* Search & Return plugin - error?

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wulliam
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Search & Return plugin - error?

Post by wulliam » 23 Oct 2021 16:26

Good afternoon,

Some time ago I invented a new fact called 'Byname' to contain family nicknames and the like. One of the many families I'm tracking used the byname 'Cocair'. I think I have the same 1700s ancestor as the progenitor of a number of lines, and would obviously like to merge these lines. To that end I used the Search & Return plugin to find all the instances of Cocair, hopefully including this 'Byname' fact.

It fails to find it:
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Can anyone tell me what I've missed?

Many thanks!
William

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Re: Search & Return plugin - error?

Post by tatewise » 23 Oct 2021 20:10

It looks like a bug in that plugin that does not find the values of custom attributes.

I suggest you use the Search and Replace plugin instead which has a 'Search Only' mode.
Mike Tate ~ researching the Tate and Scott family history ~ tatewise ancestry

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Re: Search & Return plugin - error?

Post by wulliam » 23 Oct 2021 20:20

Very nice, too - thanks!
William

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