Search Tips for The Rochester Advocate

• Keep it simple. Start with one keyword. If you receive too many results, add another keyword.
• The books were scanned with optical character recognition (OCR) which has a degree of accuracy, but mistakes do occur - especially with unusual typefaces or letterspacing. Try alternate spellings of the keyword or name you seek.
• If searching for a person, consider alternate names. For example, you may have known your ancestor as Samuel. Samuel may have gone by "Sam" or "Sammy" if he was a young student at the school.
• Consider maiden and married names.
• Try your search with and without middle names and middle initial (James William Smith, James W. Smith, James Smith).

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