Simply enter the word you wish to find and the search engine will search for every instance of the word in the journals. For example: Fight. All instances of the use of the word fight will show up on the results page.
Using an asterisk (*) will increase the odds of finding the results you are seeking. For example: Fight*. The search results will display every instance of fight, fights, fighting, etc. More than one wildcard may be used. For example: *ricar*. This search will return most references to the Aricara tribe, including Ricara, Ricares, Aricaris, Ricaries, Ricaree, Ricareis, and Ricarra. Using a question mark (?) instead of an asterisk (*) will allow you to search for a single character. For example, r?n will find all instances of ran and run, but will not find rain or ruin.
Searches are not case sensitive. For example: george will come up with the same results as George.
Searching for a specific phrase may help narrow down the results. Rather long phrases are no problem. For example: "This white pudding we all esteem".
Because of the creative spellings used by the journalists, it may be necessary to try your search multiple times. For example: P?ro*. This search brings up numerous variant spellings of the French word pirogue, "a large dugout canoe or open boat." Searching for P?*r*og?* will bring up other variant spellings. Searching for canoe or boat also may be helpful.
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Year, Month, & Day | Single day |
Year & Month | Whole month |
Year | Whole year |
Month & Day | 1600-#-# to 2100-#-# |
Month | 1600-#-1 to 2100-#-31 |
Day | 1600-01-# to 2100-12-# |
Title | Date (not before) | Date (not after) |
for Mulleins | 1876 | 1876 |
Abraham Lincoln | 1865 | 1865 |
Early Roman History | 1850 | 1860 |
Robert Chambers | 1850 | 1860 |
Prophecy that soon the Atlantic | 1850 | 1860 |
Fourier and His Ideas. | 1850 | 1860 |
Wednesday Evening, June 10 | 1850 | 1860 |
Poem among the Siamese | 1850 | 1860 |
Chronological | 1854 | 1860 |
lux light | 1850 | 1860 |
Egypt | 1850 | 1860 |
Europe bounded | 1850 | 1860 |
The Teutonic includes | 1850 | 1860 |
(Independent & Chinese) | 1850 | 1860 |
Russian serfs | 1855 | 1860 |
Scythia (as Used by the Greeks) | 1850 | 1860 |
Assyria & Egypt | 1855 | 1860 |
we know of no beginning | 1850 | 1860 |
How would it do | 1850 | 1860 |
Mountain-visiting in East Tennessee | 1857 | 1860 |
Tacitus—of the Germans | 1850 | 1860 |
America has been called | 1850 | 1859 |
Oliver Goldsmith | 1857 | 1857 |
Africa (The Equator | 1850 | 1856 |
Settlers and Indian Battles | ||
Cultural Geography Scrapbook |