Find a person's ID

Where a page asks you for a person's ID (such as the Timeline) you are given the opportunity of searching for that within the page you are on:

1. To find a person's ID, click on the button where it occurs and you will see this window:
   
   
   
2. Type in your search information and select Search.
   
   
3. The results of a search look like this
   
   
   
4. You need to know a person's birth or death date in order to distinguish him/her in a multiple result like this one for Solomon Hougham. Select the one you are after and their person ID appears in the box on your page.