Researching family history often includes searches on the internet. The following
is a list of Google SEARCH OPERATORS that you may find useful.
Quotation Marks - for an exact match.
- Searching for John Jones birth try "John Jones" birth, or "Jones, John" birth
- Will only display pages that contain the quoted string
Minus Sign - to exclude.
- If searching for John Jones birth returns results for John Andrew Jones try
John Jones -Andrew
- Will only display pages that do not include Andrew
Site Specific.
- To search only a specific site try site:dwyne.net John Jones
- Will search only the site dwyne.net for John Jones
Web Page - Titles only.
- To search in web page titles only Try allintitle: John Jones
- This will only show pages that contain John AND Jones in the
webpage title.
Web Page - Text only.
- To search in web page text only Try allintext: John Jones
- This will only show pages that contain John AND Jones in the
webpage text.
Range of numbers.
- To search using a number/date range try John Jones birth 1942..1946
- This will only show pages that contain John Jones AND a number
range between 1942 and 1946.
- (note the 2 periods )
Proximity or (Near Each Other).
- To search for terms near each other try John Jones AROUND(5) Anglesey.
- Only show pages where Anglesey is within 5 words of John Jones.
Logical - AND
- To search for John Jones birth and marriage try John Jones birth AND marriage
- AND will only display a page if BOTH of the arguments are
true/found.
Logical - OR
- To search for John Jones birth or marriage try John Jones birth OR marriage
- OR will only display a page if ANY/either of the arguments are
true/found.
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