Hi,
The link to search is:
http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=q&e=-------en-20--1--txt-IN-----
If you register, then you will be allowed to make corrections and save them.
WARNING! I have made hundreds of corrections, but have noticed that at least
two changes were reverted back to the original. I would like to gain an
understanding of what happened before making any more corrections.
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Margie Barton" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] LVA Newspaper's Online - How the Search Works
> Please tell me how I can get the link for the newspapers.
>
> Thank you
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Dunn
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 6:12 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [VA-ROOTS] LVA Newspaper's Online - How the Search Works
>
> Hello,
>
> I love the fact that many old newspapers have been scanned, OCR'd and
> posted on the website.
>
> Although I saved the link and have spent a good deal of time searching and
> correcting text, I deleted the original email from the person that
> notified us of the availability.
>
> My question is how is the advanced search 'supposed' to work versus how it
> 'actually' works. It appears that the Boolean 'AND' is ignored.
>
> I started off doing some simple searched like "Dunn" and "Dunkum" (no
> quotes) and then correcting the text that was found around those names.
> Next, I tried things like "Frank L Dunn" (in quotes) and found the
> following (which I have already corrected the spellings)"
> Alexandria Gazette, Volume 97, Number 297, 12 December 1896
> Miss Grace L. Alsop and Mr. Frank L. Dunn, both of Petersburg, eloped on
> Thursday and were married in Weldon, N. C.
>
> But now if I search for "Grace AND Alsop AND Frank AND Dunn" (without the
> quotes), there are 56 results returned -- and the entry I am interested in
> is like number 46!
>
> Yes, I have selected the option to sort by "Best Match First".
>
> If I use Google and search simply for "grace alsop frank dunn" (without
> quotes), then it is the first entry returned. Naturally, if I click the
> link, I am taken to the correct page on the LVA website, but since I
> didn't use LVA's search engine, the text is not highlighted.
>
> Am I doing something wrong with the LVA search?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wayne Dunn
>
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