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Record #
Surname:

(No wildcards are allowed here !)
Surname search:
Exact search
Starting with ..
within name
Metaphone
Soundex
C-phone (German Soundex)

Forename:

BMD and other details
Year of Birth:
Exact ± 2 ± 5 ± 10
Year of Death:
Exact ± 2 ± 5 ± 10

Father :

Mother :


Marriage:
Exact ± 2 ± 5 ± 10
Notes / Spouse:
Abode (1) : Place of Birth
Country:

Choose country and click 'Select ...' button

Region:
[No Country selected]
County(GB), State, Territory, ..

District:
(Max. 40 Chars.)

e.g. Townland (IRL), County (USA/CDN), ..

Place:
(Max. 40 Chars.)

e.g. Town, Village or Parish

Address / Notes:
Where they lived or worked
       
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Country:

Choose country and click 'Select ...' button

Region:
[No Country selected]
County(GB), State, Territory, ..

District:
(Max. 40 Chars.)

e.g. Townland (IRL), County (USA/CDN), ..

Place:
(Max. 40 Chars.)

e.g. Town, Village or Parish

Address / Notes:
Where they lived or worked
       
Sailing Information
Country of Arrival:

Year of Arrival:
Exact ± 2 ± 5 ± 10
Month of Arrival:


Ship :


Placement Family :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB) :



Agency :



Notes        



To search the Database at least one of the fields must be filled.


Region is the County (GB), State or Territory (most other countries)
To use the Region field, you must select a Country first.


District can be a further division within a Region
e.g. County (USA, Canada,..), Homeland (IRL), Borough, etc.


Place is the City, Town, or Village etc.

Wild cards ('?' and '*') are allowed in all free text fields,
apart from the 'Surname' field.
(i.e. all text fields without 'drop-down' menus.)


'?' is used for single characters, '*' for several characters

e.g.
  • jon* will show JONES, JONSON, JONQUIL etc.
  • *one* will show any text with 'ONE' somewhere within it.
  • ?ones will show JONES, BONES etc.
  • *ones will show any texts ending in ONES, e.g. JONES, CALHONES, etc.