Howland: The best write up on this is in the Help file within Legacy. 1. Click on Help, Show Help Index 2. Click on Search Tab to perform searches 3. Enter "Custom Internet Search Strings" hit return 4. You will get 4 topics, double click the 1st one - Create Custom Internet Search
Legacy's help file should be enough detail for you to understand the search strings. You can go to your favorite genealogy site and so a manual search using their data entry. This will create the search string you will need to Legacy's data fields for the first name, last name, birth, etc. Then create you own search strings. I have a fairly comprehensive list of search strings. You can go to my DropBox folder and download the Word Document at: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rt9j4o2aecd1hym/YzFcYLGtcC ___ Leon Chapman chap...@gmail.com ----- On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Howlanddavisii <howlanddavi...@aol.com>wrote: > Jay & Leon: > > For those of us who are not as technically proficient as you, could > you explain what the search strings do and do you fill in some spaces such > as given name and surname and, if so, what goes in the ROOT_CATEGORY if > anything? And what about the items in black such as [ ]=[%20] > > Howland Davis > -----Original Message----- > From: Jay 1FamilyTree <1familytree....@gmail.com> > To: LegacyUserGroup <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> > Sent: Thu, Aug 29, 2013 10:12 pm > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] search String for Ancestry > > Thanks Leon > > Your ancestry string works MUCH better than the one I had... Thanks! > > Jay > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Leon Chapman <chap...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Jay: >> >> Here are a couple you can try: >> >> *Ancestry.com * >> >> http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_r_f-2_s&gsfn=[GivenNames]&gsln=[Surname]&msbdy=[BirthYear]&uidh=g1k >> [ ]=[%20] >> *Ancestry.com - Legacy 8* >> >> http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_r_f-2_s&gsfn=[GivenNames]&gsln=[Surname]&msbdy=[StartYear]&uidh=000 >> [ ]=[+] >> ___ >> Leon Chapman >> chap...@gmail.com >> ----- >> >> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Jay 1FamilyTree < >> 1familytree....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> It's about time that I update my custom search strings so that they work >>> better. >>> >>> For a long time, most have just taken me to the web site where I either >>> have to add additional info or add everything. >>> >>> The priority is Ancestry.com >>> >>> Does anyone have any suggestions for anything better than >>> >>> >>> http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&gsfn=[FirstName]&gsln=[Surname] >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. >>> >>> Jay at 1familytree.com >>> >>> >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
