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Originally Posted by GrannyGrump
I am obviously doing something wrong.
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Not necessarily, but here are some of my "secrets"
I usually start with a very precise searchphrase, and then broaden it. Then, if/when I hit something useful, I narrow it again from there - or just go through the first couple of pages.
Also, Google yield somewhat different results depending on location - e.g. I get different results from google.com and google.dk.
When it's about books and authors, searching in Google Books can get you something which the ordinary Google-search doesn't find.
And finally, I get different search-results from "pretending" I am a US-citizen (using a VPN) instead of my ordinary nationality.
It's strange, but I think it has something to do with Google's algoritms trying to predict what I'm looking for (which sometimes is a bl...y nuisance!)
Besides Google, some of the genealogy search sites like FamilySearch and MyHeritage can sometimes yield a clue or two.
For the rest, it's mostly what the Germans call "fingerspitz-gefühl"
Regards,
Kim