Hi David Thanks for the tip- it seems I have had the same trouble with "G's" in my surname GRANTS research Donna Aitken ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Grierson" <griersonworldproject@mail.tqci.net> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: September 30, 2004 4:31 AM Subject: [D-G LIST] Newspapers > Speaking of newspapers, I have just completed a three week survey of The > Times, [London], and was very successful in doing so, garnishing at > least/perhaps two-hundred entries on Griersons, Greer, Greir, Grear, > McGreery, and some MacGregor. > > I had to work and work at it. The primary reason is that whenever you use > digital archiving you have to be a little smarter than the computer....for > example, I found a death notice dated April, 1788 which I never seen > before. How? I didn't find it under Grierson, and the primary reason for > that, is the computer can only read what is there; I found it under the > keyword: LAG, and so forth with the Griersons of Dalgoner and so forth > with the Griersons of Rockhall, .... > > Using keyword combinations, i.e. - Roek/Rcck/Hill, etc., as the computer > can ONLY Read what is there, found one under Rockhull, > > and some under Griersun and so forth......just make a note of how some of > the letters are shaped, and what other mis-matched words come up whenever > sorting through them. Just a friend tip. > > David > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sent via the WebMail system at mail.tqci.net > > > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by mail.tqci.net] > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > FIND YOUR ANCESTORS > http://www.directcon.net/tomas/Ancestry/index.html/ >