The following is directly from the Table of Contents: Every genealogist with a computer can profit from the volume. Google is truly helping genealogists open up the resources of the Internet – and Dan’s cool book makes using Google easier and more produce than ever before. Apps like Language Tools, Google Books, Google News Archive, Blog Search, Images & Video, Google Alerts, Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Notebook, and the Google Toolbar all have direct application to our genealogy search. The first three chapters of the book, as well as Appendix E (see below) really get down into the nitty-gritty of searching.Ĭhapters 3 through 14 deal with Google applications that enhance the family history research experience.

If nothing else, you’ll certainly be able to locate data that will fill in holes and add richness to your family story.įirst off – and maybe more important than anything else, Dan explains though words, illustrations, and pictures just how to search “smart.” Sure – you can just type in that string of words that you think may be on the Web somewhere, but then again, you might want to type words that will bring you the results you actually want. Finding and accessing these resources is our challenge – and it looks to me like if you know how to harness the overwhelming power of Google, you may – just may – be able to break some of those genealogical brick walls you have before you. The Internet is also loaded with genealogical and historical databases, web pages, indexes, photographs, video and stuff we never even thought of before.

So I set out to learn more myself.Īs we all know, Google is by far the most popular Internet search engine available to us today. One of the genealogists in attendance pointed out that in the first five minutes with the book, he had learned three things about Google that he hadn’t known before – things that would help him in his genealogy research.

After selling 45 books within the first few hours, I had to see what this was all about. I bought several cases of the books to sell in the FRPC bookstore during the Salt Lake Christmas Tour – books I bought because my attendees were demanding them. Shucks, I’ve been using Google since the “beginning,” and figured I knew all about it. I finally got the opportunity this week to sit down and find out what everyone was raving about as deals with Dan Lynch’s new book, Google Your Family Tree.

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