You can use "control" and "F" to get a "Find Box" to do that, on or off line, to search for a word on a page or document. Jim James R. Baker, Jr. [email protected] Visit my genealogy page: 135 pages of Marriages, Tax Lists, Census, Baker Information, Various Records... http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jrbakerjr/genealogy/index.htm (some pages do not work well with Netscape) .. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Glenn <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 10:46 PM Subject: [MO] tip FIND IN PAGE > When working on the pages of this site and > simular sites which do not seem to have a > search feature of their own) Use the > ***** EDIT>FIND IN PAGE ******** > of your browser. (I am Using Netscape 4.0 > and the Edit button is on the top line next to file) > the feature is on the drop down menu item 5 > > The Find in Page file can be used to hunt for only > one name at a time and I search for the surnames > without using the given name to catch siblings too. > I use the "find next" to browse the whole document > for each name I have for that time and place. This > has a few glitches such as finding names in the > index that dont show up in the text. It also will help > you locate JP and ministers in the family. And it > keys on the parents names too if listed. > > This feature has shaved hours off of some > detailed searches for me. Hope it will do as much for > you. Happy hunting > > > Census on line > http://www.census-online.com/links/index.html > Census on line Missouri page > http://www.census-online.com/links/MO.html > > > ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from *list* mode, send a message to > [email protected] containing only the word > "unsubscribe". > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >