genealogy world wide web

Browser World Wide Web • Use browser to access the web – Internet Explorer (Microsoft) – Firefox (Mozilla) • On all PCs...

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Browser World Wide Web

• Use browser to access the web – Internet Explorer (Microsoft) – Firefox (Mozilla) • On all PCs • Requires internet connection • Provides access to millions of websites – Too much information!

Search Engines • Helps find some information on web • Some examples – Google (www.google.com) – Bing (www.bing.com) – Yahoo (www.yahoo.com) • Find text, pictures, maps, news, etc • Try Advanced Search

Hidden Web • Also called – Deep web – Invisible web • Pages not indexed by search engines – Unlinked pages – Sites requiring signon – Databases • www.searchsystems.net to see what’s available • No need to pay – search for database

• They are good, but miss much

What to do with data • Print - all or part • Copy and paste into document • Create pdf (PrimoPDF) – Download from www.primopdf.org (free) • Save images (census, etc) • Save web address of good sources – Save as bookmark/favorite

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