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ONCE AGAIN, IT IS FREE GENEALOGY QUESTION FRIDAY!!!!   Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, now is the time to prepare for Christmas and interview the relatives.    Send your question in!!  cg

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!!  more google operators "Quick Definition Search"  you come across a word and u don't know meaning?  Do a define:then the word!   one click and u will get the definition...cg

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... numrange search gives u a range between dates.   Ex....John Doe 1765...1830.   Also, after u make this search keep track of it with a google alert.   U ask?   What is a google alert?

Not = (-) minus sign in front of word or phrase indicates that u don't want it.   Ex...Lincoln - Abraham.   U want all the Lincoln but not Abraham Lincoln.  cg

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REMEMBER, when u google search, the computer will take what u type literally.  You need what we call operators.

OPERATORS:  "  " quotation marks...will search for exactly what u want first such as "JOHN DOE" "NEWTON COUNTY, GA".   Google search will bring u everything with John Doe and Newton County, GA in it.  cg

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Free Friday Genealogy Question?   Ask me 1 genealogy question and I'll answer you right here on my blog.   cg

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6..Use descriptive words

a..unique words and targeted words r better.

b..again ask ur self "What words would they use"?

7..Use as few words and terms as possible but keep it descriptive

8..Google uses the words u search on, additional words will limit the results

9..Use multiple searches and check on the results.   See what words bring good results

Tomorrow is Free Friday Question?   Ask me any genealogy question for free and I'll answer asap  cg

Best way to Google search!
1..keep it simple
2..Every word matters
3..it doesn't matter whether capital or lower case
4..punctuation is ignored by google
5..imagine how it was entered into the webpage example a genealogist wouldn't say birthday but put born and died.  cg

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Do u know how to google search without getting 1, 025,630 results?   I took a class at the Family History Expo and learned how to do so and I am passing the information onto u.
1st...lets talk about the big picture.   After we put in r parameters, lets just sit back and see what came up and how we can tweak the search so that there are not so many answers.

Operators is the answer.   Tomorrow, I will talk about tweaking the search with operators.   cg

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Yesterday was a great day at the Family History Expo in Duluth, GA.   I missed the Free Question Friday so this week today, we will have the Free Question Friday?   Any question in Genealogy is free.   Starting next week I will go over the wonderful things I learned at the Expo.   cg

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Hello fellow genealogist :)   Tomorrow there is a Family History Expo at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth, GA.   There is still time to register if u want to take classes but there r lots of interesting exhibitors that are free.   It starts at 1 pm Nov 11.   Come check it out!   I'll be there twittering about what I see.   Maybe I'll see u there.   Check out the website at Familyhistoryexpos.com and look for Georgia.   cg

Genealogy (Love of the Hunt)

Its FREE FRIDAY!   What's that?   Ask me any genealogy question and I'll answer you on this blog.....Its Free!!!   You must have at least 1 question, lets get this blog moving   cg

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Genealogy (love of the hunt) by CeirraGeorgia: Genealogy (Love of the Hunt): Have u ever wondered what the terms 4 reason of death found on the death certificate? Here is a list of common terms: 1..AGUE..bad cold, f...

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Have u ever wondered what the terms 4 reason of death found on the death certificate?  Here is a list of common terms:
1..AGUE..bad cold, flu, fever
2..BAD BLOOD..syphilis also look 4 LOCO MOTOR ATAXIA
3..CHILDHOOD FEVER..puerperal sepsis, an infection thru the vaginal canal during childbirth.
4..CONSUMPTION..tuberculosis usually or lung disease, pleurisy.
5..DROPSY..kidney disease end stage
6..FALLING SICKNESS..epilepsy
7..GREEN SICKNESS..anemia
8..LUNG FEVER..pneumonia

Do u know of any other not listed.   cg

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Halloween is over and the holidays are upon us...What a better way to get back to your genealogy hunt.  Going to Aunt Tilda's for Thanksgiving?   Take along a notebook (or tape recorder) and after dinner sit down and have a fun conversation about the relatives.   Take along your records and show her what you have done and what you need.   It should be a fun Thanksgiving!   Good Luck!   Don't forget to send me comments so I know how you are progressing through your hunt.   cg