Search
Upper-Left: Cordelia Jane EWING
L.L.: Gordon, Denzel, Sylmar and Dee WISER
U.R.: Anita WISER
L.R.: John Jackson EWING

Search

Enter one or more words to search for on this website.

Search for


Search Hints

Use special search options to increase the accuracy of a search. By default, if a search query is entered without any options between the words, each word must be present in a document in order for it to show up on the results list. Here are the available options and some examples of each:

"phrase search"

Searching for phrases means that the words between the quotes must show up in that exact order, adjacent to one another. In the example below, the complete phrase "Alonzo Pearis Raymond" must be present in a document in order for it to show up on a results page. Having the words Detroit, Rock, or City on the document is not enough—the words must be in the exact word order as provided between the quotation marks.

"Alonzo Pearis Raymond"

NOT - (minus)

As important as it might be to require a word to exist in a search query, it may be just as important to provide words that you do not want to be present in a search. This is where the NOT argument, or the - (minus) comes in handy. This often helps visitors remove documents by specifying words that may not have relevancy to their search. In the example below, the words "New York" and Oneida are required, however, the word Idaho must not be present in order for a document to show up on the results page.

Oneida "New York" NOT Idaho

The same thing can be accomplished with the - option in the example below.

Oneida "New York" -Idaho

Wildcard *

Searching with wildcards allows a query to search for a partial match of a word. The conditions are that a wildcard can only appear at the end of a search term, and at least two characters must be provided before the wildcard * (asterisk) argument. In the example below, all matching documents that contain words that begin with the characters Sim and contain the word Pearce will show up on the search results page:

Sime* +Pearce

Examples of words that satisfy the Sim* wildcard search term are: Simeon and Simon.

OR | (pipe)

The OR argument, or the | (pipe) is a condition that states that the word or phrase can be present (and thus give it a higher relevancy ranking), but it is not required for a document to show up on the results page. This argument is useful to include additional search query parameters without completely removing other candidate matches. In the example below, the word search is required, but the word term is not -- however, if it is present in a document, it will score a higher relevancy.

search OR term

AND + (plus)

The AND option or the + (plus) requires the word be present in a document in order for it to qualify as a matching result. In the example below, the words central, park, and the phrase "new york" must all be present in a document in order for it to show up on the results page.

central AND park AND "new york"

The the example below, the words William and Jefferson must both be present in a document in order for it to show up on the results page.

+William +Jefferson Friday, 14-Feb-2003 22:43:52 MST Portions Copyright © 2003 whatUseek, Corp.