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There are two main problems in searching for anything:
1. finding too many matches
2. finding no matches

Too many matches

Example: search Drum as START of name (any Year): more than 2,000 matches

Step 1: search Drum as EXACT name (any Year): fewer than 20 matches

Step 2: search Drum as EXACT name (any Year) by Province:

North:Ulsterfewer than 10 matches
East:Leinster0 matches
South and South-west:Munsterfewer than 10 matches
West:Connaughtfewer than 10 matches

No matches (usually a problem with spelling)

Example: search Drumryland as EXACT name (any Year): 0 matches

Step A: search Drumryland as START of name (any Year): 0 matches

repeat the search, deleting characters off the end of the name:
search Drumry as START of name: 1 match, but no "L" in it
search Drumr   as START of name: more than 100 matches

Step B: reduce the number of matches in any or all of the following ways:

inspect the results: only Drumraighland is like Drumryland
search Drumr as START of name (any Year) by Province
search Drumr as START of name AND land as END of name