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Several options exist for searching the FamilySearch Places collection. Users may search by name, by id, by location, by parental jurisdiction, or with filters. | Several options exist for searching the FamilySearch Places collection. Users may search by name, by id, by location, by parental jurisdiction, or with filters. | ||
==Search by | ==Search by Place Name== | ||
Simply entering the name of a place in the search field initiates a “type-ahead” search. Potential results appear after a few characters have been typed. A user may continue typing to refine this set of potential places. At any time, the user may click one of the suggested places to examine its details page.<br> | Simply entering the name of a place in the search field initiates a “type-ahead” search. Potential results appear after a few characters have been typed. A user may continue typing to refine this set of potential places. At any time, the user may click one of the suggested places to examine its details page.<br> | ||
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:::* - used at the end of a string of letters to allow for various endings of any length. For example, to search for any place names that begin with “Rock” in Illinois, enter “Rock*, Illinois.”<br> | :::* - used at the end of a string of letters to allow for various endings of any length. For example, to search for any place names that begin with “Rock” in Illinois, enter “Rock*, Illinois.”<br> | ||
In addition to these wildcard functions, FamilySearch Places supports a fuzzy search. Users may request a fuzzy search by placing ~ immediately after the desired fuzzy search term. For example: “Cincinati~, Ohio” returns Cincinnati, Ohio, while “Cincinati, Ohio” fails.<br> | In addition to these wildcard functions, FamilySearch Places supports a fuzzy search. Users may request a fuzzy search by placing ~ immediately after the desired fuzzy search term. For example: “Cincinati~, Ohio” returns Cincinnati, Ohio, while “Cincinati, Ohio” fails.<br> | ||
==Search by id== | ==Search by id== | ||
If a user happens to know the unique identifier (id) of a place in FamilySearch Places, that id may be entered in the search field, hit enter and go right to the corresponding details page. For example, if I knew the id for Ohio County, Virginia I could enter it (“393653”) into the Search field. (Note: It may be easier to simply enter “Ohio, VA”).<br> | If a user happens to know the unique identifier (id) of a place in FamilySearch Places, that id may be entered in the search field, hit enter and go right to the corresponding details page. For example, if I knew the id for Ohio County, Virginia I could enter it (“393653”) into the Search field. (Note: It may be easier to simply enter “Ohio, VA”).<br> | ||