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Find Dialog

The Find Dialog is used to search for text throughout the current project.  It can be accessed by clicking the Find button  on the main application toolbar, or by clicking Find on the Edit menu.  It is a floating window, which means that you do not have to close it before you can do other things.  Indeed it is often useful to leave it open - if, for example, you wish to inspect each match found in turn, in the Property Box.

Fields

Search for	Specify the text to search for
Names	Search for text in Name fields.  Name fields are primarily used to store names in Individual records, but can also be used in Source records and elsewhere.  They are special fields that allow a person's surname to be distinguished from his or her other names by putting slash characters around the surname.  The slash characters are only needed (and only shown) if the person's surname is not the last word in their name.
Addresses	Search for text in Address fields. Address fields are used to store addresses for facts (events and attributes), and also for repository records, and in other contexts.  They are special fields that allow addresses to be presented in a number of different ways in different contexts.
Places	Search for text in place fields. Place fields are used to store place information (similar to addresses but less specific) for facts (that is, events and attributes), and also for some Source records, some source citations, Repository records, and in other contexts.  They are special fields with numerous features.  They allow place information to be entered quickly and easily, and make it possible for Family Historian to mark places on maps, and to allow information to be recorded about places, amongst other things.
Fact Values	In Family Historian, a fact is the term used to refer to an event or attribute.  The difference between an event (such as birth) and an attribute (such as occupation) is that the latter only has a value.  For example, a person's occupation might be farmer.  The value of an attribute is what is meant by fact values.
Notes	Family Historian allows notes to be recorded about a great many things.  You can record notes about Individuals, Marriages, Facts, Places, Pictures and other media, Sources, Source Citations, Repositories, and much more.  You can even have Note records.  Ticking this option allows all such notes to be searched.
Other Fields	Tick this option to allow other field types to be included in searches.
Match case	Tick this option if you want your search to be case-specific.
Match whole word	Tick this option if you want the search to match whole words only.
Extended Search	In a normal search, Family Historian will search through all data records - not just Individual and Family records, but also Place records, Media records, Note records, Source records, Repository records and more.  However, it won't normally search through Source Template records because these store metadata - that is, data about data - and are not usually of interest for search purposes.  However, if you want Source Template records to be included, tick this option.