Thank
you for visiting this website.
The search index (at January
2009 - 2
million plus words on 250+ pages!) is updated regularly, but if you
cannot find an expected entry please send an email to the Webmaster for the local, human touch!
It has been known
for services to have been withdrawn for a few hours. One such occasion
was when all major Search Engines were
'under attack' from crackers (Denial of Service) and even the YAHOO system 'collapsed'. Unfortunately,
the webmaster is not in a position to check-out these service failures and if a
search fails to find a word which you expect you
are asked to SEARCH AGAIN for a word which IS MOST DEFINITELY in the list -
'Monikie'
- and if this gets no results the service is obviously not currently available
at the time - please try later.
It is almost impossible to
cross-reference every occurrence of a word or point of interest, but by
using this facility you will be able to access all the information about your
particular subject which appears on this site. Please note the following
to help you search . . .
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Best results will
be achieved if you try searching for several variations of the word you seek.
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It is best to
try a single word as a 'phrase' may not appear in that format and will fail.
From the weekly report of 'hits' the webmaster is very aware that searches are
unsuccessful because of readers' failure to follow this procedure.
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Do not put words in
"speech marks" ("quotation marks") UNLESS searching for a
complete phrase, for example -
"earl of crawford", or "affleck castle", and only do this if
you need to, but see below.
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Do not enter www.
webpage addresses (URL's) - they will not normally be found by the search engine.
Webpage addresses go in the space provided at the top of your browser's page, if
you know them, otherwise search for a word you think might appear on the
page.
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Personal and place names may have changed over the years you may
try different
spellings, HOWEVER, I have been told by the search engine providers of a way to improve such 'wild' searches.
So,
try
searching in this style - "gui*"
(including the quote marks and the asterisk) - finds
'guildie', 'guildy', 'guildymuir', 'guildiemuir'
and more.
Other types of 'wild card'
searches such as using ? but seem unsuccessful, but do experiment!
If you cannot find an entry,
particularly one which you might expect, or even hope to be there,
please ask the webmaster for local knowledge.
You may need a quick translation
service to understand some of the Scots words on this website - you can get
that online at www.scots-online.org
and some other sites.
. . or GOOGLE . .
SEARCH RESULT pages may contain a random banner and other advertising which has no connection with this
website, but which 'pays' for this facility.
Install the GOOGLE TOOLBAR for easier
searching.
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