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individual webpages in the Research Section, we hope you will understand
that it will take a little time for all our webpages to be up and working
again. Ted Connell
GOOGLE, (see http://www.google.com
) has a SEARCH option which is not commonly known.
Here is how it works... Lets say I was searching for the surname
AUSTEN
....
So, I type in the following in the Google Search window slot (not
the Internet Explorer address slot):-
/Research/Libr/Wills/ AUSTEN
site:http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk
It is vital that a space is left before the letter
A in AUSTEN
and after the last letter N.
I am then presented with many references to AUSTEN in the Wills, all
nicely high-lighted. A click on the link, in blue and underlined, for
any entry will take you straight to the list of Wills on this website
under Name or Place Order, or if you are lucky, you may directed straight
to a transcription of the Will where the name occurs.
The name you have chosen to search for may be the name of the
person making the Will or somebody mentioned in the Will as a beneficiary,
whose name will not of course occur in the Name or Place Order
Listings.
Try alternate spellings. Y was often used instead of an i.
There may be a double s or l for no apparent reason.
When you carry out the Google search, each listing gives the option
of selecting the "cached" copy that Google keeps on their own
server. If you click on "cached" you will see a copy of the Will
with the name you are searching for highlighted. This is particularly
useful if the name you are searching for appears somewhere in a large body
of text. Depending on which version of Internet Explorer you are using
"cached" may appear at the bottom of each "Link", or
in later versions you hover your curser just to the right of the
"Link" and a double headed arrow will appear. A miniature
version of the webpage will appear outlining the name in red.
Along with the name AUSTEN, Google will also list AUSTIN,
just in case you spelt you word incorrectly. Austin can also occur as
Austin Friars a religious order.
We
are all indebted to Peter Johnson of Newcastle, Australia for bringing
this search routine to our notice
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