I use this myself a lot in my own software, but I've not seen it in other author's.

I enter a search term and the software searches by the first method (say, family name). If nothing is found, it searches by another method (street name/city). If not there, try something else (friends/associates).

If you choose the list of search methods appropriately for the application/program, it's surprisingly efficient.

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