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this site of the
Dodge/Jefferson Counties Genealogical Society (D/JCGS)
Closely-related website
that may also be searched from this site:
Watertown
Historical Society
(
Watertown
(
Wisconsin
) is
located in both Dodge and
Jefferson
Counties
)
How To
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for Firstname, Lastname it
is sometimes helpful to also use Lastname, Firstname because of the way index entries are normally made. (E.G., search for “John Doe” as well as “Doe,
John”)
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Or you can use Booleans
(see below).
Exact Phrase: "..."
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Gets the documents with
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stock market
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'stock' or 'market' or both
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"stock
market"
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the phrase 'stock market'
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+stock +market
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'stock' and 'market'
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+stock -market
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'stock' but not 'market'
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+president -"United
States"
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'president' but not 'United States'
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(stock OR market) AND NOT
president
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'stock' or 'market', and without
'president'
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Capitalization doesn't matter. The ranked results
will come from a total match on the words and phrases which you
supply, so try to think of several specific terms for
your topic and spell them correctly. It may help to include important
plurals and derived words too, like [address addresses
contact contacting information] .