{"id":351,"date":"2010-07-20T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogybank.com\/?p=351"},"modified":"2024-08-09T13:28:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:28:21","slug":"in-todays-mail-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/in-todays-mail-bag.html","title":{"rendered":"In today’s mail bag."},"content":{"rendered":"

Q:<\/span>The person I\u2019m searching for is James Francis Fewster b.1867. <\/em><\/span>
\nI know that there was an article published about him in the Baltimore Sun – 12 August 1889 – but I can’t find it.<\/span><\/em>
\nWhat am I doing wrong? <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

When I browse <\/span><\/strong>GenealogyBank<\/span><\/strong><\/a> I find NOTHING \u2013 but I know this article exists.
\nPlease help \u2013 thank you.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>
\nGreat question!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s what you want to do.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A:<\/span> At the search box simply type in: Fewster<\/em> in the surname box and 1889<\/em> in the date box. You’ll see that the article about him comes right up.<\/p>\n

\"Baltimore<\/a>Notice that GenealogyBank highlights the search term: Fewster – making it easy to spot it on the page.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Why search that way?<\/span>
\n
\nThe newspapers in GenealogyBank<\/a> have been published for over 300 years. Editors have used various editorial styles for writing about individuals. So – keep the searching simple.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In this case – the newspaper wrote James Francis Fewster’s name: as: Jas. F. Fewster.<\/p>\n

So – if you type in his full name – you will miss this article.<\/p>\n

Remember the rule of WYSIWYG<\/em> (pronounced \/\u02c8w\u026aziw\u026a\u0261\/).
\nIt is an acronym that stands for What You See Is What You Get<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In other words – what you type in the search box is what the computer will search for.<\/p>\n

Adding extra terms: like the middle name can be very helpful in limiting your search results to zero in on your ancestor – but – remembering WYSIWYG – it can also work against you.<\/p>\n

Fewster is a distinctive surname and like most surnames, it is not very common.<\/p>\n

So – a tip: limit your search to simply the “surname”. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The search engine will then cut through the 672 million articles and zero in on just the ones mentioning a person named Fewster. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

And in this example you want only the articles published in 1889. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

So, put both of those facts together and Bingo. <\/strong><\/span>
\nThere it is. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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