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Note that (W) is a doubtful given name initial W '; d.getElementById("htmlProgress").innerHTML="View the results below..."}else{d.getElementById("strResult").innerHTML=" Search results (total of 0)";d.getElementById("htmlProgress").innerHTML="There are no results to view.";results=false}d.getElementById("strQry").disabled||d.getElementById("strQry").focus();d.body.style.cursor="default";d.getElementById("btnGo").disabled=false} function calculateSound(c){var k="",i="";k=c.length;for(var a=0;a "+d.getElementById("strResult").innerHTML:"";d.getElementById("strResult").innerHTML=" Searching the shipping passenger list collectionFrom the drop-down list, select the type of search you require. Passenger arrivals allows you to search all of the passenger lists for a particular person or family. Passenger lists allows you to search for the full passenger list of a particular ship's voyage. Shipping arrivals gives the arrival date, port & date of departure, captain, tonnage, rig and date built for a particular ship, voyage, or all the ship arrivals for a particular day (yyyy-mm-dd), month (yyyy-mm), year (yyyy) or decade (yyy).The first search performed after initially opening the search form may be slower than subsequent ones as the large indexes must load before your first request can be processed (about 5 minutes with a dial-up connection, 1 min with adsl broadband, 15 sec with adsl2+ or cable). Progress is reported at the bottom of the search form. Text entryAt least 3 allowed characters must be entered into the surname (or ship name) box before a search can proceed.A given name is optional, but if used, at least 3 characters are required. Given name initials cannot be used. The search is not case sensitive. The only characters allowed are letters of the alphabet, hyphens, spaces, apostrophes and no more than one * wildcard. Any other entered characters are ignored. In particular, the ? wildcard and the logical operators (and, or, not, &, |, <, >, +, -) cannot be used. Searching for a nameThe default (and generally most satisfactory) method of searching for a name is the wildcards method. Select [Wildcards] by clicking it, if necessary. Then enter into the surname (or ship name) box, sufficient letters to define the name to be found. Optionally, enter a given name. Click the [ Go ] button or press the [Enter] key to begin the search. If the name you wish to find is not in the database, take into account possible spelling variations, as the people and the officials recording their information were often illiterate or semiliterate.It is advisable to omit surname prefixes such as O' and Mac so that the usual variations of spelling these names are all found. The search behaves as though you have entered a * wildcard at each end of your search text. That is, the search engine looks for the exact text you have entered anywhere within the name. For example, if you search for hill, several different names will be found, including hill, hillman, uphill and phillips, amongst others. This feature has the annoyance of giving some unwanted names but can be very useful. For example, searching for phil will give philp, philip and phillips, amongst others. This allows you to take into account some likely mis-spellings or variations of the name of interest. If required, one * wildcard can be added within the text to replace zero or more unknown or doubtful characters. For example, searching for re*d will give read, reed and reid. Searching for sm*th will give smith, smyth and smythe, amongst others. The [Clear] button clears both boxes and places the cursor in the left hand box, ready for your next search. It also clears any displayed results and replaces them with this help text. Searching for names using exact matchingIf you only wish to find surnames (or ship names) with exactly the same spelling as you have entered, select [Exact] by clicking it, if necessary. Note, however, that the database contains spelling variants separated by slashes for some names. With exact matching, only the first variant is compared with your entered text. In this case, the method may not be satisfactory. If required, one * wildcard can be added in any position to replace zero or more unknown or doubtful characters. For example, searching for sm*th will give smith and smyth but not smythe.Exact matching of given names is not available. Any entered given name will be matched by the wildcards method. Searching for names using sound matchingIf the above techniques fail, as a last resort you may wish to try the sound method of matching. This will allow you to find more variations of spelling and also take into account the pronunciation of the surname (or ship name). For example, searching for smythe will give smith, smyth, smythe, and schmidt, amongst others. The method used here is a heavily modified version of Soundex code matching which doesn't require the 1st letter of the name to be known and takes into account the full name, not just the beginning of a long name. It also takes account of such pronunciation variations as dropped h's and g's. You must be prepared to scan the results and reject those which are poor matches. For some shorter names, ones with mainly vowels, and names containing spaces, all the results may be unsatisfactory.To use sound matching, select [Sound] before clicking [ Go ] or pressing [Enter]. You must enter the full surname required. Wildcards are not permitted. Sound matching of given names is not available. Any entered given name will be matched by the wildcards method."+c+ " ";d.getElementById("strQry").disabled||d.getElementById("strQry").focus()}; |