Exact searching
Because words like "and", "of" etc. seem to be used as operators, I often can't use them in the way I'd like. For example, I want to search for the EXACT phrase "The Horse and Hounds". At the moment, I can't see how to do it.
I would like to be able to search for an EXACT phrase , e.g. "The Horse and Hounds" without
Pam Birtles
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Jonathon Green
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Same problem. Currently searching on 'up to slum' (= knowing, aware). Cannot isolate examples of phrase even though advanced search offers box for 'exact search'.
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Anonymous
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These people at Ancestry.com (IMO) do not refine their search engine on purpose, so as to increase / maintain revenue. It really isn't good. What your asking for should be easy. However I must say OCR records are decidedly flaky... Over the years they have progressively restricted (on their flagship website) search results; example census information on a street has gone, and now only the household available...