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Hi David,

I'm sending you this because you appear as Web Assistant, and this is a question about how the Search machine functions.

The question is at the end.

I searched for "ron lenny" (with the quotes), following usage on other search engines to find occurrences of a specific phrase).

The results said no occurrences of ""ron lenny"" (as if I was looking for quotes, which I wasn't).

Ho-ho thought I, I'll try plain ron lenny - and of course I got back a list of occurrences of ron and of lenny, but not necessarily the two together.

Question: how do I search for a full name or phrase using this search machine?

Thanks a lot,
PPingo
(Rio de Janeiro)

Dear PPingo

Thank you for your message. The search tool is still currently under development and we are looking to enhance its functionality as the site grows. At this moment in time the search tool can only search individual words and there is no technique that will make it search for groups or phrases of words together.

My best suggestion would be to keep trying your search query over the coming months as the search function is updated.

I hope this is of some help and that you are successful in your search.

Best wishes

David - WW2 Team

Dear David,

Thank you very much for your prompt clarification. That will save me a lot of time and frustration.

I never acknowledged because I am only now accessing the site for the second time.

Thanks again.

[]s - Peter