 |
Search the
PAGenWeb
Digital Library |
 |
Examples of searches:
- Keithley
- Lycurgus and Bell
- (Mary and Jones) or (Jackson and County)
- John+Smith
Search Tips:
- Searches are not case sensitive. Capitals are used here for clarity.
- AND OR ANDNOT are operators that make a search more specific.
- John AND Sherman retrieves documents in which
the words John and Sherman both appear somewhere in the document, but may not be together.
- will OR probate returns documents containing either word.
- Philip ANDNOT King retrieves documents
that contain the word Philip but not the word King (to eliminate King Philip's War).
- An asterisk * can be added to the end of a word (not the beginning or middle) as a wildcard to broaden your search.
- Richards* finds all words
beginning with Richards, including Richards, Richardsen, Richardson, etc.
- Use in place of an S to search for singular and plural forms: deed* will find both deed and deeds.
- Search for phrases by enclosing search terms in quotation marks.
- "John Sherman" (with quotes)
retrieves occurrences where the word John appears next to the word Sherman. However, John Sherman with a middle name or initials will not be found.
- John Sherman (without quotes)
finds documents where either the word John or the word Sherman appears.
- Use parentheses to group search expressions. Otherwise, operators execute from left to right.
- (Philip OR Phillip) AND (Sherman OR Shearman)
Use parentheses to ensure the search is done correctly. This search expression retrieves documents
containing either spelling of Philip and either spelling of Sherman.
You can make these archives more useful.
Please contribute to the Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives, by contacting the Archives Manager. Mention the county NAME in the subject.
[an error occurred while processing this directive]
You are our 
visitor
All states in the USGenWeb Searchable Archives.
Table of Contents for the PAGenWeb Archives.
Table of Contents for the USGenWeb Archives.
PA USGenWeb Home Page
Archives background and banner © Sheila Barr Heiser
1997, 1998, 1999 © USGenWeb Archives Project