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Searching using either the Search Box, or the Search Dialog.

Using the SearchBox

Enter text in the SearchBox to display only records matching the search.

Refresh search - display only the rows which match the search criteria
Clear the search - display all records.
Previous page of results
Next page of results
Decrease the number of rows on the current page
Increase the number of rows on the current page


 Change the size of the Search Box using Right Click ⟶ Make Larger
- Right Click inside the Search Box, to access this Menu.




Search Operators      (use as many as needed)
harry sitch     Search for persons that match both harry AND Sitch
harry OR sitch     Search for persons that match harry OR Sitch
harry ~sitch     Search for persons that match harry but NOT Sitch.       There is no space after ~
 Note, you can't combine both AND , OR in the same query.


Example Search for "harry sitch" shows persons that match Harry AND Sitch.



Example Search for "Sitch ~Harry" shows all the Sitch's but NOT Harry
The NOT is entered using ~



Searching using Dates
<1700      Birth date before 1700
>1800      Birth date after 1800
b<1700      Birth date before 1700
b>1800      Birth date after 1800
d<1700      Death date before 1700
d>1800      Death date after 1800
m<1700      Marriage date before 1700
m>1800      Marriage date after 1800
 There is no space between m and <

Example, to search for all the Sitch's with the marriage date between 1800 and 1900
m>1800 m<1900 sitch




Enter as many search terms as needed, although we used 2 in these examples there is no limit on the number of search terms.



Magic Search Terms

The following special terms are supported
@media  Search for persons with Media
@notes  Search for persons with Notes
@sources  Search for persons with Sources
@todo  Search for persons with TODO's

 Right Click inside the search dialog to see the magic search terms listed under the Terms menu

Example, to search for all the Sitch's with a portrait before 1960
@portait sitch <1960



Example, to search for all the Sitch's with no notes and birth date before 1900
~@note sitch <1900





Searching Columns

Search on any of the displayed columns in the table.
 Only displayed columns can be searched on.
Right Click ⟶ Change Displayed Columns



Show the the search dialog, then enter text using Right Click ⟶ Search Displayed Columns



  Press to clear the search.
 Range often works best for searching dates.

Searching a date range between 1700 and 1800