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Kazza
Welsh Lass
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Looking into Holes
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Rootschatters,
You may have noticed a Banner Link to the Search Button has recently appeared. 
I would be lost without that little button. Anyone who has not used it is missing out on a very powerful tool in Rootschat.
I have an interest in Railways, so many of my ancestors seemed to work on them. I have done a search on Railway and found so much to help me. You can see:
- who else has a similar interest,
- all of the posted links,
- who has ancestors on the railway
- and who lived in Railway Terrace
all on one page. All with shortcuts to their full threads. 
I use it to search for names, categories and all sorts. It really is worth doing a search before asking some more general questions as you often find it has been answered elsewhere.
Try a SEARCH today on your area of interest. You may be surprised what you find.
Kazza.
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« Last Edit: Saturday 17 April 04 11:46 BST (UK) by Kazza »
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 Surname interests: Clementsten, Hobson, Hole, Marden, O'Clements, Pitten, Sharland, Vickery (Vicary), Williams. Area Interests: Cardiff, Bampton, Bideford, Crediton, Wollaston, Somerset, Tidenham, Norway, Australia to Bristol. |
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Chris in 1066Land
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"Forever Searching, Forever Learning"
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Rootschatters
I endorse every word that Kazza has said - it is a very powerful search tool - and I use it a lot myself to find messages that I have been working on a reply for.
But - There is a downside to it:
I used to sign all my posts "Chris in 1066Land (Hastings)" and one day when I had not been on line for a couple of days, I put 'Hastings' in the search button tool to see if anyone had posted anything to do with hastings whilst I was off line - and you know what !!
It came back with hundreds of messages that contained as part of the signature the word 'Hastings'
That is why I now only sign my name as
Chris in 1066Land
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peterbennett
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Samuel if ever an Ag Lab looked like one it was he
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Chris
I know how you feel I talk to myself all the time 
making very little sense most of the time 
peterbennett
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kevan
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My beautiful grandmother - Ethel Litlechild
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Hi,
Thanks for this. I only searched for my names, but I guess I know how these things work, and they are extremely useful.
Just a minor point, it is not entirely obvious (YES, I know it is, but) I would recommend a simpler message like ' search rootschat for' or something like this. I use a similar tool using google where people can search 'my site' or 'everywhere' depending on which checkbox they select, not as good looking, but more obvious.
Kevan
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kevan
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My beautiful grandmother - Ethel Litlechild
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Hi Trystan,
I was referring to the new search button. I was just saying that it does not really state what you are searcging, although I know it is obvious.
Best
Kevan
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kevan
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My beautiful grandmother - Ethel Litlechild
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Sorry,
Yes, that's the one.
Kevan
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