Thanks Karen!! What a great tip. I'm passing this one to my sister. Florence ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Richardson's" <richardson69@comcast.net> To: <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 10:10 AM Subject: [INRANDOL] Search Tips > Hello List, > > I wanted to pass on some search tips that came across one of the Tennessee lists. > > I had never thought of using the + or - with my searches. > > Enjoy! I hope it proves useful, > Gina > > Dear list: > > When using Google and most other search engines: > > Not only can you add quotation marks "around a name" when searching for a > specific person, you can also narrow your search by adding a + (plus) or a - > (minus) to specific words of interest. For example, when I'm searching for > my gg-grandfather, John Young, b. 1807, Fentress County, TN -- here's one > way I can search for him: > > "John Young" +1807 +"Fentress County, TN" +genealogy > > If I find no matches, I would eliminate Fentress County and probably the > year, too, and research using his name, +TN, and +genealogy. (It has been > suggested to use +genealogy, in order to stay on genealogy sites and > information. You can use a - (minus) in front of a word if, for example, you > continue to get a news story on someone famous who happens to have the same > name as your ancestor. In my case, it's an astronaut, so I enter the search > like this: > > "John Young" +TN -astronaut +genealogy > > This will bring results of all John Youngs in TN mentioned on genealogy > pages or sites, but no astronauts! > > Karen LeJeune > > > > ==== INRANDOL Mailing List ==== > Would anyone like to submit a phrase or thought for the day for the tagline, send an Email to Gina Richardson richardson69@comcast.net > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >