Extreme newbie.. looking for a push in the right direction. Need to find text in a file and then display

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Hey There,

I still pretty new to this and hope this question isn't too lame. I've
been digging around ( and learning) the documentation but just can
figure out how to do this.

I have a file with a repeating predictable format. 

ie:

<name>
fname lname
1
name
address
whatever
yada..
</end name> 12345

So.. the record format is always:
Line 1. opening <name> tag
Line 2. record title (most often a first and last name) the opening
<name> tag, Line 3. a number (this number has no significance)
Lines 4-?. the record information.
Last Line. </end name> 12345

I would like to write a script to search the file for a name and then
display the record.

So it would...
A> search for the name (record title). 
B> upon finding a match, the line containing the match is saved
(record title)
B> replace this number with a blank line in results
C> each following line is saved (added to record) up to but not
including...
D> the end marker (</end name> 12345)

The script then displays the result to the terminal

ex:

searching the file for a record with "o'maley" in the title.
source file:

<name>
Frank O'Maley
1 
Frank O'Maley
1234 VeryDark Alley
Dublin, Ireland
011 123 45 45 9
yada yada
</end name> 12345

Would return:

Frank O'Maley

Frank O'Maley
1234 VeryDark Alley
Dublin, Ireland
011 123 45 45 9
yada yada

This is I've been pouring over the documentation and think I
understand how to use
the re module to find what I'm looking for. However I'm at a loss when
it come to
actually using what it finds. I don't know how I can get it to save
the line that contains
the search result. And I do not know how to get it to keep adding
lines (and modifying) until
it comes to the end marker.

Sorry for the rambling message. Any pointers would be greatly
appreciated!

Thanks!
-T