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Lynda Carol

Lynda Carol Report 20 Oct 2007 16:25

Is there a way of searching without a first name. I have a surname, a rough date and an area but with that info it won't let me search, I have to put in a first name and it won't let me use wildcards, so I am having to trawl through pages and pages. any ideas

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 20 Oct 2007 16:26

Unfortunately, that's the way the site is set up.

Reg

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 20 Oct 2007 16:28

freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm

or "Google" Hugh Wallis batch numbers

Select country, then county and then place. See if there is a batch of births or marriages in the right location and time scale. Click on that and then put surname in search box.

It might work.

Maureen

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Louise

Louise Report 20 Oct 2007 16:34

Hi Lynda,
Not sure if this is what you are doing already but..
On the family search home page if you click on the yellow search bar at the top you are able to enter a surname and country. You aren't able to use any other search criteria other than this though.
Hope this helps Lou

Lynda Carol

Lynda Carol Report 20 Oct 2007 16:52

Many thanks for all the replies. Have tried Hugh Wallis site, but no joy. Will just keep plodding on-again thanks