Google: The Genealogist's Friend

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Google: The Genealogist's Friend; by Helen V. Smith; 2016; 52 pp; 5.75x8.25; index; paperback; ISBN: 9781925323450; Item #: RUTP0182

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 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