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Six Secret Google Search Tricks for Genealogy That’ll Help You Find Your Ancestors

(from Family History Daily Blog – November 2015) Most of us use Google search to look for our ancestors on a regular basis. After all, once we’re done searching our favorite family history sites directly, Google is our best bet for locating new records online. But finding valuable data via Google search can be hard …

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Are You An Effective Genealogist?

Internet Genealogy article by Donna Potter Phillips, Internet Genealogy author November 9, 2015) What I mean is that are you a successful genealogist or an unsuccessful genealogist? Do you usually achieve your research goals? If not, then you might want to take another look at your research strategies. Dave Obee, who hails from Victoria, British …

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Eight Ways to Avoid Going Down the Wrong Path

(Kimberly Powell’s About Genealogy Weekly Newsletter November 3, 2015) There is nothing more frustrating than finding out the ancestors you’ve been so diligently searching aren’t really yours. That the hours and money you’ve spent on your research has been wasted. That the ancestors you’ve come to know and love aren’t connected to you by history …

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