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Build a historical search using any combination of Day, Month, Year, Country, Person, Historical Category or Event. Every selection is optional, but you must choose at least one option before searching.

Country · Day · Month · Year Country → Name2 → Name1 Country · General → General Sub-Set Country → Event Births · Deaths · Battles · Coronations

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Choose one or more search options

All selections are optional. Choose at least one option, then add any others that help narrow the search. Cascaded lists remain linked: Country → Name2 → Name1, General → General Sub-Set, and Country → Event / Quick Event Lists.

How to use the search options

1. Date and Year

Country, Day, Month and Year are optional. Country may be selected here before Year, or use Day, Month and Year independently.

2. Country and Person

Country can be used by itself. Selecting Country unlocks Name2; selecting Name2 unlocks Name1. You may stop at any stage.

3. Historical Category

Country is optional and appears to the left of General. Selecting General unlocks its matching General Sub-Set.

4. Events

Select Country in this section to cascade Event, Births, Deaths, Battles and Coronations for that country.

Search mode Choose at least one option
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Select at least one option. You do not need to complete every section or every cascade. Start with whichever option best describes what you want to find, then add more selections only when you want to narrow the results.
1Date and Year

Country, Day, Month and Year are independent optional filters. Use any one of them or combine them. For example: Country + Year, Year only, Month only, Day + Month, or Country + Day + Month + Year.

All four selections are optional
Optional country filter for Date and Year. Country selections stay synchronized across all sections.
Find records on this day number. Leave blank if the day does not matter.
Find records in this month. Leave blank to include every month.
Find records from one year. The list is numeric and can be used without Day or Month.
2Country and Person

Country works as a search option by itself and also starts the person cascade. Choose Country → Name2 → Name1 only as far as you need.

Country→ Name2→ Name1
You may stop after Country or Name2
Filters records by country. Selecting Country also unlocks Name2 and the Event lists.
The surname or main-name field. It contains only Name2 values from the selected Country.
The first/given-name field. It contains only Name1 values matching the selected Country + Name2.
3Historical Category

General is the broad historical subject, such as Government or Warfare. General Sub-Set is the more specific category belonging to that General value.

Country· General→ General Sub-Set
General may be used without selecting a Sub-Set
Optional country filter for Historical Category. It is synchronized with the other Country selectors.
Select the broad historical category. This unlocks its matching General Sub-Set.
Optional narrower category. Leave blank to include every Sub-Set within the selected General value.
4Events

Choose Country here to load only matching Event values and Quick Event Lists. You may then choose one specific Event, Birth, Death, Battle or Coronation.

Country→ Event / Quick Event List
Choose only one Event-type selection at a time
Select a country to cascade the Event and Quick Event Lists.
All event names recorded for the selected Country.

Quick Event Lists · Country → Births / Deaths / Battles / Coronations

Select a country to cascade the Quick Event Lists below.
Only birth-related events from the selected Country.
Only death-related events from the selected Country.
Only battle-related events from the selected Country.
Only coronation or crowning events from the selected Country.
Select at least one option above. All options are optional, and you can combine selections from different sections to narrow the results.

Date search results

Sorted by year and date completeness, then by date, event and person.

Results are grouped by year. Event names and dates are highlighted for faster scanning.

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Combine optional date and history filters

Every selection is optional. Use Country, Day, Month or Year independently, or combine them with General category, General Sub-Set, Name2, Name1 or Event. At least one selection is required to run a search.

Cascades are preserved to keep choices relevant. The Country dropdowns are synchronized across sections. Country unlocks Name2 and the Event lists; Name2 unlocks Name1. General unlocks General Sub-Set.

Records without a complete month and day are shown after fully dated records within the same year. Search results use a fixed maximum of 5,000 records.

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