# Search via filter for attributes and notes

**URL:** <https://gramps.discourse.group/t/search-via-filter-for-attributes-and-notes/1226>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 15, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/search-via-filter-for-attributes-and-notes/1226 "2021-02-15T14:25:46Z")\
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> [@Jang](#):
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> In events, e.g. birth, I can search for attributes or notes via the filters.

There was an earlier discussion on this References attribute.

> [@How to find attributes and their value into top part of events?](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-to-find-attributes-and-their-value-into-top-part-of-events/662):
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> I can find attributes and attributes value stored into the bottom/shared part of an event using an event attribute filter but how to search for something into the top part of events associated with person’s records with person’s filters? Like form’s stored attributes

FYI: The information for the Individual in a shared event are actually a part of the person database and not a part of the Events. In the People filter options, there is a filter rule to search the Role of an event. A similar rule has not yet been created for these Notes or Attributes.

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