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New search features - leading wildcard, increased year range

We have turned on some more search features for you. Firstly, you can now use a ‘leading wildcard’ (i.e include a wildcard as the first letter of the name). This is helpful as the initial character of names is more liable to be mistranscribed.

Secondly, we have increased the range of dates that you can search: you can now search +/- 5 years on Date of Marriage and +/- 10 years on Date of Birth.

More goodies coming next week - keep your eyes peeled.

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2 Responses to “New search features - leading wildcard, increased year range”

  1. Chantel Panama Says:
    February 4th, 2010 at 6:51 am

    I trust you would not have reservations if I posted a part of this on my univeristy blog?

  2. iantester Says:
    February 4th, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    Hi Chantel,

    No problem. If you can attribute us (1911census.co.uk blog) as the source and provide a link back, that’d be appreciated. But I’m not going to teach academics to suck eggs! ;-)

    Best wishes from rainy London.

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