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FUNDAMENTAL COMPUTER SKILLS FOR GENEALOGISTS
Scope of Program
Internet SearchesComputer Files and FoldersScanning Images and Documents
Internet Searches
Internet Search Engines Google
Genealogy Websites JewishGen
Google is an internet search engine that allows for the searching of websites and other electronic resources by entering search criteria which is used by Google to return websites and the other electronic resources that match the search criteria.
Google Search Results Screen
Operators
AND The AND operator links words together so that any website in your search results
will contain all of the words that are connected by the AND operator. The use of this operator is inherent in all searches performed on Google so you do not need to use this operator.
+ The + operator is used to include websites that contain additional critical
words in your search results. The + operator can be helpful because Google automatically filters out common words and characters. These include “how”, “where”, “or”, and “the” among others.
“” The “” operator is used to search for a phrase. You can enter multiple
words enclosed in quotation marks and Google will search for websites that have that exact same combination of words in the same order. For example, “Gustavus Adolphus Elbow” will return any websites that contain the three words Gustavus Adolphus Elbow in this order in a website.
Operators
- The – operator is used to exclude websites that contain certain
words. For example, elbow –macaroni will return websites that contain the word elbow but exclude any of these pages that include the word macaroni. This will keep any pages with recipes that include elbow macaroni from appearing in the search results.
OR The OR operator is used to retrieve search results that meet
multiple search criteria without having to do multiple separate searches. For example, elbow –macaroni “family tree” OR census will return all websites that contain the word elbow, do not contain the word macaroni and contain the phrase “family tree” and websites that contain the word elbow, do not contain the word macaroni, and contain the word census.
Other Google Features
Sites Linking to Current Site If you find a site that is helpful, you might find other
helpful information in websites that link to this site. You can get a list of all of the websites that Google has in its database that link to a site. For example, if you enter link:www.ancestry.com you will get a list of all sites that link to the ancestry.com website.
Search within A Website If you want to search for something within a website,
use the keyword “site:” followed by the website you want to search within after your search criteria. For example, if you want to search for cemetery records within the Ancestry.com website you would enter cemetery site:www.ancestry.com.
Application to Genealogy Sites How can these techniques be applied to
genealogy websites? Not all apply The most applicable are:
AND OR “” Search within a Site
Many sites such as JewishGen build in search techniques
Application to JewishGen
http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/jgffweb.asp
Files and Folders
Think of a physical file cabinet
Applied to Computers
Your computer hard drive is the file cabinet
In this “file cabinet” you can put folders In any folder you can put more folders In any folder you can put files A file represents the following:
Typed document Picture Recording Many others
Folders versus Files
You can distinguish between folders and files by the icon that represents them
Files also have a suffix that indicates the type of file and links to one or more programs that can use the file
AccessingFiles and Folders
How do you get to folders and files? My Computer My Documents Windows Explorer
Creating Files and Folders
Create a Folder Create a Document
Right-Click ‘New’ Through a program
Working with Folders and Files Copy Move Rename Delete
Scanning Images
Any physical piece of paper can be scanned Document Newspaper Article Picture
What You Need
Computer Scanner Piece of Paper
Types of Scanners
Flat-Bed Good for larger images Good for high quality images One document at a time
Sheet-Fed Upright Good for large volume Easier to use Image quality not as good
Considerations for Use
Need to have a plan for image organization Can use scanner software
Need to have a plan for file naming Can use scanner software
What To Do With Images
Link to genealogy software Replace paper files Email pictures Post pictures and genealogy documents
to a genealogy website
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