Genealogy Gophers

You're thinking "Whaaaaaaaatttt"? LOL

"How and Why to Use Genealogy Gophers
Posted March 10, 2015 by Amy Johnson Crow

There’s a problem with OCR (optical character recognition). Yes, it helps us find text that is buried deep in the pages of an unindexed book or newspaper. The problem is that OCR is literal. Search for “William” and it will look for “William,” but not “Wm.” (Did you just think of how many references to your “Wm.” you’ve missed over the years? Kinda scary, isn’t it?)

That’s where Genealogy Gophers (gengophers.com) comes in."

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I've been trialing this and it's pretty cool!! Thanks to Dallan Quass for developing this and thanks to Amy Johnson Crow for telling us about it.


Cheers,
Pat