July 13, 2007
How to search USGenWeb Archives effectively.
What USGenWeb techs need to tell us.
July 13, 2007
How to search USGenWeb Archives effectively.
What USGenWeb techs need to tell us.
July 13, 2007
I was using the USGenWeb / LAGenWeb Search Engine when I clicked on the "Advanced" tab/link, then I clicked on the "HELP" link. There I found this message that said, in part:
... "I don't have a definition for the "File Type" and "File SubType" fields in the ADVANCED SEARCH form at this time."
I can tell you some of the "File Type"s are: bible, bios, cemeteries, census, churches, court, deeds, history, military, newspapers, obits, vitals and "File SubType" fields are sub-division of those directories.
("File Type" does not refer to the file format, e.g. TXT, GED, RTF, HTM, DOC, etc." in this case.)
"File Type" refers to: bible, bios, cemeteries, census, churches, court, deeds, history, military, newspapers, obits, vitals or any subdivision lower than State and County assuming that you type in the state and county into the box.
| IMPORTANT: You can not just type in the County or Parish of the State that you want to search because they have been truncated in some cases, if they are long, etc. So you need the refer to the USGenWeb main directory to see how it is listed. |
For example: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/washingt/: (Use Washingt as the name of the parish because using Washington does not work! The tech people could probably writes some code to take care of that.) For example, click here to see how the Louisiana Parishes are abbreviated.
06/19/2006 12:00AM Directory bible 09/17/2004 12:00AM Directory bios 04/13/2007 06:33AM Directory cemeteries 08/25/2006 12:00AM Directory census 08/08/2004 12:00AM Directory churches 08/08/2004 12:00AM Directory court 08/08/2004 12:00AM Directory deeds 11/30/2006 12:00AM Directory history 06/11/2006 12:00AM Directory military 09/10/2006 12:00AM Directory newspapers 09/10/2006 12:00AM Directory obits 07/19/2006 12:00AM Directory vitals
"File SubType" would be subdirectory below cemeteries, in this case:
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/washingt/cemeteries/
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08/25/2006 12:00AM Directory vol7-02 06/10/2006 12:00AM Directory vol_1 09/20/2004 12:00AM Directory vol_2 09/20/2004 12:00AM Directory vol_3 09/20/2004 12:00AM Directory vol_4 11/25/2006 12:00AM Directory vol_5 11/07/1998 12:00AM Directory vol_6 08/25/2006 12:00AM Directory vol_7 11/25/2006 12:00AM Directory wpghs
I can search for a listing that contain the name, say, McCLENDON, in the "File Type": cemeteries and I will get results only from subdirectories named /cemeteries. I will not find the words McCLENDON in a subdirectory called /wills, for example. It helps a lot if I'm only wanting to search for birth and death dates of someone and my best shot would be in cemeteries, but that is not to say that birth and death dates of someone won't be found in other directories. Also, if I wanted to search the /wills (wills directory) I would not be overloaded with cemetery listings, etc. The added bonus is that it doesn't overwork the servers.
| EXAMPLE: You can "Search
for" more than one surname (or whatever you are searching for) etc.,
in more than one County/Parish, and for more than one "File Type" and more than one "File
SubType," etc. Click on the "Submit" button to see the results:
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"Pat", Patricia D. McClendon
E-mail: Pat@PatMcClendon.com.
URL: http://mcclendon.rootsweb.com/HowToSearchUSGenWebEffectively.html
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