Points Of Interest Search

Frequently Asked Questions

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Points Of Interest (POI) Search Frequently Asked Questions The Map My Cousins Points Of Interest (POI) text box supports an advanced set of search functionality that allows you to explore and discover the neighborhood and region your family lived in to uncover important points of interest, better understand where your family came from and support your genealogy research 1. Once you’ve started up the Map My Cousins application and have imported your GEDCOM file, your page will look like this. 2. There are 2 important controls on this page, labeled on the diagram: the Family Member Event icon and the Point Of Interest Search text box. 3. If you click on a family member event icon, you will see a text box that shows the family member name, evernt type (birth, death, residence, etc), location and year. 4. The location of the Family Member event can be used in the Point Of Interest search along with keywords to help refine your search in this area. A list of top matches will come up as you enter the text. The following screen shot shows an example of this. A broader list of search keywords include the following. If you hit return on the search, the map will zoom into the location you entered. advertising, marketing airport amusement park, theme park assisted living service, assisted, assisted living, home athletic field, sports field bagel, donut bar, alcohol base, military beach beauty, hair, salon, barber beer, wine, spirit, alcohol, booze bicycle, bike, cycle boating bookstore, book shop bowling, bowl, bowling alley brewery, beer bus station, bus stop, bus campground, rv park candy store, candy, candies, confectionary, chocolatier, chocolate car rental, truck rental car wash, detail, car detail, car wax casinos, gaming cemetery, graveyard, mausoleum clothing, accessories, apparel college, university combat sports, boxing, martial arts, fighting computer, electronic contractor, repair dance day care, preschool, daycare, child care department store, big box store, department dog park drug services, alcohol services, clinic dry cleaning, laundry, dry cleaner, laundry service, laundromat education, school embassy, foreign er, emergency room fast food fire stations, fire house, fire department florist, flowers, flower shop forest, woods funeral service, funeral home furniture, decor garden gas station, fuel, gas gift, novelty glasses, optical government agency gun range home improvement, repairman, handyman, repair hospital, clinic, medical center hotel, motel houseware, home goods ice cream parlor, ice cream insurance jewelry, watches, accessories juice bar, smoothie, juice lake landmark legal, lawyer, law, law office lodging massage, masseuse meat, seafood, butcher, deli miniature golf, minigolf mountain museum music, show venue, concert, concert hall natural park newsstand, newspaper, news, magazine night club, disco notary, notary public nursery, garden, garden center outdoors painting, art park parking, parking lot pet, petshop, dog, cat pharmacy photo, frame, framing photography, photo service physical therapy, rehabilitation pizza, restaurant police station, law enforcement port, ferry post office, mail professional cleaning, cleaning rail station, train station real estate agent, realtor, real estate agency rest area, rest stop, pitstop restaurant scuba diving, pool shoes, apparel shopping center, mall, shopping mall spa sporting good, sports store storage, storage facility, storage lot supermarket, groceries, grocery, market, super swimming pool, pool, swim club tailor tattoo, tattooing theater, movie theater, cinema tour, travel agent tourist information, services, tourism, information toy, toy shop utility companies, utilities, utility, public utility, electricity, natural gas, water, sewage, power company vehicle maintenance, car maintenance, vehicle repair, car repair winery, vineyard, wine tasting zoo, aquarium, wildlife sanctuary
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Points Of Interest Search

Frequently Asked Questions

CousinsClub.org
The Map My Cousins Points Of Interest (POI) text box supports an advanced set of search functionality that allows you to explore and discover the neighborhood and region your family lived in to uncover important points of interest to better understand where your family came from and support your genealogy research 1. Once you’ve started up the Map My Cousins application and have imported your GEDCOM file, your page will look like the picture below. 2. There are 2 important controls on this page, labeled on the diagram: the Family Member Event icon and the Point Of Interest Search text box. 3. If you click on a family member event icon, you will see a text box that shows the family member name, evernt type (birth, death, residence, etc), location and year. 4. The location of the Family Member event can be used in the Point Of Interest search along with keywords to help refine your search in this area. A list of top matches will come up as you enter the text. The following screen shot shows an example of this. A broader list of search keywords include the following. If you hit return on the search, the map will zoom into the location you entered. advertising, marketing airport amusement park, theme park assisted living service, assisted, assisted living, home athletic field, sports field bagel, donut bar, alcohol base, military beach beauty, hair, salon, barber beer, wine, spirit, alcohol, booze bicycle, bike, cycle boating bookstore, book shop bowling, bowl, bowling alley brewery, beer bus station, bus stop, bus campground, rv park candy store, candy, candies, confectionary, chocolatier, chocolate car rental, truck rental car wash, detail, car detail, car wax casinos, gaming cemetery, graveyard, mausoleum clothing, accessories, apparel college, university combat sports, boxing, martial arts, fighting computer, electronic contractor, repair dance day care, preschool, daycare, child care department store, big box store, department dog park drug services, alcohol services, clinic dry cleaning, laundry, dry cleaner, laundry service, laundromat education, school embassy, foreign er, emergency room fast food fire stations, fire house, fire department florist, flowers, flower shop forest, woods funeral service, funeral home furniture, decor garden gas station, fuel, gas gift, novelty glasses, optical government agency gun range home improvement, repairman, handyman, repair hospital, clinic, medical center hotel, motel houseware, home goods ice cream parlor, ice cream insurance jewelry, watches, accessories juice bar, smoothie, juice lake landmark legal, lawyer, law, law office lodging massage, masseuse meat, seafood, butcher, deli miniature golf, minigolf mountain museum music, show venue, concert, concert hall natural park newsstand, newspaper, news, magazine night club, disco notary, notary public nursery, garden, garden center outdoors painting, art park parking, parking lot pet, petshop, dog, cat pharmacy photo, frame, framing photography, photo service physical therapy, rehabilitation pizza, restaurant police station, law enforcement port, ferry post office, mail professional cleaning, cleaning rail station, train station real estate agent, realtor, real estate agency rest area, rest stop, pitstop restaurant scuba diving, pool shoes, apparel shopping center, mall, shopping mall spa sporting good, sports store storage, storage facility, storage lot supermarket, groceries, grocery, market, super swimming pool, pool, swim club tailor tattoo, tattooing theater, movie theater, cinema tour, travel agent tourist information, services, tourism, information toy, toy shop utility companies, utilities, utility, public utility, electricity, natural gas, water, sewage, power company vehicle maintenance, car maintenance, vehicle repair, car repair winery, vineyard, wine tasting zoo, aquarium, wildlife sanctuary
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