# Is there anyway to search for threads started by someone?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyway-to-search-for-threads-started-by-someone/173651
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**Created:** [May 7, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyway-to-search-for-threads-started-by-someone/173651 "2003-05-07T13:47:08Z")
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### Author:  [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyway-to-search-for-threads-started-by-someone/173651/1 "2003-05-07T13:47:08Z")
I want to see if I asked a question before, before I ask it again.
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyway-to-search-for-threads-started-by-someone/173651/2 "2003-05-07T16:09:07Z")
Didn’t you post about this last year?
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### Author:  [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyway-to-search-for-threads-started-by-someone/173651/3 "2003-05-07T17:44:32Z")
If you open the search screen and enter some keywords in the _Search By Keyword_ field and your own username in the _Search By User Name_ field, the results will find your own posts that contained the keyword(s).
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### Author:  [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyway-to-search-for-threads-started-by-someone/173651/4 "2003-05-07T23:45:10Z")
You can also play with the date ranges at the bottom of the forum page, then sort it by author, then go to the right page.