Why do the search abilities on FindMyPast not apply to the BritishNewspaperArchive if this is a collaboration?
Apparently, in FindMyPast, you can use ? for a single wildcard character, ?? for two wildcard characters, or * for unlimited wildcard characters. Even more interesting is you can search and allow words between the search words as follows:
“suton coldfield rail crash”~0 – terms must be right next to each other
“suton coldfield rail crash”~1 – could be up to 1 word between terms
“suton coldfield rail crash”~2 – could be up to 2 word between terms
This would be SUPER helpful.
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Jimmy Gravitt
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