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Use the place search to search for records about administrative areas, such as parishes, counties, burghs and cities. For more information seeour guides on how to search by place.

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Exact names only Searches for records matching the exact spelling of your input, ensuring precise results without variations or misspellings.

Fuzzy matching Finds records that closely resemble your input, allowing for slight variations or common misspellings in names or terms.

Wildcards allowed Use special characters (e.g., *, ?) in your search input to represent unknown or variable characters, expanding search flexibility.

Names that begin with Retrieves records of names starting with the specified letters, useful for finding entries with common prefixes or partial names.

Phonetic matching Searches for records that sound like your input, capturing variations in spelling that share the same pronunciation.

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