Genealogy Search Engine Types & Tips: OCR vs. Indexed Databases

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on May 13, 2014

Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, Gena explains the difference between searching for genealogy content in indexed databases, as opposed to genealogy content (such as historical newspapers) that is searched using OCR (Optical Character Recognition). What’s the biggest benefit of... (Read More)