Googling Your Family History

Googling Your Family History | Ancestry

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You can search the internet from within your family tree. Join Crista Cowan to learn about crafting internet searches that will help you uncover information about your ancestors around the internet. As a bonus tip, she will share the best practice for saving this information to your family tree.
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@sleepyady 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tips, Crista! I especially liked the two dots (..) to search in a year range. I didn't know about that one. I have found amazing information on personal webpages. Sometimes the people who create these websites aren't active in genealogy anymore and don't respond to emails, but when they have pictures or cited information, we can at least track down those sources and leads. I'm amazed that genealogists in so many counties have transcribed and digitized records for free and ask absolutely nothing in return. How generous. I have found marriage records, probate records, welfare assistance records (for a grasshopper infestation destroying crops of all things), and all sorts of other details that really add depth to the life of an individual you're researching.

@winneads8775 6 жыл бұрын

You are a good teacher. I have learned so much from your videos. Thank you!

@SandyQueue 10 жыл бұрын

Great info! It's very important to remember to re-Google the same searches every few months, because info on the web is always growing and changing.

@tedlucas3998 2 ай бұрын

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@TracyMinsterman 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you Crista. This is very helpful so I can use -mafia when searching for my Gambino ancestors. Those searches have been very frustrating and time consuming in the past. Now, I should be able to make more progress.

@jeffcorriveau7282 10 жыл бұрын

I want to thank you the tips and your Videos too

@hummerrfun 10 жыл бұрын

Great info, very useful. Thanks

@D.L.Lawrence 7 жыл бұрын

The Search the Web link doesn't exist on my Tree. Is this video outdated now?

@CaptainSkeleton2004 5 жыл бұрын

That’s the problem Ancestry. Com they require...MONEY

@rivenwood3841 9 жыл бұрын

These tips no longer work with Google true vault they are in total control, they give you what they want to give you most of the time it is unrelated searches.

@amybrawley147 10 жыл бұрын

Great Information, In either on line tree and FTM what is the best way to save information from Find a Grave site? is there a way to capture the gravestone etc directly to my tree without having to save them in my computers pictures.site?

@karlasammons3993 6 жыл бұрын

i am trying to find more on my family history and i am trying to find out the connection james lewis dalton and william carroll dalton but one of cousins told me that it is on the Catherine wilson side and i have not found out the connection yet so i need help

@MasterSumai 7 жыл бұрын

Crista, how would I get in touch with you about a couple of questions I have on my family tree research ? Thank you .

@AncestryUS 7 жыл бұрын

Ask away. I'm happy to help.

@mjscott1969 10 жыл бұрын

Great Google tips and info - thank you!

@stunnicliffe1 8 жыл бұрын

Excellent advice. Thank you.

@stunnicliffe1 8 жыл бұрын

+Steve Tunnicliffe .....'search the web for......' isn't available on the new style ancestry....do you know where the equivalent is?

@AncestryUS 8 жыл бұрын

+Steve Tunnicliffe Right now, I use Google Chrome, and I just highlight the name in the header, right-click and Search Google.

@haleymiller5400 7 жыл бұрын

I just found this channel. I have been researching my family since last November. I have been really struggling to find my german roots. I can't seem to find people back in germany. Only in the US. Any suggestions?

@AncestryUS 7 жыл бұрын

Germany was not a country until fairly recent in history. So, in order to research German ancestors, you need to know where (specifically) in Germany they are from. If you have that information, try searching by region. If you don't, do some more research in U.S. based records until you uncover a place of origin.

@yorkieian1667 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Crista. There is no Web Link on my Page. There is an Add Web Link but notghing like you explain, which is a pity. I am wanting to use my online tree. I am on Ancestry UK. Thanks. Ian

@AncestryUS 6 жыл бұрын

The ADD WEB LINK button is where you add information you find on other websites to the Ancestry Profile of an ancestor. The SEARCH THE WEB option was retired in Dec 2015 because of lack of use. The other information in the video is still useful (as far as crafting internet searches). Did that make sense?

@yorkieian1667 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Christa for the explanation. Yes, I now recall it being there. I never used it. Ian

@Scoutsmommy1 10 жыл бұрын

Where have you been all of my computer life. This was wonderful. Thank you. Now--can you explain Microsoft 365?

@RositayguillyF 6 жыл бұрын

application form of marriage no statistics

@warrenjansen9871 10 жыл бұрын

hi Crista; One question pl. my Web browser is Chrome. yet in my FTM 2012, I'm in my tree but when I go to "Web Search" it awways opens-up in IE. and not Chrome. What am I doing wrong? HELP!!!

@TeriSueThompson 10 жыл бұрын

You're not doing anything wrong! IE is the default search engine in FTM. Not my favorite, either, but apparently Ancestry.com believes this is the best choice to work with their programs. Sometimes we must simply accept. :-)

@warrenjansen9871 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Teri Sue. So there is no way to make Chrome to defult FTM... the one thing I've learned (from Crista was to right click on a link and open in a new tab). This I can't do with IE. :(

@TeriSueThompson 10 жыл бұрын

Warren Jansen Hey, Warren. It seems to me I tried doing just what you wish to do, but at the time I was having other issues, so I let it go. I have 2 suggestions: The #1 thing for you to do is place a call to Ancestry [1-800-262-3787 - Yes, I have it memorized. :-)] They will definitely urge you to use IE, but ask them if you CAN change it for your own personal preferences ... and if so, how? #2: If you CANNOT change to your preferred browser, you may still be able to accomplish what you want to do with tabs. I just opened IE. Click on the gear at top left - [Tools] - The select "Internet Options." Then there is a section for Tabs. Select that, and hopefully you will be able to set and use Tabs as you wish. No guarantee - I know little about IE myself. But now that we're talking about it, I shall try the same thing. Good luck! :-)

@gwencoble6764 9 жыл бұрын

where is the video

@brahlf1 10 жыл бұрын

Sharing a web link is good, but what happens when that web address gets deleted or corrupted. You no longer have your information.

@TracyMinsterman 9 жыл бұрын

Good point. I use Evernote to take screen shots of any pertinent information. You can save it there along with the web link info for reference. Then, I save a copy of that image to the person's Media Gallery. Another tip is to go to that web link, and eliminate everything after the slash (/) - in order words go to the site's home page and then do a search for your info from there - most pages have a search option for their website. Sometimes it is just moved to a different page within the site.

@riven37 10 жыл бұрын

Using Google never works for me when I search my family name all I get are dogs.

@TracyMinsterman 9 жыл бұрын

Did you try using the - dogs in your search or minus out whatever dog related words are showing up in your search results?

@rivenwood3841 9 жыл бұрын

Tracy Minsterman Its my last name name of a well known dog. Besides Google is now using true vault I get nothing anymore. I can add the name of the fruit Apple and all I get is apple computers or iphone info nothing about the fruit apple same goes for my last name or other names I am researching Google true vault sucks.

@Shpektrometer 3 жыл бұрын

mine comes up with a ator with same name ]:

@gabbygabgab8404 4 жыл бұрын

Wow i found my oldest grandma lives in 1522

@rjb6327 3 жыл бұрын

How do you do these searches when you do not know the maiden name of the person your searching for? There are no birth, wedding or death records. There is an obit, but the cemetery has no records available as well as Find-a-grave. She wasn't married until the 1940s, so there is no 1940 census with her and her husband. All records found for her husband do not mention her anywhere. He was in his 60s when they got married. There are no marriage records for him either. TRUE DEAD END.

@lamarbrown3531 4 жыл бұрын

I have one legal parent also no grandparents according to my birth certificate

@alissabayne2467 9 жыл бұрын

Yu have to pay for it tht.sucks there

@arielshikoba1857 5 жыл бұрын

Ancestry.com DON'T GIVE YOU NO RECORDS 😒 so you will never know!

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

Ancestry has more than 20 billion historical records and adds an average of 2 million new records every day. Is there something specific that you are looking for?

@arielshikoba1857 5 жыл бұрын

Ancestry I bought a subscription to access the so-called "20 million" records for my research and found absolutely no records! 😔 I couldn't even find records of myself! lol