« Reply #43 on: Sunday 01 October 17 19:48 BST (UK) »
they dont stock wills i know exist, ive seen them on find my past, ive only seen 1 record from the derbyshire records office, all the others have no available image, they dont find some people i know are listed on other sites, and so far - they havnt found anything not on other sites.
Wills aren't included, they are only parish registers.
As for the search, well you have to play around with soundex or the use of *, or just browse the registers if you know the dates, even approximate, and location. If you search Rootschat you will find numerous threads regarding the issues with the indexes on both Ancestry and Findmypast, and for that matter elsewhere. Mistakes are made based on people's interpretation and their skill at reading the handwriting. Yes its frustrating but its far better that the records are more easily available. Its a matter of working with the sites and other indexes available to find what you are looking for. That said, its always possible something doesn't exist anyway, there are gaps in many parish registers at various times for various reasons.
As I said in my previous post, if they spent a lot more money on indexing, the subscriptions would most likely be much higher and people would complain about that. At least they are now more easily accessible. Ancestry isn't perfect, never has been, there are still registers missing from the London Metropolitan Archives collection which were released in 2009, you just have to accept this happens. And Findmypast are no better, their Hertfordshire collection has masses missing and as yet they have done nothing about it and they were released a few years back.
(KENT) Lingwell, Rayment (BUCKS) Read, Hutchins (SRY) Costin, Westbrook (DOR) Gibbs, Goreing (DUR) Green (ESX) Rudland, Malden, Rouse, Boosey (FIFE) Foulis, Russell (NFK) Johnson, Farthing, Purdy, Barsham (GLOS) Collett, Morris, Freebury, May, Kirkman (HERTS) Winchester, Linford (NORTHANTS) Bird, Brimley, Chater, Wilford, Read, Chapman, Jeys, Marston, Lumley (WILTS) Arden, Whatley, Batson, Gleed, Greenhill (SOM) Coombs, Watkins (RUT) Stafford (BERKS) Sansom, Angel, Young, Stratton, Weeks, Day