Google: The Genealogist's Friend; by Helen V. Smith; 2016; 52 pp; 5.75x8.25; index; paperback; ISBN: 9781925323450; Item #: RUTP0182

Everyone knows Google as the most used search engine in the world, but for genealogists it can do so much more to further their family history research.

Finding an image of the ship on which your ancestor went to war, using Street view to walk the streets of your ancestral area, translating that document, finding that distant cousin who has the photos of family bible, mapping their migration path - these are just some of the ways you can use Google in your family history.

Contents:

• Just Google it!
• Google search
• Automatic AND
• OR
• Quotation marks
• Wildcard (*)
• Excluding terms
• Tilde
• Search for specific file types
• AROUND ()
• Number range
• Other operators
• Use Google's Advanced Search form
• Cached sites
• Google Alerts
• Google Images
• Reverse image search
• Google Accounts
• Gmail
• Google Keep
• Google Calendar
• Google Drive
• Google Docs
• Google Sheets
• Google Slides
• Google Drawings
• Google Forms
• Google Translate
• Translate text
• Translate documents
• Translate web sites to any language
• Finding documents
• Google Hangouts
• Google Groups
• YouTube: more than cat videos
• Google Books
• Searching the database
• My library
• Google News
• Google Scholar
• Google Blogs: Blogger
• Google Patents
• Picasa
• Web Albums
• Facial recognition
• Backups
• Google Photos
• Google Maps
• Panoramio
• My Maps
• Google Earth
• Index