spurious results for multiple search terms

jello234

Curiously, I get results even when a search term is not present,:

"jacob ackley" +"perry county" with limiters of Pennsylvania and 1800s returned 13,865 results – but none with “jacob ackley” in them.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text/results?count=100&q.text=%22jacob%20ackley%22%20%2B%22perry%20county%22%20&c.collectionId=on&f.collectionId=3158832&c.recordYear1=on&f.recordYear0=1800

 

RobertWessel

@jello234

Searching with the + symbol is not the same thing as using AND in a Boolean search. The + symbol is closer to AND/OR. In the example you cited the search will return reslults with either "perry county" or "jacob ackley" or both. You would want to search for "jacob ackley" in the name box and then filter the results with the place filter to arrive at Pennsylvania. There were no results listed for Perry County.