Author Topic: FAMILYSEARCH - Old site vs New site  (Read 12358 times)

Offline Sloe Gin

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Re: FAMILYSEARCH - Old site vs New site
« Reply #27 on: Saturday 07 July 12 15:09 BST (UK) »
Question to fans of the new site:  how do you get round this problem?  Or doesn't it bother you?

One thing I find very tiresome on the new site is that results often include events where the name you are searching for is not the main protagonist.  Thus I may be searching for the baptism of Joseph Bloggs, and they give me baptisms of other Bloggs children whose father is Joseph Bloggs.  Same with marriages and burials. 

I don't want to tick the 'exact' box as that may eliminate spelling variations.
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Re: FAMILYSEARCH - Old site vs New site
« Reply #28 on: Saturday 07 July 12 15:27 BST (UK) »
I dont always believe in the move with the times term. I liked the old site and wish they did have a link to it.
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LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain

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Re: FAMILYSEARCH - Old site vs New site
« Reply #29 on: Saturday 07 July 12 15:37 BST (UK) »
It's a learning curve. If you experiment and read up on how to use it, you'll probably get to like it. You'd not have all those wonderful images that go with various databases if it wasn't for the new site.





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