HOW TO SEARCH
Searching
for a Surname? Given name? Place? Address? E-mail address? A word? A
combination of words?
You
can search this file or any other file on this web site by following the steps
below:
1.
Go to the file you wish to search -- for example, Home Page,
Directions, Database, Wills, or any other file or page on this website.
2.
You can place your cursor anywhere on the web page you like (it doesn’t
matter where as long as it is on the page you want to search) -- then press
"Control" and "F" and release. (That is, press
"Ctrl-F") Be sure to press
the "CTRL" key first and hold it down while you press the
"F" key (without the quote marks).
A window will open with a blank box in which you can type the name, word
or words, number or any combination thereof, for which you wish to search. [Hint:
It is best to keep the number of words or numbers as short/small as
possible. But select what you type to
be as unique as possible. For example,
if you want to search for Mary Uniqua Jones, use the middle name, Uniqua, since
there is likely to be only one such name on the page you are searching. If you use Mary or Jones, there may be many
since they are common names. If you use
the full name, Mary Uniqua Jones, it will certainly find the person for whom
you are searching, but you are likely to miss her if her name appears as Mary
Jones or Uniqua Jones.]
3.
Type the name, number or word or combinations of words or names into
the blank box and click on "Find Next."
4.
Click again on the "Find Next" button to find the second and
subsequent occurrences of the name or word or combinations of words typed into
the blank box.
Remember
that the computer program will search for exactly what you type into the blank box
so be sure that you spell the name or word correctly. Also, if you are searching for a name that might be listed in
different ways (for example, Mary Elizabeth Jones may be listed, Mary Jones or
Mary E. Jones, Elizabeth Jones, or M. Elizabeth Jones or Eliz Jones or Liz
Jones or M.L. Jones or some other way) you may want to repeat your search using
several different combinations. Also,
you may wish to look for just "Jones" and look at each occurrence of
the “Jones” name to find your specific name (or word combination).
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