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Sorting

The order of the results obtained in any search can be influenced by the use of the Sort results by radio boxes. By default the results are shown in the results pane ordered by document type, date and geography. (The sort order for document type is census, registrar general, essays, legislation and finally TNA.) Date is sorted earliest first, and geography alphabetically, thus, Great Britain comes before Ireland.

Selecting Document type, geography, date or Geography, document type, date returns the results in a different order which may be more convenient if many results are being returned.