Introduction
In the Lookup Web Page click a link in the findmypast… column to invoke a FindMyPast web site search.
The records that best match the filters are listed first, but too many filters may yield 0 result(s).
Filter Refinement
To refine Your search criteria click the Edit search button to open a dialogue of filters with a Search … button at the bottom.
Initially, especially if 0 result(s) are shown, try simply clicking that Search … button. That will remove Family member filters applied in the initial search, but not supported by the particular collection.
To increase the number of records found, set Year Of … Give or take more, or remove filters.
To reduce the number of records found, untick Name variants, set Year Of … Give or take less, or add filters.
The First/Last name filters have Name variants ticked by default, and may be cleared as necessary. To find misspelt names try using the wildcard options, where ? matches any one character and * matches multiple characters.
Each Year Of … Give or take is set to ±5 yrs for an accurate Date, or rounded up to ±10 yrs, ±20 yrs, ±40 yrs, or any higher specific value for an inaccurate Date. Any Year Of … may be omitted altogether if there is no Event Date, or the filter is not supported for the chosen collection.
Return to How are BMD searches refined to adjust the number of matches in the FAQ.
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