This one? Here is a link that might be useful: Pappu

Kat, I've decided to quit concerning myself with it...not much one can do. If it is someone I have traded with (and know) I will maybe put a link to the 'right' (original post with the correct spelling and all), and try and point future posters in that direction...otherwise I figure members can/will take care of it themselves maybe(?). That way, at least I can help those I 'know.'

Raven, Recently my little sister found our long lost nephew on Facebook. When my kids were 10, 9, 8, my sister in law took my brother's son to Japan where she kept him from ever knowing his father's side of the family. He had met my kids one time when she brought him by my mother's place to prove to her son that he had grandparents on his dad's side of the family. My mother called be and told me to bring the kids over to meet their cousin. That was the only time I ever saw my nephew. He was the same age as my youngest son, He was older than my son by only 3 weeks. Recently he escaped from under his mother's thumb and came back to the US and got married. My little sister found him on Facebook by accident and our nephew was surprised to learn that we were looking for him. Now we stay in touch since we have found him. He is in Miss.

I just typed the word "search" into the current engine, and this thread did not turn up on the first page of results. I also knew a basic no-earlier-than date, and that the original post contained the terms "garden*" (didn't know if it was "gardenweb" or "garden web"), and that one of the followup posts contained "google". I couldn't recall the posters name, but if available, I would have entered "gw*" in the field for original posters name. How about: 1. Search by title (any phrase or blank, wildcard would be helpful, ands and ors within the search) and 2. Search by individual post content (any phrase or blank,wildcard would be helpful, ands and ors within the search) and 3. Search by entire thread content. and 4. Search by thread originator (any phrase or blank, meaning it may not be the posters exact, complete name) and 5. Search by contributor (any phrase or blank, meaning it may not be the posters exact, complete name) 6. Return results by mm/dd/yy hh:mm of original post or time of last contribution by anyone or time of last contribution by above-searched contributor and 7. Choose recently started posts first or reverse or 8. Instead of sorting by post origination date, sort by contribution date. 9. Return titles only or return text like today Is it possible to search posts older than a certain date? I am not sure, because I do not have patience for the current search, but I believe that posts older than a certain date are unavailable?