Search Tips

The following hints apply to all searchs:

Search Type

Description

Example

Plain

Searches for any instances of any words

Colorado cattle (records pertaining to Colorado or cattle)

+ Includes

Searches for instances of all words with + sign

+ Colorado +cattle (records pertaining to Colorado and cattle)

+ - Inclusion/Exclusion

Contains some words, keeps out other words

+Mexico -New

"Whole Phrase"

Limits search to instances of linked words, in certain order

"Arkansas River Valley" (only records with complete phrase)

"Alvin Steinel" (records by Alvin Steinel but not Alvin T Steinel)

* Truncation/Wildcard

Asterisk replaces letters at end of beginning of word

gold* (records about gold, also records about Golden)