[or-roots] search engines

[Leslie Chapman]

Actually I hve to agree with you Pat, especially on Census search, I'd be a
hypocrit if I didn't since I frequently come in here to ask somebody to find
a person I have given up finding in HQ because I can't imagine what they
have him or her indexed as, but Ancestry soundex will often turn the person
up. As to the book thing, if you know HQ has it, you can actually access it
directly, sort of, but you have to page through the hits that match the
first word of the title, and if you don't know the title you have a bit of a
problem.

As you say, nobodies perfect.

Les

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Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 10:09 AM
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Subject: RE: [or-roots] search engines


I personally find Ancestry to be a bit better than HQ, on identical
material.  Plus, the thing I don't
like about HQ is that you cannot search a particular book.

For example, I use Edward Pleasants Valentine's book quite a bit. In
Ancestry, I can get that book and
search to my heart's content.  With HQ I have to start over with every
search.

I will say that none of the search engines are any where "perfect", but
after all, if it were that easy, I


(a) wouldn't have near as much fun and

(b) might have to take up golf.

Pat


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