Diana, Well, we all know that there are clever people out there, I am not one of them when it comes to the computer. I am just the plain and [gonna say simple] but had better not. Not quite there yet : ) Thanks, I shall try that and see what happens. Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "Diana Trenchard" <trenchar@icloud.com> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 4:31 AM To: <DEVON@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [DEV] Daniel Symons DOOR/DORR/DORE > > Beverley wrote: > Trying to search on DOOR is a major headache > as I get front door, back door, cottage door [you get the drift] Searching > on DORR is not helpful either and nor is DORE [stevedore etc] although > there > are entries for DOOR and DORE on 1851 in Devon but nothing seems to fit. > > and Kathryn wrote: > a couple of years ago I was researching the DATE family for someone. Same > difficulty when entering <DATE> into any search box! > > Have you not heard of a simple solution in Google and other search > engines? > > Enter 'genealogy:' and then the name you are searching - i.e. the word > 'genealogy' (without the inverted commas) followed by a colon and then a > space before the name. It will save you many hours of searching through > unwanted data. > > Different words can be entered for subjects other than genealogy, e.g. > history or a country etc. > > And don't forget that you can add + and - words as well. For example, > 'genealogy: Door +Dore +Dorr -stevedore' will include the variations you > want, plus eliminating unwanted references to stevedores. You can add up > to 10 (or it may be 12) + or - words, but make sure you always leave a > space before the next + or - and also don't forget to include the colon. > > Hope this stops some hair-tearing. > > Diana > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3684/6552 - Release Date: 02/01/14 >