Lyceum Course - Internet Genealogy - Browsing

  • Browsing The WEB - Indiana Marriages
    1. The Starting Point - Want to Research -
      • Embree Family in Gibson County, Indiana - Early 1800s
    2. Site - Early Indiana Marriages
      Indiana State Library
      • We want the "Databases" Link" which takes us to -
        Indiana State Library - Databases
        Or Looking in the Browser Search Window - http://www.in.gov/library/databases.htm
    3. Then we want the "Indiana Marriages Through 1850" Link
      Indiana State Library - Genealogy Database: Marriages through 1850
      Or Looking in the Browser Search Window - http://web.isl.lib.in.us/INMarriages1850/marriages_search.asp
      The portion of this string - web.isl.lib.in.us/INMarriages1850/marriages_search.asp is called a URL or Universal Resource Locater
      We can also move around using the History file in the Browser
      We can make a special note of this URL and organize URLs in a Bookmark/Favorites File
    4. Notice that we have arrived at a "Forms" page which will allow us to search a database.
    5. Before we do - How Did We Know to Start at the Indiana State Library Site?
    6. Prior Experience - But if Not, Let's See if We Can Find the Site
    7. We "Google" - Here Is Another Forms Page - (A Familiar Favorite)
      Google - Advanced Search
      http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
      • Let's Try A Simple "And" or "All" Search
        Enter: "Indiana" "Marriages" Select Language "English" Then Click on Search
        Result is Another Page With List of Possibilities
      • Let's Eliminate a Few - Enter: "ancestry" in the "unwanted words"
        We Don't Have a Subscription
      • Now the Top Candidate Looks Interesting
        We Get the Same Form - Notice However the URL Seems Different than Previously
        208.119.72.68/INMarriages1850/marriages_search.asp Compare This to URL of Previous Search.
        That is http://web.isl.lib.in.us/INMarriages1850/marriages_search.asp
      • So "Google" or a Similar Search Engine - Helps us Browse to Locates Sites with Possibly Useful Data Bases
    8. The Previous Sequence 1-7 Illustrates Internet Browsing

    © Prepared by Jay January 17, 2012