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To search this wiki, go to Special:Search, or use the "Find" box or "Search" box you see in the sidebar and/or elsewhere, or use the Inputbox below.

This wiki has a "Find" box just like Wikipedia's, for users using the same "skin". Note that if you want a thorough search you should hit the Search button, not "Enter". Hitting "Enter" or the "Go" button will give you just the page with your text as its name if there is one, and there is a real risk that some well-meaning person may have made that page into a redirect to a (probably incomplete) category.

Using different skins, you may see a "Search" box, which gives you no options. If what you typed is the name of a page, that's where you will go (as if you had hit the "Go" option noted above).

If you really want to search for all instances of a word or phrase, add a comma at the end so that there is no actual page of that name for the system to "Go" to.


If no matches are found, an alternative spelling might be suggested.

In your preferences, you can set whether you want text matches and title matches to be separate, and how many results display per page. You must be logged in to change your preferences.

[edit] Adding a search box

To add a search box to any page, just type 

 <inputbox>
 type=search
 </inputbox>

It will produce this box:

See http://help.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Inputbox on the Central Wikia Help for more details.

[edit] Other ways to find pages

To browse pages on the wiki, you can view a list of all pages or browse by category. See Special:Log/upload to search for images.

You can use Google's "site search" to search all Wikia.

Try to find Mary Brown on this site through cluuz.com: http://www.cluuz.com/Default.aspx?__VIEWSTATE=%2FwEPDwUKMTQ0ODMyMDI5NGQYAQUeX19Db250cm9sc1JlcXVpcmVQb3N0QmFja0tleV9fFg8FCXZlcnRpY2FsdwUJdmVydGljYWxuBQhjaGtZYWhvbwUGY2hrTVNOBQhjaGtBbGV4YQUNY2hrVGVjaG5vcmF0aQUNY2hrU2hvd1Blb3BsZQUQY2hrU2hvd0NvbXBhbmllcwUMY2hrU2hvd1Bob25lBQ1jaGtTaG93RW1haWxzBRBjaGtTaG93QWRkcmVzc2VzBQ5jaGtTaG93RG9tYWlucwUMY2hrU2hvd0RhdGVzBRBjaGtTaG93R2VvZ3JhcGh5BQxjaGtTaG93T3RoZXI%3D&query=Mary+Brown&vertical=web&chkYahoo=on&chkShowPeople=on&chkShowDates=on&chkShowGeography=on&startAt=1&noResults=10&sites=http%3A%2F%2Fgenealogy.wikia.com&removeTerms=&__EVENTVALIDATION=%2FwEWFQKD1t2zCwL%2F%2BOneAgKJ5PXlDALZ4rGICwKc9MboCgLl19%2F%2FAwK4nL%2F3CwLD%2F6SjCQKi2OOLBwLHm9DGBgKYkYbRBwK%2FicTBDgLn2fT7DgLc0db6CwLc8arEBQKooOS%2FBQLJ8YKoAwLm4sSPDQLtoKPwBQL4%2BuItAtKglOQD - then try other searches on that fairly new clever-looking site, using the "Advanced" option and specifying http://genealogy.wikia.com.

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Wikis give you multiple methods to search the content.

Wikis using the Monaco (latest) skin have a search bar in the toolbar on the left hand side of the screen below the wiki logo.

There are three main methods of searching a wiki:

  • Visit Special:Search either:
    • Via clicking the search box arrow when the sidebar's search box is empty, or
    • Via a link.
  • Enter a term in the search box, then press return or click the search arrow. If any matching article names are found, you will be taken straight there. If not, you will be taken to Special:Search.
  • Use an Inputbox - see below.


Creating a search box

To add a search box to any article, just type: 

<inputbox>
type=search
</inputbox>

It will produce this box:

See Help:Inputbox for more details.


Other ways to find pages

To browse pages on the wiki, you can view a list of all pages or browse by category. See Special:ImageList to search for images.

You can also use Google's "site search" to search all Wikia wikis.


See also

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