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AncestorSearch & PeopleSearch: limit your Google search to recently updated pages

April 10, 2021 by Randy Majors

AncestorSearch and PeopleSearch new Find pages updated dropdown

Do you have ancestors that you’ve searched Google for repeatedly over the years? If so, now you can quickly limit your search on AncestorSearch or PeopleSearch to only include pages created or updated in the past 24 hours, week, month or year as shown by the red boxes below: This will catch pages that are either NEW or UPDATED in the timeframe that you specify. Also, be sure and check out the other enhancements to the tools over the past couple of years. Have fun searching!

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Try this one search to find the People Search sites that have YOUR private info, plus links to remove it

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

Does doing a Google search for your name turn up a ton of results from those annoying people search websites? Now you can easily find which websites have your private information, and follow links to have your information deleted. It’s easy and it’s free. Just go to PeopleSearch on Google Search, type your name and location (e.g. city or state) and choose “INCLUDE ONLY search results from people search sites” and the click the “Run Full Google Search” button. The page looks like this: You can view the full description of the new functionality below the PeopleSearch tool under the heading “NEW! How … Read more

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Now AncestorSearch can cut through the muck of all of those annoying People Search sites

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

Does doing a Google search for your ancestors turn up a ton of results from those annoying People Search websites? Now you can easily INCLUDE or EXCLUDE those websites from your search based on a new enhancement to AncestorSearch on Google Search! Now you can filter your AncestorSearch search results to EXCLUDE or to INCLUDE ONLY search results from major people search sites and social media sites. The options look like this: You can view the full description of the new functionality below the AncestorSearch tool under the heading “NEW! How to Filter Search Results from People Search sites and … Read more

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AncestorSearch Alert: Your ancestor is long gone, but Google may find something new tomorrow!

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

According to an internet study, Google is adding an average of 68 MILLION new web pages to its search index EVERY DAY! What if one of those new pages contains a mention of your ancestor? Think of all of the possibilities: new archives coming online all the time, old books and newspapers being scanned, people writing genealogy blog posts, newly indexed records becoming searchable…and so much more. So how do you make sure you don’t miss something important? To make it easier to remain informed about new pages that contain a mention of your ancestor, you can now SET A … Read more

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So…what is randymajors.org Research Hub anyway?

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

“So what is your website all about?” I increasingly get asked some form of this question about randymajors.org Research Hub. A BRIEF BACKSTORY: Back in 2006-2010, the randymajors.org website was a fairly small collection of blog posts about family history plus some of my photography. Then, in 2011 I launched the AncestorSearch on Google Search and Historical U.S. Counties on Google Maps tools primarily aimed at genealogy and historical research. FAST FORWARD TO 2018: I decided to broaden the appeal of the mapping and search tools to a more general audience by launching the present-day County Lines on Google Maps tool. I continued to … Read more

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Have you tried AncestorSearch on Google Search for searching for ancestors (or living people) lately?

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

QUICK LINK TO THE TOOL: AncestorSearch on Google Search For a change, this post focuses on Google Search rather than the Google Maps tools on this website. If you’ve tried searching for a mention of your ancestors (or living people) using Google Search, you’ve no doubt run into this little issue from time to time: 175 MILLION results? OK, this might take a while… Enter AncestorSearch on Google Search, a free search tool that uses Google search enhancements so that you are much more likely to find mentions of the ancestors (or living people) you’re looking for that are otherwise … Read more

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Why have all the map tools changed…again?

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

If you’ve recently used any of the map tools on randymajors.org (such as Historical U.S. Counties on Google Maps or County Lines on Google Maps, etc) you may have noticed some changes. So why fix it if it ain’t broke?! The biggest reason is that all the map tools were about to break due to Google shutting down their Fusion Tables technology, which is what I had been using to draw all of the maps. So after some very, very heavy-lifting for many weeks (just ask my wife!) I was able to move all of the map tools to another Google … Read more

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Google Maps service fully restored on randymajors.org

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

Following a couple of days of problems, Google Maps functionality has been fully restored on the randymajors.org website and the following tools should be fully operational again: County Lines on Google Maps Historical U.S. County Boundary Maps Historical World Boundary Maps ZIP Codes on Google Maps Background: Over the last couple of days, there had been many reports of “over query limit” and rate-limit problems when people were using the above tools. Working with Google support, those limits have been reset. This issue was caused by pricing changes that Google has put in place for users of the Google Maps … Read more

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First County Lines, now ZIP Code boundaries on Google Maps!

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

QUICK LINK TO ZIP CODES: ZIP Codes on Google Maps QUICK LINK TO COUNTY LINES: County Lines on Google Maps After the great response to my County Lines on Google Maps tool, I’ve heard a number of suggestions for other types of boundaries that Google Maps doesn’t show. One that has come up a number of times is for ZIP Codes. Yes, you can see one ZIP Code boundary at a time on Google Maps desktop version, but that’s of limited use if you’re trying to see all of the ZIP Codes in an area and don’t know what they are … Read more

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County Lines on Google Maps tool adds coverage of 4 more countries

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

Just a quick note to let you know that New Zealand, Canada and Switzerland have been added to the County Lines on Google Maps tool! Update as of 29 Dec 2018: Mexico Municipalities have been added, which are the next level administrative division below State. So, the full line-up of countries where you can see counties is: – United States – United Kingdom – Ireland – Australia – New Zealand – Canada – Mexico – Switzerland Please note that not all countries use counties. So in those cases, the tool will show the administrative division that exists between the state … Read more

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