Preview search tips for the 1939 Register before you buy

[Isabel H]

I have a UK sub., and can see the reference using Chrome, but not with IE11.

[Carole699]

I'm new to RootsChat and decided to sign up after reading this thread....it's been very helpful thankyou.

I had already worked out the TNA reference myself before coming on here and yesterday found lots of details to add to my tree and could see all the reference numbers but only one person in the household at a time. Then today I tried using the *street etc tips I found on here and "poof" suddenly the reference numbers are gone and now I get two people listed instead. I'm a suspicious bugger sometimes but could using the wildcard tips have triggered this?

Looking forward to reading more on this forum.
Cheers 

[dawnsh]

Hi Carole699

Welcome to Rootschat 

Glad you're finding the forum useful.

The 'missing' numbers and names of others in the household depends on which browser you are using.

Lots of things on social media about FindMyPast. Apparently FindMyPast have been working on something?

Dawn

[Carole699]

Hi Dawn

Thanks for the welcome.

I'm using IE11, but it seems strange that it was working yesterday and today it isn't (after I started using the wildcards).

But I'm now grabbing the ref from the address bar as suggested.

Cheers

[sandiep]

ref not showing in address bar for me........good job I have already searched before they removed ref............will try another browser when my tech is around to help!

[Ruskie]

I thought it might be still in the URL but have not deciphered it

You need these 2 red bits of info from the browser bar (if it's visible, ie it's not on my ipad).....
http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=tna%2fr39%2f7356%2f7356e%2f002%2f04

Can someone please explain (in terms that someone like me who knows nothing can understand  ) what to do with these bits of information?

I have found a family I would like more information on but all I have is one name and "one more person in the record". (I am expecting a family of 5 though 3 would be under 100 years although all are long gone.)

Am I correct in thinking that FindMyPast have now 'fixed' the loopholes which allowed manipulation of results so we could eke more out of the free index?

This is the record in question:
http://search.findmypast.com.au/record/locked?id=tna%2fr39%2f4394%2f4394e%2f007%2f30

[libby9]

Ruskie, your link took me to Georgina Wright, using the BROWSER information gives me a list of 22 people, one of whom is William Wright born 1893.

So, to find the other folk listed:  Open the link you posted, look at the url in your address bar and note at the end PIECE NUMBER [4394e] and ITEM NUMBER [007].

Go to the ADVANCED SEARCH page, scroll down to TNA REFERENCE and enter piece and item numbers in the relevant boxes...........not forgetting the LETTER after the piece numbers, in your example it's 'E'.  Enter ONLY piece and item numbers and NOTHING else

[dawnsh]

if you put the url you quote back into FindMyPast and do the search you get Georgina born 1891 in the Wright household

if you change the last number in the url from f30 to f29 you get William Wright born 1893

change the number to f28 and you are now in the Moss Household

going up from f30 to f31, that record is redacted so you don't see the name of the household

f32 is in the same household as the redacted one and Bartley shows up as this persons surname

[Clarkey500]

I put this in another thread but it may help people on this thread who may have missed it. It is also helpful for people without a subscription!

For missing people it could be a good idea to put the forename in the surname box and the surname in the forename box. So instead of John Smith try Smith John.

I finally found one of my relatives who had this happen to him although strangely he's the only one with the reference (33 who's visible) who's had this happen to him. 
Although to make it worse his surname, which is now his forename, is spelled wrong as well!