Google: The Genealogist’s Friend
Everyone knows Google as the most used search engine in the world, but for genealogists it can do so much more to further their family history research.
Finding an image of the ship on which your ancestor went to war, using Street view to walk the streets of your ancestral area, translating that document, finding that distant cousin who has the photos of family bible, mapping their migration path – these are just some of the ways you can use Google in your family history.
Contents
Just Google it!
Google search
• Automatic AND
• OR
• Quotation marks
• Wildcard (*)
• Excluding terms
• Tilde
• Search for specific file types
• AROUND ()
• Number range
• Other operators
• Use Google’s Advanced Search form
• Cached sites
Google Alerts
Google Images
• Reverse image search
Google Accounts
• Gmail
• Google Keep
• Google Calendar
• Google Drive
• Google Docs
• Google Sheets
• Google Slides
• Google Drawings
• Google Forms
Google Translate
• Translate text
• Translate documents
• Translate web sites to any language
• Finding documents
Google+ (G+)
• Circles
• Communities
Google Hangouts
Google Groups
YouTube: more than cat videos
Google Books
• Searching the database
• My library
Google News
Google Scholar
Google Blogs: Blogger
Google Patents
Picasa
• Web Albums
• Facial recognition
• Backups
Google Photos
Google Maps
• Panoramio
• My Maps
Google Earth
Index
Other Details
Media: BOOK – paperback, 52 pages
Author: H. Smith
Year: 2016
ISBN: 9781925323450
Other: b&w and colour photos, index
Publisher: Unlock the Past
“This book was so helpful in my research, and filled with so much useful information!
Highly recommend to anyone in this field!”