diff --git a/sql/functions.sql b/sql/functions.sql
index 1829c63d..8fc8e814 100644
--- a/sql/functions.sql
+++ b/sql/functions.sql
@@ -1234,6 +1234,7 @@ DECLARE
   relation_members TEXT[];
   relMember RECORD;
   linkedplacex RECORD;
+  addr_item RECORD;
   search_diameter FLOAT;
   search_prevdiameter FLOAT;
   search_maxrank INTEGER;
@@ -1766,28 +1767,43 @@ BEGIN
   parent_place_id_rank = 0;
 
 
-  -- convert isin to array of tokenids
+  -- convert address store to array of tokenids
   --DEBUG: RAISE WARNING 'Starting address search';
   isin_tokens := '{}'::int[];
   IF NEW.address IS NOT NULL THEN
-    isin := avals(NEW.address);
-    IF array_upper(isin, 1) IS NOT NULL THEN
-      FOR i IN 1..array_upper(isin, 1) LOOP
-        -- TODO further split terms with comma and semicolon
-        address_street_word_id := get_name_id(make_standard_name(isin[i]));
+    FOR addr_item IN SELECT * FROM each(NEW.address)
+    LOOP
+      IF addr_item.key IN ('city', 'tiger:county', 'state', 'suburb', 'province', 'district', 'region', 'county', 'municipality', 'hamlet', 'village', 'subdistrict', 'town', 'neighbourhood', 'quarter', 'parish') THEN
+        address_street_word_id := get_name_id(make_standard_name(addr_item.value));
         IF address_street_word_id IS NOT NULL AND NOT(ARRAY[address_street_word_id] <@ isin_tokens) THEN
-          nameaddress_vector := array_merge(nameaddress_vector, ARRAY[address_street_word_id]);
           isin_tokens := isin_tokens || address_street_word_id;
         END IF;
-
-        -- merge word into address vector
-        address_street_word_id := get_word_id(make_standard_name(isin[i]));
+        address_street_word_id := get_word_id(make_standard_name(addr_item.value));
         IF address_street_word_id IS NOT NULL THEN
           nameaddress_vector := array_merge(nameaddress_vector, ARRAY[address_street_word_id]);
         END IF;
-      END LOOP;
-    END IF;
+      END IF;
+      IF addr_item.key = 'is_in' THEN
+        -- is_in items need splitting
+        isin := regexp_split_to_array(NEW.isin, E'[;,]');
+        IF array_upper(isin, 1) IS NOT NULL THEN
+          FOR i IN 1..array_upper(isin, 1) LOOP
+            address_street_word_id := get_name_id(make_standard_name(isin[i]));
+            IF address_street_word_id IS NOT NULL AND NOT(ARRAY[address_street_word_id] <@ isin_tokens) THEN
+              isin_tokens := isin_tokens || address_street_word_id;
+            END IF;
+
+            -- merge word into address vector
+            address_street_word_id := get_word_id(make_standard_name(isin[i]));
+            IF address_street_word_id IS NOT NULL THEN
+              nameaddress_vector := array_merge(nameaddress_vector, ARRAY[address_street_word_id]);
+            END IF;
+          END LOOP;
+        END IF;
+      END IF;
+    END LOOP;
   END IF;
+  nameaddress_vector := array_merge(nameaddress_vector, isin_tokens);
 
   -- %NOTIGERDATA% IF 0 THEN
   -- for the USA we have an additional address table.  Merge in zip codes from there too