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Margaretfinch

Margaretfinch Report 13 Apr 2012 08:40

On this site there was new site which seemed to give more information it was a pilot site
I can't seem to find it any help please
Margaret

Researching:
Finch Weathersfield Essex. Poole Haverhill Suffolk.GoodchildSouth Ascot BerkshireFry Wilton Wiltshire Goddard Laverstock Wiltshire Grayston Suffolk

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 13 Apr 2012 10:00

Although I may be wrong, I think that the Pilot site is now the default one ie the one you automatically get directed to.

https://www.familysearch.org/

The link to the previous site is

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

Note that there is '/eng' on the end of the original address.

Researching:
Dormant member as from 20 Sep 2019 . Click on my board name to send a message

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 13 Apr 2012 10:20

The pilot site is long gone - pity, really, as it was far better than its replacement

mgnv

mgnv Report 14 Apr 2012 04:18

Can't agree with Reggie. They've recently fixed the worst problem with the new site (namely cut and pastes of hits introducng scads of blank lines).

Anyway, here's the link to the old IGI
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true
It's handy if you need to find records contributed by other folks, although most (all?) of the extracted records are on the new site.

My preference is to look in specific collections at:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1®ion=BRITISH_ISLES
Some collections have images - not all these are fully indexed - some have partial indexes, and some are unindexed.
It would be nice to know what %-age were indexed but they don't say (except for the US 1940 census which many yanks are gung-ho about).

Berniethatwas

Berniethatwas Report 14 Apr 2012 21:50

Ha ha ha!

When I tried the first link all I got was a page with the headers "Home, Search Records, Index Records etc." and the rest of the page is an absolute blank. I am getting fed up with FamilySearchOrg too.
B

Researching:
Avatar - George Cluni-kuni. Not from the South Hams.

BeverleyW

BeverleyW Report 14 Apr 2012 23:03

I must be in a massive minority.... I find the new site much easier to use and to browse through.
More reliable than the old site too, since the entries are extracted and not submitted.

Researching:
Weedon - Australia, Hertfordshire; Paterson - Scotland; Elmer - Huntingdon; Ball, Lloyd, Warren - Birmingham; Branson - Bucks;

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 15 Apr 2012 00:58

The new site also has submissions. I found some yesterday.