WorldConnect is a fast growing collection of user-submitted family trees that now contains more than 54 million names. From WorldConnect you can also search more than 77 million names in the Ancestry World Tree.

If you don't find your ancestors in a search, try increasing the possibilities by looking for a surname only and by enabling a Soundex or Metaphone search where possible. If you still come up empty-handed, consider creating a GEDCOM of your own and submitting a family tree to WorldConnect. Nothing encourages others to submit their own family genealogy as much as finding a related file already online.

To learn more about successful searching, see
http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wcsearch1.html

See also RootsWeb Guide 3: Software and GEDCOMs
http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson3.htm




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