Genealogy Chat

You could try typing in surname+sainsbury and see what comes up Nicola

Evenin' all, Is anyone out there an accomplished googler? I keep being told to google my relations, but all I ever end up with is fascinating details of every branch of Sainsbury's in the British Isles. Any tips, and anyone else out there who has a similarly ungoogle-friendly name?

Hi Karen. Try 'sainsbury'genealogy Malcolm. put sainsbury in inverted commas

I've just tried it and it works, :D If you wanted to put in forename too, then I would guess to do the same thing with that, but after every word put a + sign and no spaces. Nicola

Thanks Nicola & Malcolm. I'll give both your ideas a try.

Hi Karen, I always use inverted commas round the name, as already suggested and I often add the town of birth or death to narrow it down more, sometimes you get lucky. Nicky

You can also add minus to exclude things ie -supermarket -prices -shop (space before minus) Bob

As soon as I add Wootton Bassett, where most of my Sainsburys are from, I get the Wootton Bassett branch of Sainsbury's again.

Id try Sainsbury Family Tree

Try giving us one of your names, and we'll see how many results we can find. You're not related to Charlotte Sainsbury from Devizes, are you?

You're best off googling the person's full name, e.g. 'Fred Sainsbury' 'Wootton Bassett' (put each phrase in double inverted commas, which don't show up here)