Tips for Searching Genealogy Archives

Natalie Webb
Oct 24, 2024
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About this webinar

Are you finding that your searches return too many records? Using wildcards like "", * and - can narrow down your results to the records you really need. We'll walk you through using them step by step.

About the speaker

Natalie Webb isn’t your average genealogist. With a 25-year career as a project manager, technical trainer, and all-around computer wizard, she's got the skills to tackle even the trickiest of technic...
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    Lynda Altman
    1 year ago

    With WorldCat and other websites where you can use boolean searches, the connector terms must always be in all CAPS if you want them to work. Good information and a really good overview of boolean and wildcard searches.

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    ARTHUR SISSMAN
    1 year ago

    Great explanation of these tool in searching in databases! Thanks Natalie

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