Trying to search for someone online? Perhaps a missing ancestor or someone you just can't quite find enough genealogy information on? There are two major search engines that will do specific searches for a person. These two search engines may bring up someone with that same surname in which you are searching for. You may then be able to contact that person to see if they know any information about your ancestor.

Try searching the Internet using Alta Vista for your search engine. This search engine will search various web sites for the name you are wanting information on. It will also tell you if the person's name you are searching is mentioned on anyone's web site or web page. Another search engine to try is Deja News which will search Usenet Newsgroups, by either searching newsgroups you tell it to or by searching newsgroups to see if the person has posted a message anywhere on a Usenet newsgroup.

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