Search tips

The following tips can be used to aid your search:

Phrase searching. Use double quote marks to narrow down your search, e.g. "coal industry". This will find records where the two words are used together.

~ Stem search. This will find all variations of that word, e.g. ~social will find Socialist and Social Insurance.

@ Sounds Like. This will find words that sound like the one you want. e.g. @Bessant will find all references to Annie Besant.

* Wildcard. This will find words that have any letter or character after the ones you entered. Use this especially for searching dates, e.g. 192* will find all references to the 1920s.