The name you enter above will be copied multiple
times to the step 2 page once you press the Search button. This step 2
page will have additional buttons that you can press to launch additional
pages. The step 3 pages will have buttons to search specific databases. Once
you finish examining the database search results, return to the step 3 or step
2 pages and try pressing some of the other search buttons.
WebSearch
Wizard
Flowchart
Three Step WebSearch
(1.) Enter
one name above 2b. Search databases for one name
American, European, etc. (3.)Search
specific databases
(2a.) Enter spouse &
parents names
(3.) Search
web for multiple names
using Google, Yahoo, MSN,
FamilySearch, RootsWeb, etc. New! Print your family tree chart
Why are there 3 steps before you get
actual results?
The first step is to get a
name (first & last).
The second step has 3 types of options. You
should try them all
Add to the first name, the name of the
spouse and parents
Step 3 is to use all of the names to
search various sources
Specify a country of the records
Step 3 is to search specific databases
Do an actual search with Google, RootsWeb,
and others
Step 3 presents search
results
Why is there more than one
search button?
There are over 100 search
buttons. You can try them all. The two main types of searches are;
Searches of over 100 specific databases.
Each database has its own search form. Many of these forms have additional
criteria that you can specify.
Searches of pages on web sites must be done
with a search engine. The search engines used here are Google, Yahoo, and MSN.
Google has a restriction of only 10 words, so multiple searches are used to
achieve the desired results. Some of the searches are limited to specific
genealogy web sites like RootsWeb and others.