Enhancing the search engine to return entries with UCF patterns is something that we would like to do in the future, but it will present technical challenges, and it will take some time before it can be provided. On 4 September 2011 10:57, Robert Monk <robertemonk@gmail.com> wrote: > I have noticed that if we put a wildcard in the surname or forename > field when transcribing, then the searcher will not find it (unless he > knows to also use a wildcard). Eg if you search for LEGH Florence Heski > in Dec 1847 births, you will not find LEGH Florence Hesk_. Can the > search engine can be written to allow wildcards in the data to be > searched (as well as in the search terms)? > > BTW, Hesk_ should be Hester, which I will shortly correct > > Robert Monk > Transcriber > FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins > FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Dave Mayall