You may have tried Googling your ancestors before, but depending on how you did it, got no results. Did you know there’s a simple trick that can completely change the quality of results you get? Here’s an example. My great-great-grandfather was a carriage maker from 1880-1920, and his company was called “Lovejoy Brothers.” If I search Lovejoy Brothers carriages in Google, here’s what I get: 373,000 results, and none of them match my ancestors.
Have you ever used Internet Archive? I found old books from the .1890s about Elk County. Even though they do not contain my ancestors names it provides a window into the time they lived. This area was vastly different then and it allows me to try to see things from their perspective,
Have you ever used Internet Archive? I found old books from the .1890s about Elk County. Even though they do not contain my ancestors names it provides a window into the time they lived. This area was vastly different then and it allows me to try to see things from their perspective,