I can't forward a free computer tips email I receive and is really wonderful.
Although this could be considered "off-subject" sometimes the tips are things
that we genealogists can use in going to the various sites while hunting for our ancestors
and other information.
Here are 3 things in one recently and the 2nd and 3rd ones are really great - especially
if searching for names on the website and finding weather of a place you are going to
visit cemeteries, etc. (these were Google "hidden feature tips" so would have to
use Google to get them to work):
3.) Find Documents of the Specified Type - With Google, you can search for up to 12
different file formats right from your Web browser. Wow! Those formats include MS Office,
PDFs, Lotus files and so on. If you want to search for a specific one, just type
"filetype:[extension]" into the search box. For example, if you wanted to find
an MS Word document on a certain dog breed, you would just type in the dog breed, followed
by "filetype:doc." You can do that for any subject and for any file type. Oh
yeah!
4.) Site Specific Search - This feature works perfectly when you want to search through a
Web site that doesn't have a search engine included. To do this, you just need to type
in a subject, followed by the Web site's URL. For example, you could type in
"puggle:puppyfind.com." You can do that for whatever topic you're interested
in and for any site you like to visit on a regular basis!
5.) Four Day Weather Forecast - With this Google secret, you can search for the weather
forecast for any city around the world. Let's say you're planning a trip to
London, England. In that case, go to Google and type in "weather London." I just
did that and I can tell you that it is 63° F and mostly cloudy there right now. Your
search results will also give you the next four day's worth of weather. On Sunday,
it's supposed to be 55 and mostly cloudy. You can do this for any city, anywhere!
Now on this it also has a place where you can test your knowledge as well as learn more
words, etc. while at the same time sending grains of rice to underfed country's
children and people:
http://www.freerice.com/index.php
Hopefully these tips can help you in your research. Again I apologize that this is not
completely "on subject" but think that they can be used by us all.
Oh -- and if you want to find wonderful computer tips so you can use the computer easier
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My best,
Judy Sandage Murphy