Think about your search before you start. Hotbot and altavista are examples of search engines. Your search results are ranked according to those that have the most references to your search string. Use quotes around words to search for an exact phrase match. Ellis Island returns all sites that have either word.
Searches can be case sensitive.
Always use lower case to receive case insensitive matches. You will get higher quality hits when you refine your search like this. If you don't get the results you want check your spelling and your syntax . It is normal for pages to take a few moments to load. Downloading files can take even longer.