JANETHESKI@aol.com wrote: > I can understand your problem with the names WALL and LAND.... I > tried putting the surname, WINDOW, in to A2A and had references to all sorts > of glassy things, people breaking them and falling out of them but no surname > references. I have a similar problem with the name DINES, esp when it comes to seaching newspapers!! JOYCE, another of my names always throws up the given name as well as the surname. It's a pity there's no way of specifying that it's a *surname* that's wanted. -- Charani (UK)

I have a very awkward name to search for as well "BRICK". I get Brick walls, Brickyards, Brickworks, etc. Eveline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charani" <familyhunter@family-hunter.co.uk> > JANETHESKI@aol.com wrote: > > > I can understand your problem with the names WALL and LAND.... I > > tried putting the surname, WINDOW, in to A2A and had references to all sorts > > of glassy things, people breaking them and falling out of them but no surname > > references. > > > I have a similar problem with the name DINES, esp when it comes to > seaching newspapers!! > > JOYCE, another of my names always throws up the given name as well as > the surname. > > It's a pity there's no way of specifying that it's a *surname* that's > wanted. > > -- > Charani (UK) > _____________________________________________ > > Browse the list archives at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GLOUCESTER/ > > Keyword search - any or all lists: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Just thought I would add to this. If you go to the advanced search type in your name plus another search phrase. This maybe a city or county, then click th box mark "all words" or similar you can also search for exact phase, this allows you to put in full names. This is the case for many search engines. There is also an area which searches entry's from outside the a2a website, not sure how, but in my search for Elizabeth Allen on the a2a site I clicked on an interesting entry and was direct to the Ancestry site?? Caroline > I have a very awkward name to search for as well "BRICK". I get > Brick > walls, Brickyards, Brickworks, etc. > > Eveline > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charani" <familyhunter@family-hunter.co.uk> > > > JANETHESKI@aol.com wrote: > > > > > I can understand your problem with the names WALL > and >