Please note that with the publication of the 4th Edition of The Genealogist's Internet in February 2009, the links for the 3rd Edition are no longer being updated.

16. Search Engines

• [255] AlltheWeb
• [255] AltaVista
• [255] Ask Jeeves (renamed Ask.com)
• [255] Google
• [255] Hotbot
• [255] Lycos
• [256] MSN Search
• [256] Teoma -now merged with Ask.com
• [256] Yahoo Search
• [256] Google UK
• [256] AltaVista UK
• [256] Hotbot UK
• [256] Lycos UK
• [256] Yahoo: Search Engines & Directories

Formulating your search

• [257] Yahoo Search
• [259] Google: Advanced Search
• [263] Ask Jeeves

Searching for files

• [265] Google Images
• [266] Google Images: FAQ
• [267] Big Search Engine Index: Directory Of Image Search Engines
• [267] Finding Images on the Web

Choosing a search engine

• [271] Thumbshots
• [272] Web search service features
• [272] Infopeople: Best Search Tools Chart
• [272] Evaluation of Internet Searching and Search Engines
• [272] SearchEngineWatch
• [272] Serach Engine Showdown

Meta-search engines

• [273] Proteus Internet Search
• [273] Cyndi's List: Search Engines
• [273] Yahoo: All-in-One Search Pages
• [273] DogPile
• [274] MetaCrawler

Search software

• [274] TUCOWS: Searchbots

Genealogy search tools

• [275] Cyndi's List: Genealogy Search Engines
• [275] Genuki: Search
• [275] Origin Search now integrated into rest of site

Tutorials

• [276] UCB: Finding Information on the Internet
• [276] Genealogy Search Engines: Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet
• [276] Rice University: Internet Searching Strategies
• [276] About.com: Finding your ancestors on the Internet
• [276] Peter Christian, Finding Genealogy on the Interne
• [276] Cyndi's List: Search Engines