tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171024043917795336.post9053306541482862526..comments2023-07-06T02:33:53.430-07:00Comments on Cyndi's List: Google Tips for Genealogy: SpellingCyndi Inglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10125865163522453560noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171024043917795336.post-68777666429873562812009-02-16T08:34:00.000-08:002009-02-16T08:34:00.000-08:00This may be slightly off the message, but another ...This may be slightly off the message, but another resourse people may want to try (possibly using the same search terms) is Google Book search. I've found several historical references, as well as a few of Tanguay's Dictionary of Canadian marriages.Francis Lalondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03304055034520882192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171024043917795336.post-79132621393364046432008-01-06T09:17:00.000-08:002008-01-06T09:17:00.000-08:00Tilde (~) searches cut down on variant spellings i...Tilde (~) searches cut down on variant spellings in google. ~genealogy will bring up results for family, family tree, surname, genealogical, etc. Doesn't do much for mispellings, I'm afraid, so those typos will still need to be accounted for as separate queries.<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year!Canadian Lib Genie (aka Elise)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17071895233233259747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171024043917795336.post-59663480441655221552008-01-06T09:13:00.000-08:002008-01-06T09:13:00.000-08:00One way around synonyms for genealogy, ancestry, e...One way around synonyms for genealogy, ancestry, etc is to use a tilde ~ search in google. It won't usually hit upon mispellings, but it'll definitely cut down on variants!<BR/><BR/>Try it!<BR/>~genealogyCanadian Lib Genie (aka Elise)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17071895233233259747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171024043917795336.post-32876290661096364212008-01-06T09:03:00.000-08:002008-01-06T09:03:00.000-08:00Hugh -Whoa! You're jumping ahead. I've got the dat...Hugh -<BR/>Whoa! You're jumping ahead. I've got the date range and others planned for future posts.<BR/><BR/>Yes, you're right about foreign spellings for the words genealogy. Here are others:<BR/><BR/>familienforschung, genealogische, genealogie, généalogique, genealogia, genealogiske, släktforskning, sukututkimus, genedlaethol, hanes teulu<BR/><BR/>CyndiCyndi Inglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10125865163522453560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171024043917795336.post-61748670068836470862008-01-06T08:28:00.000-08:002008-01-06T08:28:00.000-08:00Love your Blog Cindi, I've been reading it faithfu...Love your Blog Cindi, I've been reading it faithfully everytime it comes to me. Great advice I will use, even though I have my own successful ways to research, one can always use more. This spelling tip is great. I'm a bad speller since I got older in years, I'll keep this blog in mind whenever I go to find an ancestor. Thanks and a Happy New Year to You.<BR/><BR/>Joni MartinesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171024043917795336.post-51170437839572038392008-01-06T04:41:00.000-08:002008-01-06T04:41:00.000-08:00you forgot genealogiaused in many countrieshttp://...you forgot genealogia<BR/><BR/>used in many countries<BR/><BR/>http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&q=genealogia&btnG=Search<BR/> <BR/>and "johnson peter" finds lists of marriages and memorial inscriptions<BR/><BR/>dates 1710..1790 is a numrange<BR/><BR/>"Just add two numbers, separated by two periods, with no spaces, into the search box along with your search terms, and specify a unit of measurement or some other indicator of what the number range represents."<BR/><BR/>see<BR/>http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.htmlHugh Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12226946909815324207noreply@blogger.com