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Googling for Genealogy - RootsWeb - Ancestry.com

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Google Search Commands & Syntax<br />

‣Wildcard (*, **, ***, etc.) within quotes<br />

‣“john hogan” will NOT find John F Hogan<br />

‣“john * hogan” finds John F Hogan, John F. Hogan,<br />

John Frances Hogan, John “JF” Hogan but not John<br />

Hogan or John J F Hogan (or Hogan, John)<br />

‣ONLY whole word wildcard is available in Google (* = 1<br />

word). Partial word wildcard is available in some<br />

other search engines (* = 0 to n characters)<br />

‣“john ** hogan” finds John J. “Jack” Hogan and<br />

John Smith, George Hogan<br />

‣“john *** hogan” finds<br />

John and Gertrude (Bovee) Hogan<br />

John Smith fought George Hogan<br />

www.rootsweb.ancestry.<strong>com</strong>/~nycnygs/<br />

www.dennisAhogan.<strong>com</strong>

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