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By default we show names that match what you typed. Turn this on to also find variant spellings, sound-alikes and scanning errors (Smith ↔ Smyth, Newcastle ↔ Newcasle).

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We normally search what each notice is about. This also reads the full text of every page, so it finds notices that use different words to yours — a notice about “the gaol at Port Phillip” when you searched prison. Extra results are added below your existing ones.

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