because the search engines differ on how items show up in their listings, it pays to try a number of them. Even the g ...

-- posted by aggie80
1.   Sep 28, 2001 7:38 PM
I subscribe to ancestry.com but realize now I should be utilizing other search engines.

-- posted by jerrib



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