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Setting Up a Free Genealogy Tool Box, Step Six, Seven & Eight
By Squeaky Scraps
Setting Up a Free Genealogy Tool Box, Step Six, Seven & Eight STEP SIX: Accessing Your Genealogy Research Calendar
Friday, April 25, 2008
3:52 PM
1. If you will look in the top left hand corner of your Genealogy Tool Box you will find "Web - Images, Maps, News, Shopping, Gmail, more and an arrow".
2. Click on the arrow and scroll down to "Calendar".
3. Fill out the "Get Started with Google Calendar" section and then click continue.
4. To get help and more knowledge about Google Calendar click here or on the "Help" button at the top right hand corner of the page.
5. For a tutorial, on the "Help" page, click on "Learn the Basics" at the top in the left hand column.
6. Your Calendar can be as private or public as you want it.
7. There are a lot of different ways to use your Calendar so be sure to go to the "Help" page and read the different subjects.
8. To add your Google Calendar to your Genealogy Tool Box homepage go to your Genealogy Tool Box and click on "Add Stuff" in the top right hand corner.
9. On the left hand side of the page, type in "Google Calendar" in the "Search for Gadgets" search box.
10. Click on "Add It Now" under "Google Calendar" instead of instead of "Google Calendar Viewer" if you want to be able to access your main Google Calendar.
11. Click on "Back to iGoogle Home" in the left hand corner of page.
NOTE: You can also access your Google Docs and any other program you have with Google by clicking on the "My Account" button in the top right hand corner. This will give you a list of the accounts you already have under "My Products" and give you options of getting more products that you need for your Genealogy Tool Box.
NOTE: You can move all your boxes in your Genealogy Tool Box where you want them by Clicking with your left mouse button and dragging them where you want them.
STEP SEVEN: Creating and Adding Genealogy Search Engines for Your Genealogy Tool Box
Friday, April 25, 2008
2:55 PM
Creating Genealogy Search Engines for Your Genealogy Tool Box
1. First you will need a list of websites that you would like to be in your search engine. Example: websites that you search for genealogy information. ie. Ancestry.com, rootsweb.com, your personal website, etc. HINT: You have to use the URL for the main page with the information on it that you are wanting to research.
2. You can make as many search engines as you like.
3. You might want a search engine for websites with only death lookups, another search engine for websites with only family trees, another search engine for websites with only marriage lookups, maybe a search engine with only census lookups. If you are creating a personal Genealogy website maybe you want a search engine for css or html.
4. Click here to see a Search Engine that I made for Deaths. Try it out and see how it works.
5. To create your own Genealogy search engine/engines or manage ones you've already created, for your Genealogy Tool Box, click here and follow the directions or
6. Go to your Genealogy Tool Box and look in the top left hand corner of your Genealogy Tool Box you will find "Web - Images, Maps, News, Shopping, Gmail, more and an arrow".
7. Click on the arrow, scroll down and click on "Even More"
8. In the right hand column under "Explore and Innovate" click on "Custom Search".
9. Be sure to read the "Tips on formatting URL's" beside the section "Select Some Sites".
10. To find already made Genealogy search engines go to
11. When you are finished creating your search engines for your Genealogy Tool Box you can find them in "My Account" in the top right hand corner under "My Products".
Getting your Genealogy Search Engines in Your Genealogy Tool Box
12. Go to your Genealogy Tool Box and click on "My Account" in the top right hand corner.
13. Click on "My Search Engines" under "My Products".
14. Click on the "Add to Google" box beside the last sentence, "Add the Developer Gadget to your iGoogle homepage for easy access to all your Custom Search Engines."
15. Click on "Add to Google".
Make as many Genealogy Search Engines that you need for your Genealogy Tool Box and have fun.
NOTE: You can also access your Google Docs and any other program you have with Google by clicking on the "My Account" button in the top right hand corner. This will give you a list of the accounts you already have under "My Products" and give you options of getting more products that you need for your Genealogy Tool Box.
STEP EIGHT: Creating Bookmarks in Your Notebook Folder
Friday, April 25, 2008
8:51 PM
When you save websites to your Bookmarks you can go into your Notebook and file them in these different Notebooks.
Importing Your IE Favorites into Your Notebooks Folder
1. Click on arrow beside the "Bookmarks" tab and then click on "Import Favorites".
2. Put a check in the check box beside each bookmark you want to be in your Notebooks.
3. Click "Import" at bottom of page.
4. On the next page that pops up, scroll down to the bottom, look on the bottom left hand side and click on "Manage Labels".
5. On the right hand side of the page keep what labels you want and delete the rest.
6. Click on "My Account" in the top right hand corner.
7. Click on "Notebook" under "My Products".
8. Depending on how many Bookmarks you had imported will depend on how long it will take to import them all.
9. To see your Bookmarks click on a Label.
10. To search for a Bookmark type in what you want to find in the search bar at the top of the page beside "Search My Notes".
Creating More Bookmarks
11. If you want to create more Bookmarks click on "New Note" at the end of the "Unfiled Bookmarks" toolbar.
Deleting Labels
12. If you want to delete some labels, click on "Edit Labels" in the Labels box in the bottom left hand corner.
13. Click "Remove" beside the Label you want to delete. Next Article: "Setting Up a Free Genealogy Tool Box, The Final Steps" Other Articles in this series: Setting Up A Free Genealogy Tool Box, Introduction
Setting Up a Free Genealogy Tool Box, Step One, Two & Three
Setting Up a Free Genealogy Tool Box, Step Four & Five
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Contributor's Note
Copyright 2008 Deborah Claxton
This article was written by Deborah Claxton using Microsoft Office One Note and Microsoft Word.
You DO NOT have permission to sell or change this article in anyway. You may distribute this article for free, in its original form, but no more than 100 times.
Deborah Claxton is not affiliated in any way with Google or its affiliates.
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