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My cautionary tale: John turned out to be Joseph

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Backtracking through the census to find ancestors The UK census has been instrumental in uncovering ancestors on my father’s paternal side of the family. All I knew at the outset  from my Grandfather’s death certificate was the name of his mother,  and his father – including his father’s date of birth and place of birth. …

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Using Search Operators in Google

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Searching on Google An initial search for the family line I am researching – the Forshaw family, returned   3,680,000 results.  This post discusses how to narrow down your search results using Google operators. Quoted Phrases To search for a phrase, a proper name, or a set of words in a specific order, put them in double …

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