Who Do You Think You Are?

Search the web like a pro for better results

Anyone who’s tried to search for their ancestors on Google will tell you how frustrating a task it can be. Occasionally you might strike gold with a lucky surname and location search, but for best results you need to understand how Google’s many search operators work. Search operators are a type of syntax that allow you to refine your search terms so that irrelevant results are filtered

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