From another list <parts snipped> kemis SHORT STUFF Genealogy Search Help for Google This free site will help you use GoogleT to research your genealogy. It will create different Google searches using tips or "tricks" that will likely improve your search results. The different searches will give you many different ways of using Google to find ancestry information on the Internet. As you undoubtedly know, a gazetteer is one of the important books for a genealogist, providing a quick way to locate geographical sites. The Probert Encyclopaedia includes an online gazetteer listing "over 70,000 countries, states, counties, departments, provinces, cities, towns, villages, hamlets, rivers, seas and other places of the world." It's important to remember that this is not a historical gazetteer, so places that no longer exist will not usually be included... ...but there are places to find Archaic Medical Terms, from Abasia-Astasia to Zymotic, and Jobs of the Past, like hooker or tipstaff. Social and fraternal organizations played a large role in our ancestor's lives, and freemasonry was one of the most important. A Page about Freemasonry is an extensive site with essays on what Masonry is, as well as news, questions and answers, letters, announcements, and other web sites. Railroads were an important factor in the migration of our ancestors in the second part of the 19th century, as well as in the establishment and fortunes of towns. If your town was on a railroad line, the businesses and farmers were likely to thrive. If not, well, little towns dwindled and disappeared. Railroads were also a big employer. The following links should help you if your ancestor worked for the railroad: Railroad Records & Genealogical Information Before 1937 and The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board and Genealogical Information After 1936. ------------------------------------------------------------------- © 2004, The USGenWeb Project. Permission to reprint articles from this newsletter is granted when the author and The USGenWeb Project News are credited.