The date of birth option includes an exact date, or within two, five or ten years of the date given. There are similar options if you search for a last name (exact, starts with, contains, sounds like). The first option allows you to search for a first name, either exactly as you type it, or beginning with the letters you type, or containing the letters you type, or sounding like the letters you type.
The advanced webtrees search has all the options you could possibly need to find someone elusive. Using the phonetic search for either of these first names displays a list which includes both spellings.
There is a person named ‘ Octavious‘ on my family tree, but on some records, his first name was spelt incorrectly as ‘ Octavius‘ (without the second ‘o’). The Phonetic Search box allows you to search phonetically for any first name, last name, or place name.Īn example of how this is useful. The results can be filtered with the options immediately below the search box, which allow you to filter the results to individual records, family records, sources, repositories or shared notes. If you were foolish enough to search for the main family tree surname, the search result may display every page of your family tree, so you need to be selective and you need some way of filtering the results. General Webtrees SearchĬlicking the General Search link displays a single search box in which you can type anything at all, a name, a place, a church anything.
It is likely the search and replace facility will only be visible to managers or administrators. Clicking on the Webtrees Search icon in the main menu displays a drop-down menu with links to a general, phonetic, and advanced search, or a link to a search and replace facility.
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