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Anthony Marshall is producing a genealogy-specific search engine called Kincrawler. As of this morning, his database contains links to 771,744 free genealogy pages. And he’s going for a billion… I did a search for the surname “Canfield,” and got 760 Continue reading Kincrawler.com – A New Genealogy-Specific Search Engine
A Sweetheart of a deal… As I’ve written during the RootsTech conference, I’ve been hanging around the MyHeritage booth absorbing information. MyHeritage has been making exciting technological advances for several years. Their tech is allowing them to share billions of Continue reading A Sweetheart of a deal… #RootsTech #Genealogy
A while back I got an invitation to a VIP breakfast to be held during RootsTech 2014. The breakfast was to be Friday morning. When I got the invite, I printed it out and put it in a notebook with Continue reading Your search results may not be what they seem.
Cliff Shaw seems to always be on the cutting edge of genealogy technology, especially as deals with the web. Now he says that it looks like they are close to being able to search on handwritten text. If his company Continue reading A Search Program That Will Read Handwritten Text?
Mocavo, the Internet’s largest genealogy specific search engine, hires new COO and Chief Genealogist. Read the following article from Enhanced Online News for details. Mocavo Expands Leadership Team with Industry Veterans Ryan Hunter Appointed Chief Operating Officer, Michael Leclerc Appointed Continue reading Ryan Hunter & Michael Leclerc Join Mocavo
Google is far more than a basic search engine. While it may have started as a basic engine, the additional tools Google provides for free makes Google an excellent, all-around research assistant. Google Alerts for up to the minute web Continue reading Learning Google Tools for Genealogists
I wrote about Mocavo.com a few weeks ago when I had a brick-wall breakthrough. Now I see that Cliff Shaw has added the genealogy blogs, as well as other genealogist-suggested sites to be searched by his genealogy search engine. Following Continue reading Mocavo.com Adds Thousands of New Sites to the World’s Largest Free Genealogy Search Engine, Including More Than 3000 Genealogy Blogs
I haven’t made a breakthrough on any of my direct-line ancestors in years. All the easy research was done years ago, and most breakthroughs are now made after extensive research. However, prompted by the need to write a review of Continue reading Breakthrough! – A Review of Mocavo.com – the Latest in Genealogical Search Engines