Google+ is great for collaboration. It is also useful for genealogical groups to use. Of course, the Google reader is a absolute 'must' for keeping up with the geneablogging community. I couldn't live without it. As granny once said: "Ihre Zustimmung ist weder erforderlich gewünscht, verlangt, oder von meinen Gedanken, Wörter und Briefe, noch sind so das Fall zukünftig." ----- Original Message ----- From: Rawls Family <rawfam46@gmail.com> To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com Cc: Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] Using Google I use google search extensively for finding web sites related to individuals and places in my genealogy research, the inclusion of such terms as 'family', ' genealogy', 'history' etc narrow such searches to more suitable results. I also use Advanced Search to search within a site that does not have a good search engine included, this can help greatly in larger sites. Google books also will bring up many historical documents unavailable elsewhere and I have found several references and details about my ancestors via such methods. I generally do not use those 'pay for' sites due to my reluctance to give financial information on line but such sites as Find My Past that have an advanced search can be 'manipulated' by changing the search criteria to reveal much of their content. Takes a little longer but most of the information can be found and viewed this way. The original inquiry was about using google+ (google plus) which seems to be yet another 'social networking' site and apparently requires submitting personal information to join something which we should avoid where ever possible. Such sites may be useful for interaction between individuals on a common subject, such as genealogy, but I fail to see how it can help more than say the Rootsweb Message Boards with actual research and inquires. But then I do not subscribe to ANY social networks! Don R    The Rawls of Dorset ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message