1) Explore
our big
SiteMap.
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you very much.
2)
Each page has a navigation
menu at top
Google is good, but sometimes
these below can be better. a
4) Search the
Book of Days. Indexed several times a
week. Even
Jezza could grasp it, I
thimk. Poor, sad Jezza. Just watch the
birdies, mate.
This
searches 400+ BoD pages and more than six million words (much more than 15,000 words for
each
day of
the
year, on average).
5) Search the
Scriptorium. Indexed at least once a week.
Searches 586 pages (including the Henry
Lawson and Louisa Lawson
Chronology) and more than 1,000,000 words.
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problems?
To help you refine your search,
please note
that Wilson's
Almanac has four main departments:
Scriptorium
(articles, editorials, poetry, info, entertainment; the
SiteMap
will guide you);
Book
of Days (calendar customs; historical oddities; folklore; alternative
history);
Blogmanac (a team from three continents posting several
times daily);
Free daily ezine
(wonders with your morning coffee; subscription box is at foot of this
page).
Search tips: Sometimes it is better to
check All Words, when Exact Phrase fails. For example, in
Exact Phrase, 'Marie Curie' will not result on a page that has 'Marie and
Pierre Curie announced the isolation of radium', although 'Pierre Curie'
will of course. In such a case, try All Words as well, or be creative and
try something like 'Curie' alone, 'Curie radium' or even 'Marie radium'. Most failures are due to this, or to misspelling (if you
attended school after 1975, my condolences). Similarly, 'John F Kennedy'
will often not be on pages that have 'JF Kennedy', 'John Fitzgerald Kennedy',
etc. You will do best if you are creative with your searches, try several
alternatives, and check the
dictionary if unsure of spelling. If you've tried all
options but are really stuck,
report problems
and I will try to help. Note, too, that saints' names are usually abbreviated
thus: St John, not Saint John; Ss Peter and Paul, not Saints Peter
and
Paul.
Lousy search (my reports tell
me this kind happens a lot): "What happened on February 22,
1963?" (Use the Book of
Days Index instead).
Good
luck!
Find
folklore/events of your birthday, anniversary, etc,
here.
On which day of the week did an event or birthday occur?
Think like a search engine: Tips on searching the Almanac
6) Freefind
search of
500+
Scriptorium and BoD pages
+ WWW
7)
Search
2,700+ ezine archive webpages
8)
Recently updated pages
(update log rather than a search engine; indexed every day or two)
9)
The extinct
AAA Premium
edition of the ezine is still searchable (approx 200 pages)
