TOP SEARCH ENGINES and DIRECTORIES
Genealogy and Family History Internet Portals and Browsers
Worldwide search engine information and databases for webmasters,
research specialists, genealogists and family historians.

CURRENT INFORMATION
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DIRECTORIES and PORTALS: GENEALOGY
and FAMILY HISTORY LINK SITES
* About Genealogy A - Z
  - About Genealogy Resource Library
* Access Genealogy
* Alexa - Browse: Genealogy
* All Genealogy Sites Directory
* Alphabetical List of Resources - Family Search Lab
* Ancestor Hunt - Free Genealogy Search Engines
* Cyndi's List: Alphabetical - Blog - No-Frills - Topical
  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Digital Librarian: Genealogy
* DistantCousin.com - Genealogy Index
* Earth Station Nine: Genealogical Resources
* Family History Internet Sites
* GenDir - Free Genealogy Directory
* Genealogical Journeys In Time
* Genealogy and Family Heritage
* Genealogy and History Links Library
* Genealogy HQ : Genealogy
* Genealogy-Links - National & International Links
* Genealogylinks.net
* Genealogy Mine
* Genealogy Online - Web Sites For Genealogists
* The Genealogy Register
* Genealogy Resources [refdesk.com]
* Genealogy Today
  Surname queries, genealogy news, articles and research tips.
* GenealogyWW : Links
* General Genealogy Resources
* Google ™ Society > Genealogy
  - Google™: Society > Genealogy > Directories
* Harley Hahn's Internet Yellow Pages
* Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
  Providing the Tools to Research Your Family Online.
* Ji's Site
  Free worldwide genealogy and family history research.
* Key Genealogical Sites
* Kindred Trails™ and Free Genealogy Stuff
  Links by Location: Genealogy Resources
  For Family History Research Around the World.
* List of Genealogy Portals
* Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Links & Chat
* Mary's Genealogy Treasures
* MyTrees.com™
  Genealogy, Ancestry, Family History Search and Family Tree.
* National Institute for Genealogical Studies - Links
* Open Directory dmoz (Top: Society: Genealogy)
  Add or Update URL, Become an Editor, General Sites,
  World Wide Guides, Ethnicity, Magazines, Organizations,
  References, Regions, Services and  Surnames.
  - List of web sites about Society: Genealogy
  - Web Directories
* Place Directory - Genealogy
  Best databases, directories and online resources,
  including Mormon (LDS) genealogy.
* Richard Wilson's Other Genealogy Web Sites
* RootsWeb.com
  Home page of the loyal RootsWeb community.
  - RootsLinks - The RootsWeb.com URL Genealogy Registry
    Choose a category to see all listings available.
* Sharkey's Links To Genealogical Links:
  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* WebRing: Home & Family > Genealogy
* WeRelate™
  Free web search engine and wiki for genealogy.
* World-Wide Genealogy Resources
* Worldwide Links to Family History Sites
* YAHOO!® Arts> Humanities> History > Genealogy


EUROPEAN SEARCH ENGINES and RESEARCH:
* 80 Plus European Search Engines and Directories
* European Search Engines, Directories and Lists
* Euroseek.com
* Ezilon Europe - Regional Web Directory and Search Engine
* Regional Genealogy and Local History Research in Europe
* Search Engines: Beaucoup! Geographical - Europe
* SearchEurope


GENERAL INTERNET BROWSERS, DIRECTORIES, PORTALS
and WEB SEARCH ENGINES: Search Engine Features by Feature Type
MAJOR SEARCH ENGINES: BROWSERS - DIRECTORIES - PORTALS
* (AOL's Worldwide Services)
* Is Someone Google-ing You?
  "When someone types your name inside quotation marks on the popular search
  engine Google™, your history emerges, with your past places of employment,
  significant others, athletic achievements and academic record potentially popping
  up on the screen.  Any variation on the spelling of a name -- say, dropping the 'W.'
  in 'George W. Bush' -- also alters the results."  (Can be used on any search engine.)
  - Google™ Guide: Help with Searching
  - Google™ Indicateur
  - google.public.support.general FAQ
  - Guide To Custom Search Engines (CSEs)
  - labs.google.com: Google's Technology Playground
  - List of Google™ Services and Tools
  - Scholarly Guide to Google™ - Harvard College Library
  - Site Map

* Mozilla Firefox: Firefox® Web Browser - The Mozilla Blog
  Faster, more secure and customizable.
  - Mozilla Firefox Start Page
* MSN® - Windows Live®

*   Browse YAHOO!®
  Yahoo!® Toolbar with WorldCat® searching of library materials [OCLC]
  - Have a question about Yahoo!® Toolbar?
  - Yahooligans® and Search Tools for Students
    Kids: great education links and homework help.
  - Yahoo!® Site Explorer
    Explore all the web pages indexed by Yahoo!® Search.

MEGA-MULTI SEARCH
A9.com - All Searches - All In One Search Engine - Beaucoup!
CEOExpress Multi-Search - Dogpile® - fisssh! - Ixquick - Mamma
MetaCrawler® - Meta Crawler - MrSapo - Pandia
Query Server Web Search - Search-22 - Search66.com
Search.com - Search Engine Central - Seekz™ -  WebCrawler®

MULTI SEARCH INFORMATION
* Country and Regional Based Search Engines
* Earth Station Nine
  Compendium of Resources from the Invisible Web.
* ISEDB.com - Internet Search Engine Database
  List of Search Engines:
  About® - Accoona - Alexa® - AllTheWeb.com - AltaVista - BBC
  Browsers (Comparison of Web Browsers) - Excite® - Gigablast
  GO.com - HotSheet® Directory - Opera (Opera Browser Wiki)
  Viewpoint - Wikia® - Search - Wikia® - Wikis from Wikia® - wikiwix
* OmnInteresting
  Lots of interesting sites of the world from A to Z.
* Portals to the World
  Library of Congress selective links (including search engines),
  providing authoritative and in-depth information about the nations
  and other areas of the world.
* refdesk.com - Search Engine Resources
* Regional & Special Search Engines
  Nanyang Technological University Library, Singapore list
  of search engines for locating information by specific topics/subjects
  or by geographical groupings worldwide.
* Search Engine Colossus: International Directory of Search Engines
  Conduct exhaustive web searches using English or the home languages
  of countries.  Make your own website submissions to search engines.
* Search Engine Wiki (Beta)
  - Search Engines and Directories
    Lists of international search engines categorized by country, type and industry.
* Search Engines and Directories A to Z
* Search Engines and Directories in the Yahoo!® Directory
* Search Links
  Top Search Engines, Directories, Libraries, MetaSearch pages.
* Specialized Directories & Search Engines
* Subject Launchpad
  Links to major subject gateways on the Internet worldwide.
* Top 50 Search Engine


INSTRUCTIONS FOR GENERAL INTERNET USE: Portal:Internet
* Bare Bones 101: A Very Basic Web Search Tutorial
* Best Search Tools Chart - Infopeople.org
* Finding Information on the Internet
  UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops.
* Information on the Web (T180_5)
  Foundation skills to use search engines confidently to locate both information
  and images on the Web and learn how to critically assess and reference the
  information you have found for study purposes.
* Internet Search Zone
* Internet Tutorials
* Intute - Virtual Training Suite
  - Arts and Humanities
  - Health and Life Sciences
  - Science and Technology
  - Social Sciences
* Librarians' Internet Index and Search Tools
  High-quality websites carefully selected, described, and organized,
  including current events and issues, holidays and seasons, helpful
  tools for information users, human interest, and more.
* Newbie.org
  Tutorials, trainers, online lessons and references for the newbie.
* Search Engine Tutorial by Pandia
  Free search engine tutorial and guide to Web searching, search engines and directories.
* TONIC: The Online Netskills Interactive Course
* Tools for Searching the Web
  Search tools from Nanyang Technological University Library.
* Web Search Engines FAQS: Questions, Answers and Issues
* Web Search Garage (Publication)
  The Definitive Guide on How to Best Search the Internet.
* Web Tools and Tutorials
* Wires: Inside the Internet


RESEARCH STRATEGIES and INTERNET EVALUATION:
* Association of Internet Researchers
  Academic association dedicated to the advancement
  of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies.
* BrightPlanet - Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet
  Effective ways to "structure" a query and use special operators to target results.
  - Executive Summary: The Two-Minute Bottom Line
  - Google™ Suggest (Beta)
    As you type into the search box, Google™ Suggest guesses
    what you're typing and offers suggestions in real time.
  - KwMap
    Keyword Map for the Whole Internet.
  - Search Engine Dictionary
    Use keywords, keyword map and WordNet for similar internet word searching.
  - WordNet and Web WordNet 2.0 Search
    Online lexical reference system, with English nouns, verbs, adjectives
    and adverbs organized into synonym sets, each representing one
    underlying lexical concept.  Different relations link the synonym sets.
* Deep Web: Invisible Web - JEP: The Deep Web - LLRX -- Deep Web Research 2007
  What it is, Why it exists, How to find it and Its inherent ambiguity.  Content in the deep
  Web is massive -- approximately 500 times greater than that visible to conventional search
  engines -- with much higher quality throughout.  Directed query technology is the only
  means to integrate deep and surface Web information.  The information retrieval answer
  has to involve both "mega" searching of appropriate deep Web sites and "meta" searching
  of surface Web search engines to overcome their coverage problem.
  - CompletePlanet
    Discover over 70,000+ databases and specially search engines.
  - Pipl - People Search (BETA)
  - White Papers by Internet Expert Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.
* Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools
* Evaluation of Information Sources
* Information Literacy: The Web is not an Encyclopedia
* Internet Searching Strategies
* Noodle Tools
  Information Literacy: Search Strategies.
* Sree.net : Smarter Surfing Links
* Web-based Internet Evaluation
  Evaluating Internet sites 101.
* Web Pages for Scholarly Societies
* Web Search Strategies and Other Search Tutorials
  Free tutorials and strategies that provide information for refining Web search skills.
* Web Video: UC Berkeley on Google™ Video
  - Information Systems 141 - Search Engines: Technology, Society and Business
* Web Visual Searching Maps:
  - An Atlas of Cyberspaces - Information Space Maps
  - The Big Picture | CNET News.com
  - Grokker
    A New Way to Look at Search.
  - Kartoo with Instructions
    Keyword Search all genealogy words or topics, with search analyses
    for mapped selection of the best family history sites and places.
  - Mooter - Web Search
  - WebBrain.com
    The smartest way to see the web.


UNDERSTANDING the INTERNET: GENEALOGISTS and HISTORIANS
All pre-modern historical events, recorded by individuals deficient
in Historiography procedures, (prior to modern instant recording
and reproduction capability), should be evaluated as primary
contemporaneous sources, subject to some time lapse and cultural
interjection of bias.  Genealogists, in the capacity of the expert witness,
must reduce the degree of removal from past physical and social events,
(through a thorough exhaustive understanding of all surviving record sources);
insomuch, that their opinion or testimony of what is the "truth", (as contained
in the written documents or other valid sources), has the essential equivalent
trustworthiness equal to an unbiased eyewitness account.
* Ancestor Search
  Free Genealogy Search Engines.
* AOL: AOL Genealogy Community News, Genealogy Forum, Genealogy On & Off Line,
  Myrt's Place - DearMYRTLE Genealogy Lessons and Blogspot.
* Beginning Internet Genealogy
* Family History Search
  Free Genealogy and Family History Resources.
  - Predefined Genealogy Searches
* Finding Genealogy on the Internet
  - The Genealogist's Internet
* Finding Roots on the Web
* Genealogy Inforseeker
  Genealogy related search engines index.
* "GENEALOGY" and ("SCHOLARLY GENEALOGY") search:
  - AlltheWeb (AlltheWeb) - AltaVista  (AltaVista) - AOL (AOL)
    Google™ (Google™) - Google™ Book Search (Google™ Book Search)
    Google™ Groups (Google™ Groups) - MSN® (MSN®)
    Netscape® (Netscape®) - Yahoo!® (Yahoo!®)
* Genealogy Search by Record Type or: Browse and Search FamilySearch™ Websites
* Genealogy Webmaster - Webmasters
  The what, how and why of constructing and maintaining Internet genealogy sites.
* GeneaSearch
* Google™: Twelve Search Tips for  Genealogists
  - Easy Google™ Genealogy Searcher
  - Genealogy Search using Google™
    WebSearch Wizard steps one, two and three.
  - Google™ Directory - Society > Genealogy
  - Tips for Using Google™ in your Genealogy Searches
* Internet for Historians
  Free "teach yourself" practice tutorial that develops Internet information skills.
* An Internet Guide: How to Find your Family History and Cultural Roots
  "For generations, members of your family have sent you the historical equivalent
  of a message in a bottle.  They launched them from . . .  every corner of the world
  with every immigrant’s voyage to America.  Every day now, these messages, in the
  form of historical documents and records, are coming ashore from the vast ocean
  of information we call the Internet. . . . In the blink of an eye, the Internet makes it
  possible to do much of the searching from your own home. . . ."  available in PDF.
* Learning About Genealogy and the Internet
  Four-Step Strategy for Success.
* Primary Source: Genealogical Proof Standard
  - Primary Sources Research from Yale University Library
  - Using Primary Sources on the Web
* Researching Your Family Tree
  Self-paced tutorial is designed for beginning genealogists,
  with basic computer and Internet skills.
* TreEZy
  Genealogy and local history search engine focused on sites
  useful in the research of genealogy, family history and local history.
* WikipediA®: Wikipedia®:Searching - Wikipedia®, the Free Encyclopedia
  Provides a detailed overview of Wikipedia's search feature, and instructions
  on using external search engines, such as Google™, to find information.
  For a short introduction to searching Wikipedia®, see Look it up.
  ALL PAGES WIKIPEDIA®: Search Results - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  Searched for family - [Index] - genealogy - [Index]-  ETC.
 
  00001 - 01000: (00001 - 00500) - (00501 - 01000)
  01001 - 02000: (01001 - 01500) - (01501 - 02000)
  02001 - 03000: (02001 - 02500) - (02501 - 03000)
  03001 - 04000: (03001 - 03500) - (03501 - 04000)
  04001 - 05000: (04001 - 04500) - (04501 - 05000)
  05001 - 06000: (05001 - 05500) - (05501 - 06000)
  06001 - 07000: (06001 - 06500) - (06501 - 07000)
  07001 - 08000: (07001 - 07500) - (07501 - 08000)
  08001 - 09000: (08001 - 08500) - (08501 - 09000)
  09001 - 10000: (09001 - 09500) - (09501 - 10000)
  [Listed below are a few of the above numbered genealog* search results]
  - Almanach de Gotha
    Directory of Europe's highest nobility and royalty.
  - Anthroponymy
    Study of anthroponyms, the names of human beings.
    Name: Category:Names
    - Clan names
    - Ethnonyms
    - Family Name
    - Given Name
      - Category:Given Names
        A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    - Nicknames
    - Patronymic
    - Personal Name
    - Surname
      - Category:Surnames
        A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
      - Surname Newsgroups: Blogs, Genealogy Newsletters and Periodicals
    - Teknonyms
  - Family
    - 0-9  ·  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    - Category:Family: Category:Families
  - Family History
    - Family History Society
  - Family Tree
  - Genealogia Deorum Gentilium
  - Genealogical Bewilderment
    Group of psychological problems stemming from lack of knowledge of one's ancestors.
  - Genealogical DNA test
  - Genealogical Method
  - Genealogical Numbering Systems
  - Genealogical Society of Ireland
  - Genealogical Society of Utah
  - Genealogics
    Database of mediaeval people and more recent Western Australian pioneers,
    with names, dates, events, pictures and secondary sources.
  - Genealogies of Genesis
    - Alphabetic History of Civilization: Ancient and Modern Genealogies
  - Genealogies of the Nobles
    History book related to Islam, authored by Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri(d. 892 CE).
  - Genealogy
    - Category:Genealogy
    - Category:Genealogy and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
    - Genealogy (Foucault): Michel Foucault
    - Genealogy of Khadijah's Daughters
      Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, was the first wife of the Islamic Prophet: Muhammad.
      She had six children.  See Also: Muhammad's Wives
    - Genealogy of Theoretical Physicists
    - Genealogy of the British Royal Family
    - Genealogy of the Spanish Royal Family
    - Genealogy of Scripts derived from Proto-Sinaitic
      Nearly all the segmental scripts (loosely "alphabets", . . .) used around the globe
      appear to have derived from the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet. 
    - Genealogy Software
      - GRAMPS
        Acronym of Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System.
  - The Generations Network
  - Genetic Genealogy
  - Kinship Terminology
  - Nobility
    - Category:Nobility
  - Toponymy
    Scientific study of place-names (toponyms), their origins, meanings, use and typology.
    - Category:Place Names
  - William I of England
* Who Can Find People?
  Information and resources for genealogists, family historians
  and researchers to FIND People, Places and Things.
* WWW-VL: History: W3 Search Engines - Internet Search Engines

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