Yesterday, our team launched yet another improvement to the free genealogy search results on Mocavo.com: better geographical abbreviation searches for the United States.

Now, not only will NM also search for New Mexico and vice versa, but for all two-worded states, it’s punctuated abbreviation (N.M. for example) will also pull up results for NM and New Mexico.

While this might be a small improvement, it’s quite notable for those of you who are performing hundreds of genealogy searches each day, making your research just that much easier.

Test it out and let us know what you think, either via email, through Twitter or on (more…)

Our ancestors are like needles in a global-sized haystack. Many of us have zeroed in on what area of the globe our needles happen to lie, so why should we be required to search the whole thing? The Mocavo team has decided it’s time this proverbial haystack got sectioned off.

Today we’re thrilled to launch Mocavo.co.uk – a United Kingdom version of Mocavo that will search websites, blogs, records and content specifically from, or discussing, English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh decent.

While Mocavo.com searches sites and blogs from around the world, and will continue to do so, Mocavo.co.uk will focus specifically on the (more…)

Dozens of you have asked. Well, you know the old phrase “Ask and you shall receive”? We believe it holds true! Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the Mocavo FAQ page.

We’ve taken some of your most asked questions and created a section of our website devoted to answering them for you. Including questions like “How do I add my site to Mocavo’s database?” and “Help! I’m not seeing any results. What are some search tips and tricks?”, our team is excited to help you get the best out of our genealogy search every day.

We’ll be adding more questions to our help section (more…)

Each day, we’re working to make our free genealogy search engine better than before. Last week, you read about how we made our searches even faster.

Yesterday, we reached yet another new height: when you run a search with a quoted snippet on Mocavo.com, “John Smith” for example, your results are now more relevant to your query.

Previously, our results would show “John” and “Smith” bolded on the same page. Your snippet would be quoted on the page, however, sometimes our results wouldn’t show you where.

Now we show you results with your exact snippet, making your searches more relevant and your research even (more…)

Our view from the Mocavo.com roof deck in Boulder, CO

As you may or may not have already known, Mocavo is not only the world’s largest free genealogy search engine, but it’s also the fastest. Today, however, we’re happy to announce that we’ve made our search even faster. Twice as fast, to be precise! So go ahead: test it out and let us know what you think. And as always, more Mocavo announcements are just around the corner. Happy searching!