jana, you are the queen!!!! i cheated and bought a program that i lost in the great crash several months ago (but they are supposed to be replacing it next week) called copernic, and i use that like crazy. my boss once told me (after my coronation as queen, ha ha) NEVER to look him up on the internet, he was afraid of what i might find.. actually, i did look him up and all he had were scientific journals (he was scientist and i did a lot of scientific research for him and others at my job, so this genealogy thing is new to me.. my mother handed me all her pedigree (PAF5 thingy) and said "have at it", "its your turn to torture yourself over this".. .actually, she spent twenty some odd years loving every minute of the genealogy thing (now if i could just keep remembering how to spell genealogy, i will be ok.. thanks for the info and hints, co-queen!!!! linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jana Jordan Shaw" <jordan78@sbcglobal.net> To: <CHEROKEE-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [CHEROKEE-SURNAMES] > Hey, girl, we can sure share that crown! ;o) I spent $40 to learn all this > that was free online, so what kinda queen is that! But, it sure helped in > my research! I hope you don't mind my putting this back on the group as it > may help others too. > > Try these: > > For instance using Jana Jordan Shaw > > "jana shaw" + texas > "j shaw" + texas > "j jordan s" + texas > > Be creative and try EVERY possibility you can think of: > > "j shaw" + genealogy > "j shaw" + choctaw > "j shaw" + sequoyah > "j shaw" + sequoyah county > "j shaw" + "sallisaw, oklahoma" > "j shaw" + "indian territory" > > The possibilities are, of course, different in your cases, but these will > give you some ideas. I knew my grandfather died in Arlington, Texas after > some 30 years marriage to my grandmother, as Jess Willard Jordan. But, in > looking on the ssi, I couldn't find him under Jess Willard, JW (which he > often used also) or Jess. I finally had to wade through the 200 something > J. Jordans and found him listed as unmarried J. Jordan! Now, if I can just > get the $29 together to get that ssi app! I usually start with the most > specific and work my way down to where I find the "right" amount of hits I > want. And, using different search engines sometimes makes a difference. > Overall, I like www.google.com best. But, it sure can't hurt to run it on > any search engine you like, but I'd try google if you haven't already. And, > try the different areas they have too. > > Now, I always have to play with this one to see which way is right, and it's > different on different search engines, but you can also tell the engine to > ignore certain words, like > > "j shaw" + genealogy -episcopal > > that might narrow your hits a little too. On ebay, I have to use -michael > (I don't have any kin I know of named michael, but with michael Jordan > there's thousands it saves me from having to wade through). > > "j shaw" + cherokee -religious > > You'll begin to see things you can "ignore" as you get hits. > > I just went to www.google.com and put in > boolean > and got a lot of hits with directions for these type of searches. > > > Good searching! > Jana, co-queen of searches! ;o) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda" <lindawatkins2005@comcast.net> > To: "Jana Jordan Shaw" <jordan78@sbcglobal.net> > Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 9:10 PM > Subject: Re: [CHEROKEE-SURNAMES] > > > > thanks... i thought i was queen of look ups on the internet, but you > > are!!! > > i deliver my crown over to you!!!! > > > > any other helpful hints will be greatly appreciated.. i usually just put > > things in apostrophes..... > > > > linda > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jana Jordan Shaw" <jordan78@sbcglobal.net> > > To: <CHEROKEE-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 8:39 PM > > Subject: Re: [CHEROKEE-SURNAMES] > > > > > >> Linda, > >> > >> Are you doing "boolean" searches? Like putting in > >> "Linda Priest" would get better results than just Linda Priest without > >> the > >> quotes. Or "Linda Priest" + genealogy would be good to use - just using > >> your name as an example. You might look up "boolean" on a search engine > > and > >> get more ways to use it. It's usually the "advanced" search. It's one > >> of > >> the first things I teach in my genealogy classes. > >> > >> Hope this helps, > >> Jana > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Linda" <lindawatkins2005@comcast.net> > >> To: <CHEROKEE-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 4:08 PM > >> Subject: [CHEROKEE-SURNAMES] > >> > >> > >> >i would like to find heritage info concerning my family name "Priest". > > as > >> >you can imagine, when i type in Priest anywhere, I get catholic stuff. > >> > > >> > my grandfather and great grandfather both attested to being cherokee. > > my > >> > great grandfather looked just like Sitting Bull.. > >> > > >> > any help is appreciated.. > >> > > >> > linda priest watkins > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ==== CHEROKEE-SURNAMES Mailing List ==== > >> > My Favorite Home Page: Native American Genealogy > >> > http://www.accessgenealoyg.com/native/ > >> > > >> > ============================== > >> > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. 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