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Offline casalguidi

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Familyhistoryonline query
« on: Saturday 19 February 05 17:26 GMT (UK) »
This may not be possible but I am just wondering if anybody knows of any little trick to narrow down the search results on "Family History Online" http://www.familyhistoryonline.net ?

For instance, a search for burials in a county - I would only be interested in those that ocurred in a particular parish but it would appear that you need to search by county and then view each search result individually to determine which parish is listed.

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Re: Familyhistoryonline query
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 19 February 05 18:05 GMT (UK) »
Hi there,
 you can search by parish but only if that parish is spreading over into another county ie Birmingham ................annoying ain't it?
Jan
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Re: Familyhistoryonline query
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 03 March 05 11:48 GMT (UK) »
Hiya, picked up your message on GoogleAlerts and it made me register!
As a programmer for FamilyHistoryOnline can I ask you to be patient for a month or so. We have a new search engine in beta test that will help you do want you want. A big difficulty is the lack of standardization of parish and place names.

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« Reply #3 on: Thursday 03 March 05 12:11 GMT (UK) »
That would be fantastic if the new search engine works out and makes selective searching easier
Jan
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Re: Familyhistoryonline query
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 03 March 05 16:22 GMT (UK) »
Yes, that will be great.  It's so annoying when you have to pay to see lots of potentially unwanted entries.

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