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Zoe

Zoe Report 23 Sep 2004 17:09

just to the left of the search bar is an option to advanced search you can specify that you don't want the word bulb

Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 23 Sep 2004 17:02

You could try putting whole names into inverted commas so that Google treats them as an item - e.g. "Richard Light" or "Joseph Light". That narrows it down a lot! Or if you put the names the other way round "Light Richard" that will allow for lists where the surname is shown first. And you could add a county, like Sussex, or a town-name to reduce the bulk still more. Or even "gedcom"! Or some combinations of these and what's been suggested already. Also, if you put "-" in front of a word then the search will exclude sites with that word. One of my family names is "Christmas", so I exclude "gift". there's a small risk of missing a site with something useful - but without excluding it you might not get that far down the list anyway! Christine

Joy

Joy Report 22 Sep 2004 21:04

I think these are the correct website addresses for surnames lists, and hope that they may be of help. www(.)county-surnames(.)co(.)uk genuki(.)org(.)uk/indexes/SurnamesLists - remove the brackets. Joy

Unknown

Unknown Report 22 Sep 2004 15:17

Thanks Chaps will have a good rummage have a good one Lin

Seasons

Seasons Report 22 Sep 2004 15:05

http://rat*de/kuijsten/navigator/uk/index.html Could try the surname navigator web site above

SheilaSomerset

SheilaSomerset Report 22 Sep 2004 14:46

Also, try "light surname"

Geoff

Geoff Report 22 Sep 2004 13:25

http://boards.ancestry.*com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.light http://genforum.genealogy.*com/light/ (Mostly American of course)

Joy

Joy Report 22 Sep 2004 13:21

You could try "genealogy+Light". There is a surname website. I'll try to look for it later when home from work. Joy

Unknown

Unknown Report 22 Sep 2004 13:16

Hello Gwynneth I've tried and Genealogy/Family History brings up "Light Infantry" Anything to do with description of colour. Thanks anyway Gwynneth - I'll just have to narrow the 54,000 down Lin

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 22 Sep 2004 11:52

Hi, Try "genealogy Light" or "family history light" Gwynne

Unknown

Unknown Report 22 Sep 2004 11:50

If I go onto google and search for the surname Light, how do I do it so that I don't keep getting trillions of sights on light bulbs. Lin