Living Relatives (often unknown to you)
Begin an active campaign to find genealogy cousins, often unknown to you). Those who want to share what they know or have discovered about your common ancestors have already placed their data on personal and family websites, in genealogy forums, including photos and video clips. Some of the most important family documents are already scanned and awaiting your discovery. Other genealogy cousins are also interested in their family background—they just have not yet begun the search. Your influence can change that and probably unearth family documents that have yet to be shared in any format. The family Bible, a soldier’s personal record book, an exit document from Europe, an original passenger ticket for a packet ship, a portrait that hung over the mantle in the ancestor’s home–Check:
__Search Engines—http://google.com just add +genealogy to your query for compiled information. Leave the +genealogy to access day-to-day events in which your relatives are featured
__Other search engines. The feefhs website (Federation of Eastern European Family History Societies will alert you to sites in Europe that reveal similar details for overseas relatives. http://feefhs.org
__ http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html table of recommended search engines on the internet with the strong points of each one. Click the link to What Makes a Search Engine Good?” by Joe Barker
__Directories—http://www.distantcousin.com/Directories
__http://www.superpages.com for reverse phone numbers and addresses
__http://www.switchboard.com for current phone numbers and addresses
__Social Networks—http://www.reunion.com/ The Reunion Network
__http://classmates.com high school contacts
__http://www.linkedin.com/ lost contacts and relationships from the past
__ http://www.zoominfo.com/ finding people and the companies they own or work for
__Birthday Databases—http://www.birthdaydatabase.com
__http://stevemorse.org/birthday/ Steve Morse’s birthday utility (includes Mickey Mouse and other fictional characters just for fun!)
__Obituaries—http://www.legacy.com Check for living descendants, their relationships and current city of residence. Married names of daughters are also given
Your favorite genealogist, Arlene H. Eakle http://www.arleneeakle.com
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