TOP SEARCH ENGINES and DIRECTORIES
Genealogy and Family History Internet Portals and Browsers
Worldwide search engine information and databases for webmasters,
research specialists, genealogists and family historians.

CURRENT INFORMATION
Alexa Countries Top Sites
Alexa Top 500 Global Sites
AltSearchEngines: Free PDF
Google™ Search Engine News
Internet Resources -- Newsletter
Information Today, Inc.:  ONLINE
 Information Today, Inc.: Searcher
Search Engine Decoder:  Network
Search Engine Discussion Forums
Search Engine Marketing and News
Traffick Search Engine Enlightenment
What Are The:  Most Popular Keywords
AOL® - Ask™.com - Dogpile® SearchSpy
 Google™ - Lycos® - MSN® A-list - Yahoo!™ Buzz



 

GENERAL INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES: WEB SEARCH ENGINE: List
SEARCH ENGINE: Features by Feature Type
BROWSERS - DIRECTORIES - PORTALS:
BROWSERS:
* [Comparison] List
* Opera Browser (Opera Browser Wiki)
* Safari (Web Browser)
DIRECTORIES:
* List
PORTALS:
* Internet Portals in the Yahoo!® Directory

MAJOR SEARCH ENGINES:

*   AOL: AOL® Search
  - International Sites | AOL® Corporate
*       Google™: Is Someone Google-ing You?
  "When someone types your name inside quotation marks on the popular search
  engine Google™, your history emerges, with your past places of employment,
  significant others, athletic achievements and academic record potentially popping
  up on the screen.  Any variation on the spelling of a name -- say, dropping the 'W.'
  in 'George W. Bush' -- also alters the results."  (Can be used on any search engine.)
  - Cyndi's List - Googling for Grandma
  - Google™ Guide: Help with Searching
  - Google™ Site Map
  - Google™ Toolbar
  - Guide To Custom Search Engines (CSEs)
  - labs.google.com: Google's Technology Playground
  - List of Google™ Products: Official Google™ Blog
  - Logoogle.com
    Google™ Domains: directory, links, sites and services.
  - Scholarly Guide to Google™ - Harvard College Library

*                         Mozilla Firefox: Mozilla | Firefox Web Browser [Personal]
  Faster, more secure and customizable.
  - Mozilla Firefox Start Page: Mozilla Blog
    - Thunderbird
      Reclaim your inbox.
*          MSN®: MSN® - Windows Live®
  - Bing™: Bing™ - Bing™ - Search Worldwide
    Live Search evolved into Bing™.
  - List of MSN® Services
  - MSN® Worldwide

*   Yahoo!®: YAHOO!® Directory - Yahoo!® Search: Yahoo!® Web Search
  - List of Yahoo!® Owned Sites and Services: Yahoo!® Everything
  - Yahoo!® Toolbar
    - Yahoo!® Toolbar with WorldCat® searching of library materials [OCLC]
  - Yahoo!® Kids and Search Tools for Students
    Kids games, movies, music, etc.
    - TekMom's Search Tools for Students
      Education links and homework help.
  - Yahoo!® Site Explorer
    Explore all the web pages indexed by Yahoo!® Search.
    View the most popular pages from any site, dive into a
    comprehensive site map, and find pages that link to that
    site or any page.

MEGA-MULTI SEARCH:
* A9.com - OpenSearch Client
* All Searches - All-In-One Search Engine Tools
* Beaucoup! 2,000+ Search Engines, Indices and Directories
* Browsys Finder
* CEOExpress® Multi-Search
* Dogpile® Web Search
* fisssh! - Search Engine
* Mamma Metasearch
* MetaCrawler® Web Search
* Meta Crawler Search Engine
* Pandia Powersearch - Search Engines and Directories
* Search-22 - Internet Search Engines
* Search66 Search Engine
* Search.com - Metasearch Search Engine
* Search Engine Central - Search Hundreds of Sites
* Startpage™ Metasearch
* WebCrawler® Web Search

MULTI SEARCH INFORMATION:
* About®: Topic Guides by Experts
* BBC: World's Largest Broadcasting Organization
* Country Search Engines
* Cyndi's List - Search Engines
* Earth Station Nine
  Relevance is everything.
* HotSheet® Directory
* List of Search Engines
  - Accoona™ Business Search Engine
  - Alexa® Web Information Company
  - AlltheWeb.com: Find It All
  - AltaVista™
  - Baidu.com: Chinese Language Search Engine
  - Excite®
  - Gigablast™
  - GO.com (Walt Disney)
  - Viewpoint Search
  - Wikia® - Search
    - Wikia® - Wikis from Wikia®
  - wikiwix: Wikipedia Articles Search Engine
* OmnInternet®
  Interesting sites of the world from A to Z.
* refdesk.com
  Search engine resources.
* Search Engine Colossus
  International directory of search engines.
  Conduct exhaustive web searches using
  English, or the home languages of countries..
  Make website submissions to search engines.
* Search Engine Wiki (Beta)
  - Lists of International Search Engines
    Categorized by country, type and industry.
  - Search Engine College: Search Engine Marketing Courses
  - Search Engine Wiki Categories
  - Site Map
    All: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Search Engines and Directories A to Z
  About.com: Web Search.
* Search Engines and Directories in the Yahoo!® Directory
* Search Links
  Top search engines, directories,
  libraries and metasearch pages.
* Special Search Engines
  Search Engines by subjects or topics from
  Nanyang Technological University Library.
* Specialized Directories & Search Engines
* Subject Launchpad
  Links to major subject gateways
  on the Internet worldwide.
* Top 50 Search Engines

REGIONAL and EUROPEAN SEARCH ENGINES:
* ASIA:
  - Bangladesh:
    - Bangladesh Search Engines
  - China:
    - Baidu.com
      Chinese language search engine.
    - Google™ Chinese
    - qq.com
    - sina.com.cn/
    - Top 100 Chinese Websites
    - Yahoo!® Chinese
  - India:
    - Google™ India
      Sites in English, Hindi,  Bengali,  Telugu,  Marathi,
      Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam and Punjabi.
    - rediff.com/
      India abroad.
  - Indonesia:
    - Indonesia Search Engines
  - Japan:
    - FC2 Total Web Solutions
    - Google™ Japan
    - Yahoo!® Japan
  - Korea:
    - Naver
  - Pakistan:
    - Pakistan Search Engines
  - Philippines:
    - Philippines Search Engines
  - Thailand:
    - Google™ Thailand
  - Vietnam:
    - Vietnam Search Engines
* EUROPE:
  - 80 Plus European Search Engines and Directories
  - European Search Engines, Directories and Lists
  - Euroseek.com
  - Ezilon Europe - Regional Web Directory and Search Engine
  - Google™:
    - Deutschland - Espana - France - Italia
      Nederland - Polska - Turkiye - United Kingdom
  - Google™ Russia:
    - @MAIL.RU - VKontakte - Yandex
  - Regional Genealogy and Local History Research in Europe
  - Search Engines: Beaucoup! Geographical - Europe
  - SearchEurope
* INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES:
  Searchenginesindex.com
  English language Search Engines
  in all Countries in the World.
  - Argentina:
    - Google™ Argentina
  - Australia:
    - Google™ Australia
  - Brazil:
    - Google™ Brasil
    - Universo Online
  - Canada:
    - Google™ Canada
  - Mexico:
    - Google™ Mexico
  - Nigeria:
    - Nigeria Search Engines
  - Saudi Arabia:
    - Google™ Saudi Arabia
* REGIONAL (Multi):
  - Ezilon.com
    Regional web directory and search engine.
  - Portals to the World
    Library of Congress selective links (including
    search engines), providing authoritative and
    in-depth information about the nations
    and other areas of the world.
  - Regional and Special Search Engines
    Nanyang Technological University Library,
    Singapore list of search engines for locating
    information by specific topics/subjects, or by
    geographical groupings worldwide.
  - Regional Area Search Engines
    Listed by individual country.



INSTRUCTIONS: Internet - Portal:Internet
GENERAL INTERNET USE
* Bare Bones 101
  Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web.
* Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
  UC Berkeley: teaching library Internet workshops.
* Finding Information on the Internet
  Web directories, gateways and other resources.
  - Internet Data Sources: History and Culture
* Information on the Web - LabSpace - OpenLearn
  - Information on the Web (T180_5)
    Foundation skills to use search engines confidently
    to locate both information and images on the web
    and learn how to critically assess and reference
    the information you have found for study purposes.
  - SAFARI: Skills in Accessing, Finding and Reviewing Information
    - Appendix - Genealogical Resources
* Internet Search Zone
* Internet Tutorials
* Intute - Virtual Training Suite
  - Arts and Humanities
  - Health and Life Sciences
  - Science, Engineering and Technology
  - Social Sciences
* ipl2: Information You Can Trust: Resources by Subject
  High-quality websites carefully selected, described,
  and organized, including current events and issues,
  holidays and seasons, helpful tools for information
  users, human interest, and more.
  - Best Search Tools Chart - Infopeople.org
  - Search Tools for Web Sites and Intranets
  - Tools for Searching the Web
    Nanyang Technological University Library search tools.
  - Web Tools and Tutorials
* Newbie.org
  Tutorials, trainers, online lessons
  and references for the newbie.
* Search Engine Tutorial by Pandia
  Free search engine tutorial and guide to
  web searching, search engines and directories.
* TONIC: The Online Netskills Interactive Course
* Using the Internet
* Web Search Engines FAQS: Questions, Answers and Issues
* Web Search Garage (Publication)
  Definitive guide on how to best search the Internet.
* Wires: Inside the Internet



RESEARCH STRATEGIES:
INTERNET EVALUATION
* </> LinkedWords™: Search </> LinkedWords [Family Genealogy]
  Contextually find and manage web information; do grammatical,
  meaningful and contextual hyper-linking of words, phrases and
  whole sentences within their content. Contextually hyper-link
  words across millions of web pages, documents and content areas.
  - Compare: genealogy
  - Dictionaries: genealogy
  - Encyclopedias: genealogy
  - Images: genealogy
  - Local Search: genealogy
    - Local Search: Surnames
      - Example: Local Search: Tinney
        - Sub Section: Local Search: United States Tinney
          - Complementary Resources Example: Search Engines: United States Tinney
 - News Sources: genealogy
  - Search Engines: genealogy
  - Shopping: genealogy
  - Sponsored: genealogy
* Association of Internet Researchers
  Academic association dedicated to the advancement
  of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies.
* BrightPlanet: Resource Library Fact Sheet
  - deepwebwhitepaper (pdf)
  - Google™ Suggest FAQ
    As you type into the search box, Google™ Suggest
    guesses what you're typing and offers suggestions
    in real time.
  - KwMap
    Keyword map for the whole Internet.
  - Search Engine Dictionary
    Use keywords, keyword map and WordNet
    for similar Internet word searching.
  - WordNet and Web WordNet 3.0 Search
    Online lexical reference system, with English nouns,
    verbs, adjectives and adverbs organized into synonym
    sets, each representing one underlying lexical concept.
    Different relations link the synonym sets.
* DEEP WEB: Deep Web - JEP - Deep Web Research 2010 - LLRX (pdf) - Invisible Web - UCB
  What it is, why it exists, how to find it and Its inherent ambiguity.
  Content in the deep web is massive -- approximately 500 times
  greater than that visible to conventional search engines -- with
  much higher quality throughout.  Directed query technology is
  the only means to integrate deep and surface Web information.
  The information retrieval answer has to involve both "mega"
  searching of appropriate deep Web sites and "meta" searching
  of surface Web search engines to overcome their coverage problem.
  - CompletePlanet™
    Discover over 70,000+ databases and specially search engines.
  - DeepDyve - Search for Research
  - DeepPeep: Discover the Hidden Web
    Eventually aims to crawl and index
    every database on the public Web.
  - Pipl - People Search
    Most comprehensive people search on the web.
  - White Papers by Internet Expert Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.
* Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools
* Evaluation of Information Sources
* Google™ Sets: Family History and Genealogy
  Automatically create sets of items
  from a few examples.
* Information Literacy: The Web is not an Encyclopedia
* Internet Searching Strategies
* Noodle Tools
  Information literacy: search strategies.
* Sree.net : Smarter Surfing Links
* Web-based Internet Evaluation
  Evaluating Internet sites 101.
* Web Pages for Scholarly Societies
* Web Search Strategies and Other Search Tutorials
  Free tutorials and strategies that provide
  information for refining web search skills.
* Web Video: UC Berkeley on Google™ Video
  - Information Systems 141 - Search Engines:
    Technology, society and business.
* Web Visual Searching Maps: Cloud Computing
  - Grokker
    New way to look at search.
  - Hulbee International
    Beta version.
  - Kartoo with Instructions
    Keyword search all genealogy words or topics,
    with search analyses for mapped selection of
    the best family history sites and places.
  - Quintura™: See & Find
    Click the words in the cloud to discover
    popular search topics or surf the web.
    - Quintura™ for Kids: See & Find
  - SearchMapr (beta)
    "Visual Search Maps" powered
    by Google™, TRYNT and Yahoo!®.
  - Viewzi
    What are you looking for?



SPECIALTY: GENEALOGISTS and HISTORIANS
UNDERSTANDING the INTERNET
All pre-modern historical events, recorded by individuals
deficient in Historiography procedures, (prior to modern
instant recording and reproduction capability), should be
evaluated as primary contemporaneous sources, subject
to some time lapse and cultural interjection of bias.
Genealogists, in the capacity of the expert witness, must
reduce the degree of removal from past physical and social
events, (through a thorough exhaustive understanding of all
surviving record sources); insomuch, that their opinion or
testimony of what is the "truth", (as contained in the written
documents or other valid sources), has the essential equivalent
trustworthiness equal to an unbiased eyewitness account.
* ACRL - Internet Resources: Genealogy
  Finding roots on the web.
* Ancestor Hunt
  Free genealogy search engines.
* Ancestor Search
  Find your family history with free genealogy search.
* Beginning Internet Genealogy
* Cyndi's List - Handy Online Starting Points
* Cyndi's List - Internet Genealogy
* Doctoral Study of the Use of the Internet for Genealogy (pdf)
  Kylie J. Veale has commenced a PhD research program
  with Curtin University of Technology, Australia, to examine
  how genealogists use the Internet, and to investigate the
  consequences of the development of genealogy
  as a significant Internet-based activity.
* Family History Search (GenealogyLocator)
  Free genealogy and family history resources.
  - Predefined Genealogy Searches
* FreeSearching.com
  Genealogy, family tree and lineages.
* Geneally (Beta)
  Genealogy and family history search engine.
* Genealogist's Internet: Links
  Comprehensive introduction
  and guide to researching British
  family history on the Internet.
* Genealogy Inforseeker
  Genealogy related
  search engines index.
* "GENEALOGY" vs ("SCHOLARLY GENEALOGY") searches:
  - AlltheWeb (AlltheWeb)
  - AltaVista  (AltaVista)
  - AOL (AOL®)
  - Bing™ (Bing™)
 -  Google™ (Google™)
  - Google™ Book Search (Google™ Book Search)
  - Google™ Groups (Google™ Groups)
  - Yahoo!® (Yahoo!®)
* Genealogy Search by Record Type - Ancestry.com
  - Browse and Search FamilySearch™ Websites
* Genealogy Webmaster - Webmasters
  The what, how and why of constructing
  and maintaining Internet genealogy sites.
* GeneaSearch
  Free genealogy data.
* Glearch™
  Global search.
* Google™: Twelve Search Tips for  Genealogists
  - Easy Google™ Genealogy Searcher
  - Genealogy Search using Google™
    WebSearch Wizard steps one, two and three.
  - Google™ Directory - Society > Genealogy
  - Tips for Using Google™ in your Genealogy Searches
* Internet for Historians
  Free "teach yourself" practice tutorial
  that develops Internet information skills.
* Internet Guide: How to Find Your Family History and Cultural Roots (pdf)
  "For generations, members of your family have sent
  you the historical equivalent of a message in a bottle.
  They launched them from . . .  every corner of the world
  with every immigrant’s voyage to America.  Every day now,
  these messages, in the form of historical documents and records,
  are coming ashore from the vast ocean of information we call
  the Internet. . . . In the blink of an eye, the Internet makes it
  possible to do much of the searching from your own home. . . ."
* Live Roots Genealogy Search Engine
  Locating genealogical resources, both online
  and offline in repositories around the world.
* MyHeritage Research
  Free global and national resources of more
  than 12 billion records in 1,500 databases; the
  most powerful online genealogy search engine.
* MyTrees.com™
  Genealogy, ancestry, family history
  search and family tree.
* Online Genealogical Research Resources
  BYU Studies review.
* Pedigree & Lineage Networking: Family Trees
* Primary Source: Genealogical Proof Standard
  - Primary Sources: What Are Primary Sources?
  - Using Primary Sources on the Web
* Researching Your Family Tree
  Self-paced tutorial is designed
  for beginning genealogists, with
  basic computer and Internet skills.
* W3 Search Engines - Internet Search Engines
  WWW-VL History.
* WeRelate™
  Free web search engine and wiki for genealogy.
* Who Can Find People?
  Information and resources for genealogists,
  family historians and researchers to find
  people, places and things.
* Wikipedia®: Wikipedia®:Searching
  Provides a detailed overview of Wikipedia's
  search feature, and instructions on using
  external search engine, such as Google™,
  to find information.  For a short introduction
  to searching Wikipedia®.
  See Look it up.
  - ALL PAGES WIKIPEDIA®:
    - Search Results - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
      Searched for family - [Index] - genealogy - [Index] ETC.
      Sample set:
      - genealog* - Search results 00001 - 00500
      - genealog* - Search results 00501 - 01000
      - genealog* - Search results 01001 - 01500
      - genealog* - Search results 01501 - 02000
      - genealog* - Search results 02001 - 02500
      - genealog* - Search results 02501 - 03000
      - genealog* - Search results 03001 - 03500
      - genealog* - Search results 03501 - 04000
      - genealog* - Search results 04001 - 04500
      - genealog* - Search results 04501 - 05000
      - genealog* - Search results 05001 - 05500
      - genealog* - Search results 05501 - 06000
      - genealog* - Search results 06001 - 06500
      - genealog* - Search results 06501 - 07000
      - genealog* - Search results 07001 - 07500
      - genealog* - Search results 07501 - 08000
      - genealog* - Search results 08001 - 08500
      - genealog* - Search results 08501 - 09000
      - genealog* - Search results 09001 - 09500
      - genealog* - Search results 09501 - 10000
        - [Listed below are a few of the above numbered
          genealog* search results; showing  examples
          from results of 17,248 referenced, and counting.]
          - Almanach de Gotha
            Directory of Europe's highest nobility and royalty.
          - Anthroponymy
            Study of anthroponyms, the names of human beings.
            - Name: Category:Names
              - Clan names
              - Ethnonyms
              - Family Name
              - Given Name
                - Category:Given Names
                  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
              - Nickname
              - Patronymic
              - Personal Name
              - Surname
                - Category:Surnames
                  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
                - Surname Newsgroups: Blogs, Genealogy Newsletters and Periodicals
          - Family
            - 0-9  ·  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
            - Category:Family: Category:Families
          - Family History
            - Family History Society
          - Family Tree
          - Genealogia Deorum Gentilium
          - Genealogical Bewilderment
            Group of psychological problems stemming
            from lack of knowledge of one's ancestors.
          - Genealogical DNA test
          - Genealogical Method
          - Genealogical Numbering Systems
          - Genealogical Society of Ireland
          - Genealogical Society of Utah
          - Genealogies of Genesis
            - Alphabetic History of Civilization: Ancient and Modern Genealogies
          - Genealogies of the Nobles
            History book related to Islam, authored
            by Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri (d. A.D. 892).
          - Genealogy
            - Academic genealogy of Theoretical Physicists
            - Category:Genealogy
            - Category:Genealogy and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
            - Genealogy (Foucault): Michel Foucault
            - Genealogy of Khadijah's Daughters
              - Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, first wife, of
                the last of the Prophets of Islam: Muhammad.
                She had six children.  See also: Muhammad's Wives
            - Genealogy of the British Royal Family
            - Genealogy of the Spanish Royal Family
            - Genealogy of Scripts derived from Proto-Sinaitic
              Nearly all the segmental scripts (loosely "alphabets", . . .)
              used around the globe appear to have derived from the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet.
          - Genealogy Software
            - Generations Network now (Ancestry.com)
            - GRAMPS
              Acronym of Genealogical Research and
              Analysis Management Programming System.
          - Genetic Genealogy
          - Kinship Terminology
          - Nobility
            - Category:Nobility
          - Toponymy
            Scientific study of place-names (toponyms),
            their origins, meanings, use and typology.
            - Category:Place Names
          - William I of England



SPECIALTY: GENEALOGY and FAMILY HISTORY
LISTING of DIRECTORIES - LINKS SITES - PORTALS
* About Genealogy A - Z
  - About Genealogy Resource Library
* Access Genealogy
* Alexa - Browse: Genealogy
* All Genealogy Sites Directory
* Alphabetical List of Resources - Family Search Lab
* Cyndi's List: Alphabetical - Blog - No-Frills - Topical
  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Digital Librarian: Genealogy
* DistantCousin.com - Genealogy Index
* Earth Station Nine: Genealogical Resources
* Family History Internet Sites
* Free Genealogy Stuff: Cyndi's List - Free Stuff
* GenDir - Free Genealogy Directory
* Genealogical Journeys In Time
* Genealogy and Family Heritage
* Genealogy and History Links Library
* Genealogy Directory
* Genealogy-Links - National & International Links
* Genealogylinks.net
* Genealogy Online - Web Sites For Genealogists
* Genealogy Register
* Genealogy Resources [refdesk.com]
* Genealogy Today
  Surname queries, genealogy news,
  articles and research tips.
* GenealogyWW : Links
* Gentracers Family History Group (UK)
* Google ™ Society > Genealogy
  - Google™: Society > Genealogy > Directories
* Harley Hahn's Internet Yellow Pages
* Ji's Site
  Free worldwide genealogy
  and family history research.
* Key Genealogical Sites
* Kindred Trails™
  Links by location: genealogy resources
  for family history research around the world.
* List of Genealogy Portals
* Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Links & Chat
* Mary's Genealogy Treasures
* National Institute for Genealogical Studies - Links
* Open Directory dmoz (Top: Society: Genealogy)
  Add or update URL, become an editor, general
  sites, world wide guides, ethnicity, magazines,
  organizations, references, regions, services
  and surnames.
  - List of Web Sites about Society: Genealogy
  - Web Directories
* Place Directory - Genealogy
  Best databases, directories and online
  resources, including Mormon (LDS) genealogy.
* Portal:Genealogy at GRAMPS
* Portal:Genealogy at Wikipedia®
* Richard Wilson's Other Genealogy Web Sites
* RootsWeb.com
  Home page of the loyal RootsWeb community.
  - RootsLinks - The RootsWeb.com URL Genealogy Registry
    Choose a category to see all listings available.
* Sharkey's Links To Genealogical Links:
  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Sirius Genealogist's Directory
  Learn, collaborate and teach fellow enthusiasts all
  about using technology in your genealogical quest.
* WebRing: Home & Family > Genealogy
* WeRelate™
  Free web search engine and wiki for genealogy.
  - Browse Pages - Genealogy
* World Genealogy | Free Resources
* Worldwide Links to Family History Sites
* YAHOO!® Arts> Humanities> History > Genealogy
 

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