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CelticShiv

CelticShiv Report 17 Dec 2010 17:29

Is there any easier way of searching the new familysearch website?

I am finding it really difficult to find records now, as certain information brings up zero matches, and you can't add spouse, parents names etc as far as I can see.

Perhaps I am doing something wrong.

thanks

Researching:
Ashford-Smith, Smith, Clarke - England and Scotland, Anderson & Marr - Midlothian & East Lothian, Bennett - Devonport, Catleugh & Shiells - East Lothian, Cullen & Dowling - Waterford, Ireland, Littlejohns - Plymouth & London, Mansfield - Benfleet & St Pancras, Michelin - London, Newlands - Midlothian & Fife, Paterson - Canongate, Midlothian, Paulin - Northumberland, Rutherford - Roxburghshire, Taylor - East Lothian & Berwickshire, Thomson - Leith & Muthill, Thorney - Herefordshire, Small - Northumberland,

K

K Report 17 Dec 2010 18:04

If you do an advanced search - there is a box at the bottom called relationship. You can select either spouse or parents which should help a search

Researching:
Anstee/Bucks; Russell/London; Durose; Pease/North Yorks; Kelly/IoM

CelticShiv

CelticShiv Report 17 Dec 2010 18:28

oh yes, DOH, I never even noticed that bit.

thank you lol. Been at it too long today I think.

Break time

Researching:
Ashford-Smith, Smith, Clarke - England and Scotland, Anderson & Marr - Midlothian & East Lothian, Bennett - Devonport, Catleugh & Shiells - East Lothian, Cullen & Dowling - Waterford, Ireland, Littlejohns - Plymouth & London, Mansfield - Benfleet & St Pancras, Michelin - London, Newlands - Midlothian & Fife, Paterson - Canongate, Midlothian, Paulin - Northumberland, Rutherford - Roxburghshire, Taylor - East Lothian & Berwickshire, Thomson - Leith & Muthill, Thorney - Herefordshire, Small - Northumberland,

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 17 Dec 2010 19:00

IF YOU USE THE PILOT SITE
ONCE NAME FOUND
YOU CAN LIMIT THE ANSWERS BY
THE OPTIONS
FIRST NAME
EVENT
LAST NAME

Researching:
FINCH+LOCK+WEAVER+HALES+BROOKINGS+MANSFIELD+HOOK+TITCHENER and STEVEN & ISRAEL WEAVER c1735

CelticShiv

CelticShiv Report 17 Dec 2010 19:12

pilot search dosnt exist anymore as far as I can see, everything has been switched over to the new website now.

It works as per K mentioned.

Researching:
Ashford-Smith, Smith, Clarke - England and Scotland, Anderson & Marr - Midlothian & East Lothian, Bennett - Devonport, Catleugh & Shiells - East Lothian, Cullen & Dowling - Waterford, Ireland, Littlejohns - Plymouth & London, Mansfield - Benfleet & St Pancras, Michelin - London, Newlands - Midlothian & Fife, Paterson - Canongate, Midlothian, Paulin - Northumberland, Rutherford - Roxburghshire, Taylor - East Lothian & Berwickshire, Thomson - Leith & Muthill, Thorney - Herefordshire, Small - Northumberland,

Libby22

Libby22 Report 17 Dec 2010 21:39

You can still use the pilot site.

Go to familysearch.org - select 'search records' top left, from the drop down box click 'record search pilot'

I don't think it will be available for much longer however.

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 18 Dec 2010 11:42

If you scroll right down to the bottom of the page, there is a link to the old website. Again, don't know how long this will be there.

Christine

Christine Report 20 Dec 2010 22:28

You can also get to the pilot site another way. Go to the home page, and in the bottom left hand quarter you will see:

See prototype for searching millions of records

Click on this line and it takes you straight into it. It does say though, that it will soon be replaced.

Researching:
Hill, Jewell - Cornwall. Langley-Shropshire,Cole, Neate -Wiltshire,Lott, Ewell- Kent.Punter, Gadd, Wapshott, White, Weston - Surrey. To say nothing of the other half's family!

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 21 Dec 2010 08:26

URL for old site - put it in your Bookmaks / Favourites to get directly to it

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp

CelticShiv

CelticShiv Report 22 Dec 2010 12:59

thanks, managed to get to the old IGI index

Researching:
Ashford-Smith, Smith, Clarke - England and Scotland, Anderson & Marr - Midlothian & East Lothian, Bennett - Devonport, Catleugh & Shiells - East Lothian, Cullen & Dowling - Waterford, Ireland, Littlejohns - Plymouth & London, Mansfield - Benfleet & St Pancras, Michelin - London, Newlands - Midlothian & Fife, Paterson - Canongate, Midlothian, Paulin - Northumberland, Rutherford - Roxburghshire, Taylor - East Lothian & Berwickshire, Thomson - Leith & Muthill, Thorney - Herefordshire, Small - Northumberland,

Christine

Christine Report 3 Jan 2011 16:34

Does anyone know what has happened to the submitted entries now that they are moving to the new site? Are they still there or have they been filtered out? It used to be obvious which ones were extracted and which were submitted, but now they all look like "genuine" information.

Edit: see new thread entitled - IGI - submitted entries

Researching:
Hill, Jewell - Cornwall. Langley-Shropshire,Cole, Neate -Wiltshire,Lott, Ewell- Kent.Punter, Gadd, Wapshott, White, Weston - Surrey. To say nothing of the other half's family!