SEARCH AND REPLACE

Here, you can search for a misspelling or other inaccurate information and replace it with correct information.

Searching
This feature performs searching just like a normal search.

Replacing
All instances of the search term that are found are replaced by the replacement term in the database.

For Example...
Suppose you accidentally misspell your great-grandpa Michael's name. You accidentally entered 'Micheal.'

You would type Micheal in the Search box, and Michael in the Replace box.
Every instance of "Micheal" would then be replaced by "Michael"

Search for...
Select the scope of the search. You can limit the search to names or places, or apply no limit (search everything). The Whole words only option will only search for your term in the place field as a whole word. This means that searching for UT would only match UT and not UT in the other words such as Connecticut.

Don't worry if you accidentally replace something where you don't want to. Just click the "Accept/Reject Changes" link at the bottom of the page to accept the changes you want, and reject the changes you don't want.

If you need more help with this searching system, please let us know, so that we can improve this Help file as well.