Genealogy Search Engines
You may have heard that the genealogical search engine Mocavo has shut down and merged with FindMyPast last month. In this week's article I will be looking at what this takeover means and also the 'GenealogyInTime' search engine.
Mocavo was a US based search engine based in Colarado that had published, most notably, many high school yearbooks amongst many other 'free-to-view' records - which has now been transferred to FindMyPast.
To view their records on FindMyPast you will need to have a subscription to their website. However, if you were a member of Mocavo, FindMyPast are transferring your subscription to their website. If you were a Gold/Silver subscriber to Macavo your existing subscription will still be valid with FindMyPast and you will also get an extra 90 days to view their records. If you were a 'non-subscriber' - but still a member your account will be transferred to FindMyPast and you will get 30 days of free access.
You may remember the article 'Googling Your Ancestor' from last year but another method of searching is with the 'GenealogyInTime' search engine available to search, here, it is free to use and is similar to many other search engines and is a custom search of Google. It is easy to use just type in a name and a place to begin with and see what 'pops up'. For example, I searched for one of my ancestors, Joseph Edmund Clarke, and the place he moved to in his 30's, Chobham. The first website that came up for him was a website called 'Interment.Net' and a list of people buried in St. Saviour Churchyard in the Valley End part of Chobham, Surrey. It listed him with his date of death (7 June 1926), which although I already had, it confirmed the place where I could find his grave (when I get the time to visit Surrey). It also had his age that matched and where he lived, 'Valley Wood Farm', same as it was on the 1911 Census. It also had his wife, Mary Ann, who died on the 28 January 1942 also at Valley Wood Farm. Obviously what you find will vary from person to person and try to alter what you search for as well.
Published: 5 May 2016
Mocavo was a US based search engine based in Colarado that had published, most notably, many high school yearbooks amongst many other 'free-to-view' records - which has now been transferred to FindMyPast.
To view their records on FindMyPast you will need to have a subscription to their website. However, if you were a member of Mocavo, FindMyPast are transferring your subscription to their website. If you were a Gold/Silver subscriber to Macavo your existing subscription will still be valid with FindMyPast and you will also get an extra 90 days to view their records. If you were a 'non-subscriber' - but still a member your account will be transferred to FindMyPast and you will get 30 days of free access.
You may remember the article 'Googling Your Ancestor' from last year but another method of searching is with the 'GenealogyInTime' search engine available to search, here, it is free to use and is similar to many other search engines and is a custom search of Google. It is easy to use just type in a name and a place to begin with and see what 'pops up'. For example, I searched for one of my ancestors, Joseph Edmund Clarke, and the place he moved to in his 30's, Chobham. The first website that came up for him was a website called 'Interment.Net' and a list of people buried in St. Saviour Churchyard in the Valley End part of Chobham, Surrey. It listed him with his date of death (7 June 1926), which although I already had, it confirmed the place where I could find his grave (when I get the time to visit Surrey). It also had his age that matched and where he lived, 'Valley Wood Farm', same as it was on the 1911 Census. It also had his wife, Mary Ann, who died on the 28 January 1942 also at Valley Wood Farm. Obviously what you find will vary from person to person and try to alter what you search for as well.
Published: 5 May 2016
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