How to search
The basis of comma is the ability to search in many languages with a
controlled set of categories.You are never offered a search choice that
does not give at least give one record.
Searching
for a particular record Example:If
you want to find all the records featuring family wedding records between
1945 and 1955 then you:
1 Click on the Search
icon
2 Click on People3
Click on Family
You will then be able to see how many records feature families.
4 Click on Date
5 Click in the year
box and enter '1950' in the year box as this is the middle point in
the period of interest.
6 Click the single question mark
?
7 Enter '5' in
the space for +-Year. This tells the computer to look
for all records within 5 years each side of 1950
8 Click Finished
You will then be able to see thumbnails of records feature family wedding
and have a date between 1945 and 1955
9 Click Buildings, then
Religious, then Finished
10 Click on View results
to see one of these records
11 To move to other pages of thumbnails
(if there is more than one page) click on the arrows at the top of the
screen
Records with hotspots will have a yellow spot underneath
their thumbnail
To look at larger versions of the pictures click
on the image
Click on the show the hotspots button to show (or hide) hotspots.
If there is a reminiscence
icon then click to read it.Starting
a fresh search
To start a new search click clear
and the previous search will be forgotten.Searching
inside particular archives
12Click
on "Change to another archive" at the top of the screen
13 Choose the archive by clicking
on it
14 If you want to return to view
all archives then click on "Change
to another archive" and click on "Clear"