Search in mail not working

Hi there
I've just migrated my MacBook Pro across to the new machines, so have moved to Mavericks as well.
Historically, searching in Mail has been wonderfully simple. Type whatever you want and it lists what it finds. But Mavericks just doesn't come up with the results. - If I type in my name and "entire message" it gives me some but not all of my signatured messages.
- If I type in a name I know I've emailed in the past it will come up with no messages.
Have I got a setting I need to change over??
Appreciate your feedback.
Gavin Parker
Perth - Western Australia

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