# Find Threads Started By **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 10, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-threads-started-by/851516 "2020-04-10T17:08:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-threads-started-by/851516/1 "2020-04-10T17:08:43Z")
The oldest thread I found for myself only goes back to 2008? That can’t be right. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-threads-started-by/851516/2 "2020-04-10T17:17:01Z")
Ah wait, apparently the search results are limited to 1000. Any/best way around that? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-threads-started-by/851516/3 "2020-04-10T17:47:34Z")
Answered my own question. If anyone else wants to do the same thing, use the Advanced Search option from the Search dropdown, search for posts or threads older than one year, then list in ascending order so oldest matches are returned first. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-threads-started-by/851516/4 "2020-04-10T17:47:55Z")
Search by Thread Start Date and Ascending Order, that’ll give you the rest.