Knowing what goes into creating genealogical databases, and what challenges and difficulties arise as well as the context under which the records in the database were created, is important to the end user, as Mike Mansfield from MyHeritage Webinars demonstrates in "You Need a Search Strategy: Maximizing Your Results with Online Genealogical Databases."
In the past 20 years, online search systems, databases, and image collections have revolutionized family history and genealogical research making our work faster, easier, and more convenient. However, these databases are not without limitations and quirks. This webinar will discuss some limitations we face and present strategies for more effective searches across a spectrum of websites and online services.
One interesting tidbit: if your ancestor was a suffragette she may have been absent in the 1911 census of England and Wales due to a boycott organized by suffragettes in protest to the government's refusal to grant women the right to vote.
1 hour 22 minutes
Free to non-subscribers
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