Ancestor search: Primary first and last names with father s first name variations Series: Google for the Genealogist

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1 Ancestor search: Primary first and last names with father s first name variations Series: Google for the Genealogist

2 Primary first and last names with father's first name variations Father First Name John Jones Ora Jones Mother Spouse Mary Johnson Vera Dearing Place of Birth Atlanta, Georgia Place fo of Death Get the best genealogy searches for Google by using your family tree Denver, Colorado

3 Don't know an ancestor's parents? Father First Name Richard Jones Ora Jones Mother Spouse Vera Dearing Place of Birth Nashville, Tennessee Place fo of Death Denver, Colorado Use the child's name for the First Name and (and spouse, birth, and death) and then enter the ancestor as the Father or Mother

4 Primary first and last names with father's first name variations Search for primary first and last names with father's name and death location Father of Primary Primary Spouse

5 First and last names with locations Introduce three searches checking for terms... genealogy ancestry

6 First and last names with locations geneology Each search will pick up websites that might use the common misspelling of genealogy

7 Building a search query: (~) Tilde The tilde (~) operator takes the word immediately following it and searches for Specific word ~genealogy Family Tree Genealogy Genealogists Surname Vital Records Word s synonyms Term with alternative endings ~ancestry Ancestry Ancestors Genealogy History Surname Family Tree

8 Building a search query OR Lincoln OR Nebraska OR (when typed in upper case) allows for either of multiple conditions Returns with pages containing either Lincoln or Nebraska NOT NOT, - use to find pages without a particular term Scots -language Returns pages about Scots but excludes those relating to language Put a sign operator in front of the word in the query

9 Building a search query + +GA + Use a plus sign before words that you want to appear in your search results with no variation of the word Entering GA for USA state Georgia returns GA with no variations

10 Building a search query Quotes 1880 Census If you want to search for an exact phrase, use quotes * Asterisk Ora * Jones The "*" symbol is a wildcard This is useful if you're trying to find name variations, middle names, etc. Returns pages containing Ora Jones separated by one or more words Ora W. Jones Ora W Jones Ora William Jones Ora; Murphy, Jones Ora Lee Jones Ora G. Jones

11 Primary first and last names with father's first name variations Search for primary first and last names with father's first name Father of Primary John Jones Primary Ora Jones John ~genealogy ~ancestry

12 Primary first and last names with father's first name variations Father First Name John Jones Ora Jones Mother Spouse Mary Johnson Vera Dearing Place of Birth Atlanta, Georgia Place fo of Death Denver, Colorado

13 Primary first and last names with father's first name variations "ora jones" OR "ora * jones" OR jones, ora" john -jones colorado OR +CO Search #1 This search uses the three name formats for Ora Jones with the father's first name Ora Jones Ora* * Jones Jones, Ora John -Jones ~genealogy ~ancestry

14 Primary first and last names with father's first name variations Search for primary first and last names with father's first name Father of Primary John Jones Primary Ora Jones Atlanta Georgia Birth John Denver

15 Primary first and last names with father's first name variations Father First Name John Jones Ora Jones Mother Spouse Mary Johnson Vera Dearing Place of Birth Atlanta, Georgia Place fo of Death Denver, Colorado

16 Primary first and last names with father's first name variations "ora jones" OR "ora * jones" OR jones, ora" john jones georgia OR +GA Search #2 This search uses the three name formats for Ora Jones with the father's first name with birth location Ora Jones Ora* * Jones Jones, Ora John -Jones Georgia OR +GA Birth

17 Primary first and last names with father's first name variations Search for primary first and last names with father's first name Father of Primary John Jones Primary Ora Jones Death Denver Colorado John

18 Primary first and last names with father's first name variations "ora jones" OR "ora * jones" OR jones, ora" john jones colorado OR +CO Search #3 This search uses the three name formats for Ora Jones with the father's first name and death location Ora Jones Ora* * Jones Jones, Ora John -Jones Colorado OR +CO Death

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