How to search the documents
All documents have been organized into browse categories and grouped according to Tribunal venue, but it is also possible to search the full text across all documents and to search within individual documents inside the viewer. The screenshots below step through basic search, search across and search within. A video demonstration of both search within and across is at the bottom of this page.
Using search
Click on the search icon to display search facets
Search facets
Use the facets on the left to narrow your search
Fielded search
Alternatively, click on the fielded search box to the left of the main search box, to narrow the options according to pre-selected categories
Search across exhibit documents
The search page will give you sample matches for every document that matches your search. This example search for 'militia' returns 170 matching documents and provides example hits within each document.
Search within exhibit documents
Click on Search for "militia" in document text to open the document viewer with the search term highlighted within the text.
Find results of your search in the volume within the viewer