but it will be coming out in just a few weeks. Be sure to
great interview? Well, guess what? That's not all. Lisa gave
Well you can find me out on the interweb at G Genealogy Gems.
copy of your book and then listen to you in general. Sure.
even go to Lisa Louise Cook. com. It'll take you to the same
place. There you'll find the store in the menu. So, I have
com. So, Gems is plural, Genealogy Gems. com or you can
study examples so that you it's not just theory. You're you're
like I have my citation from Google books yeah and then we
download them too. So I love downloading them. I'll drop
researching inheritance in Ohio. Um I started it just
then there's another place because I had this when I was
did. So it's just a wealth of information. And you can
know flying to my next presentation. Which you do all
on it and and they had the ability to digitize it they
my book there and my other books as well but it's
magazines every type of book don't just think reference book
actually following along and seeing how it unfolds and I do
Google books talk about Google Books well there's a full
them into Dropbox and I can read them offline while I'm you
you're watching it before it's released, other videos with
us so much more information. There's going to be a part two
available as a as a print book or also Ebook. Wasn't that a
check the videos here for the video when it's released or if
the time. I do a lot. Well Lisa tell us how people can get a
searchable and wow there are so many history books and just
documents on Google. com so that makes them keywords
hmm. And it's Google Books is over 25 million digital books
a presentation Devin. Uh it's it's called Google Books the
currently that's the date and so wow to be able to keyword
that subject. So, that would be one where I think it'd be worth
we can further direct Google. You know, he's gotta have this
both learn together so tell me more about I've alluded to
another one of your favorites which we can talk about next
to do both and and you make a great point. It's it's so
look. They go way back in time. They've even got some European
name, the first and last, or just a surname, what do you
those out in the world and and that's a pretty easy one. I
somebody who worked on the team. They could be somebody
who does probate estate she's like that is not typical I'm
which is Google Books and I did find as well a book about the
Google generally didn't get anything but then I went to
gets generated and those are our rights. For sure. Well, and
like you were saying books of statutes catalogs almanacs
think every type of publication if they could get their hands
the way they did because that tells us what kind of paperwork
recognition to those books that we don't normally get on
to about 1924 when we get into the public domain at least
search because they've applied the optical character
every single day. And and that's because it's so vast. Mm
the drawings that he made but when I search for him, not only
chapters of my book and and use the search operator because and
place that handled probate and estate planning or is that
middle name or this middle initial or not these words and
com for a more general search because there might be somebody
we can really zero right in. I like it. I like it. Now, back
your ancestors live so perhaps like what were the statutes in
and of course the fully digitized books are the prior
tool I use every single day or the tool you should be using
chapter just Google Books and and I try to give kind of case
statute said it impacted inheritance and then my friend
ancestor that did get somehow involved in an invention and
critical to understand why laws were made, why things happen
it. A wonderful kind of proactive breadcrumb trail that
the co-founders and developers of particle board. So, he has a
events, you're likely to find documents that if you look to
history in there whether it's an ancestor or a place or
would just start with the surname. I I'm interested in
patent and on particle board and and all the layers and the
Google so you might as well go and check it out. Right, for
citations. So Yay. Isn't that awesome? I mean, Google Scholar
they're really going for scholarly documents with source
citations. So, if you can find information about your family
that's mentioned in the patent itself. Um they could be
what kinds of information would we find in either one? Oh you
Google Scholar and the second is Google Patents. So tell me
is one of those tools in the toolbox where it's a
do I have his full name but I still get other William Cooks
Swarovski relatives, it's, you know, there's only so many of
with the cook and my husband's father was one of the kind of
specialized search engine and it's only searching the
sure. So, in the patents, do you just put in your ancestors
suggest? Um I would it depends on how common the name is.
else even in genealogical circle who's already tackled
exactly what you're looking for then I would head to Google.
Scholar. Um I think I would probably if you don't nail down
somewhere else? I think you could absolutely check Google
patents in there and you know, it only takes a second to
who created things. So, that's where we go back to the furly
recommend for researching statutes for the time periods
to Google Scholar for a minute. Is that Place that you would
somehow influencing the situation. So, it's worth a
will be surprised to realize that either they have an
be and keep genealogy fun. So you mentioned in your book some
music or in images or whatnot to keep you where you want to
keep you out of parts. Be it political or inappropriate
lot of people are not a fan of Google because they keep track
word it has to be exact. The more you control what the
you can follow. So, Google Scholar is tremendous in that
hyperlinked. Isn't that amazing? So you can click that
that are objectionable to you, they're far less likely to show
I would say Devin is that use the search operators. Okay. So
going to be restricted and go straight to what you want and
Okay. So, if I was looking for my Swarowski, any of my
any Swarovski involved in a patent or in Google Scholar but
they don't have to be the inventor. Okay. They be
kinds of things you want. So, if you're not looking at things
respect and Google Patents, I think, you know, many people
link and go to the next document. I mean, talk about
universities and legal archives and corporate archives and
the bottom, not only Have their sources cited but they're
gotta love Google Scholar because it has source
not kind of deviate into other areas. Okay good. Cuz I know a
of you but it sounds like it's actually kind of beneficial to
things I know very few people think about. The first one is
search query is. Mm hmm. And what it means the more Google's
up in your searches. Okay and the other well the other trick
things like the quotation marks saying hey it has to have this
So, be signed into your Google account and you can always look
other thing that you can is have your search history on.
and stay away from stuff that not our cup of tea? Sure. Well,
we can be safe on searching for the content that we most want
Google the idea of the type of image and you'll get there much
to vintage photographs on a particular topic even if it's
fairly well known, if it's a well-known location, if there's
here's three other versions of that picture or a picture of
match? So, I've had this actually tell me this is a
not quite, you know, fully sophisticated yet and they're
scare. Yeah, they they do like a facial recognition but it's
easiest way and when you get to Google images, that search box
just do the a Google search in Google. com but go to Google.
version of it on your computer, then, I would recommend, don't
not identified. You don't know why did she save this postcard.
know and and every day there are probably millions of photos
about searching for photos on Google. So give me a one tip
those in the software. So, besides Google Earth, you talk
about in the book, you know, are going to go more in depth
figuring out here are the kinds of things you search for and it
my activity and you'll be signed into your Google account
faster. Oh that's that great. That's great. Now, with images
not going to match it exactly the photo itself will give
Google Chrome can do a lot of great things but it's geared to
software is my go to. That has all the bells and whistles.
You'll be able to do anything that you want to do in that.
really helpful. It creates a breadcrumb trail but it's also
or with any kind of content, do you have some strategies on how
what I just suggested actually can help a lot is if you use
and Google will track what you search for which is actually
at your history in my activity. So, you can just Google that,
will start to sway the results you're getting towards the
black and white vintage so it's a nice easy way to quickly get
everyday people who are not famous it may not match up the
something significant there, it's going to grab it but for
person but what it can do is it can tell Google when you search
surprised if it did. Um you can use the Google Search
program is kind of a different animal. It's not what you think
in the Google Chrome browser. So, only in the Chrome browser
everybody to make use of it and not everybody's going to
going to go and check and see. Can we find other images that
Google it, right? So, Google Images, that's always the
Mm hmm. If you scan that picture and get a digital
Sometimes and I know in my grandmother's scrapbooks
tell Google the type of images you're interested in. Okay. The
where you're going with it then that can help a lot. It can
your own image to start the process to kind of dictate
castle in Scotland and here's the name of the castle and
actually checking all the images they've, you know,
com and click images in the upper right-hand corner or just
so, they have finally come out with a web-based version. So,
this is Google Earth for Chrome and it's beautiful and glorious
and and like anything else we just have to take a deep breath
excited about that has been improving I think it's in the
coming online. So you never know what you're going to find.
One tip I would give you is if you've been going through your
for how to search for photos on Google. Oh sure. Oh gosh. You
in that Program. So, if to even now, I think Google Earth
for keywords you want images that look like this in a sense
Google. So, when it runs it through the system, it's
has a little camera icon. So, you can click that icon and
collected over the last couple of years. They match that. They
that location. So, it works really well if it's somebody
they're not even on. It's just the postcard she wants. It's
grandma's scrapbook and you see a postcard let's say. And it's
and say you don't throw the baby out with the bath water
than that and create bigger projects. So, you'll want to do
squiggly line to to tell Google use this word but then search
Facebook. Um but even in the search realm in terms of search
actually upload this digital picture from your computer into
the picture. Right. But I don't know what the significance is.
doesn't work in Firefox at least not yet. I would be
for Family History Projects but recently in the last year or
you think is like what's the one that you've are really
innovation on Google I know you have to pick one but what do
there's many chapters in the book dedicated to how to use it
go see that's why we talked to Lisa she's more knowledgeable
the you know things do go away so you kind of have to check
bummed with Google groups and Google Plus right? Google Plus
know. Yeah. People have been well some people were super
put quotation marks around them. So that's just one of the
phrase and that those words and phrases are spelled that way we
you just say you know things changed yeah things do change
than we realize what do you think has been the best
alternative words that we wanted to look for as well. So
change I think there's a song about changing David there you
come and go and morph is you don't always get the same tools
the casual user and a lot of the projects I know I talk
functionality but the important thing to know as these tools
of when you think of Google. So, this way, everybody can go
download a software program In fact, a downloadable software
and I think the idea behind it was they really wanted
area of Google Earth and I was just writing a blog post about
program and it's been available for several years now and
that today. Um Google Earth of course is a free software
even in the search operator realm but certainly in some of
operators we used to be able to use Attilda you know the little
something else. So nowadays in order to make a search
search operator in our search queries and of course then
morph into some other tool and sometimes they just completely
for the synonyms of this word and so synonym search doesn't
work anymore. So we've got to tell Google some of the main
kind of the search changes that's happened. Um lately
frustrated when they got to those. Um because things do I
mandatory where every single result has that word or that
between the first edition and the second edition and those
were things like they used we used to use a plus sign to as a
2019 and the key there was to get all the screenshots and the
You know every year something goes in fact every time I give
Google Plus came out and they started using the plus sign for
They do. Well you know and some of those things are that they
think some of the the major changes happened actually more
and now lately it's Google Hangouts are going away. Yeah.
go away as in with Google Plus it just could not compete with
they've been turning some things off unfortunately. So. I
links you know working and up to date so people wouldn't be
the same search engine in all the free tools. So, we just
something off or turn something on. Um but we did update it for
was showing, I kept, you know, DV into other Google tools and
take it from there and show tons of different ways that a
Absolutely, that's awesome. So, originally, this book came out
a presentation I have to double check that Google hasn't turned
different? Well lots of different things. Oh my gosh.
genealogy but the more I dug into it and the more examples I
things that you can do and particularly focused on
we're going to show you the the search strategies but then it's
have the second edition updated to twenty nineteen. Yes. What's
in 2012 and then you released the second edition and now you
genealogist could use it to accomplish their goals.
Well, the book originally was going to be just about how to
the most out of Google for your genealogy research. Be sure to
how it ended up being the genealogist Google toolbox. Um
I realized there really is a whole toolbox here and that's
going to jump in and talk to Lisa Louise Cook of the
It's great to be here. I am so glad that we can get together
Hi, I'm Devin Noel Lee with Family History Fanatics where
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Google Search. Um there's lots of different strategies and
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