A search box is a search box, right? Actually, not so much. Not all searches act the same way. Understanding the differences in them can help you find more ancestors as well as discover more resources to use in your genealogy research. Let’s take a look.Read More
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4 Things To Do When Using a Genealogy Database
Each genealogy database that we use is slightly different. (Some of them are really different!) That means that they can act differently, which can have an impact on the results we’re getting. Whether you’re looking at the latest databases on Ancestry or FamilySearch or exploring a new-to-you collection, here are 4 things you should do…
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Tricking a Database into Giving Me What I Want
Tonight while I was on Flickr, I came across this photo of Leon L. Devall’s tombstone with the title “135 years old?” According to the tombstone, he died in 1934. Since he’s buried in Ohio, I decided to look for his death certificate in the digitized Ohio Death Certificates on pilot.familysearch.org. The collection covers 1908-1953,…