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seajay

seajay Report 31 Dec 2013 20:01

When will the 'Find Ancestors' and 'Find Living Relatives' be sorted ?
I type in a family name and pages of non-related rubbish come up !!
I have contacted the Support people and still nothing seems to have been done
Has anyone else come across this ?

Rambling

Rambling Report 31 Dec 2013 20:14

What "rubbish" is coming up seajayf? Are you searching for a specific surname in Adv search? Just trying to ascertain what the problem is :-) for example if I put in my family name 'Fishlock' in adv search it only brings up thread where that is mentioned either mine or other peoples'.

Researching:

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 31 Dec 2013 20:28

This has been the case for a long time, I typed in a fairly unusual surname and it was at the bottom of a long page, so, what I am saying is the name you seek will be there somewhere, good luck.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

seajay

seajay Report 1 Jan 2014 11:55

Rambling Rose . I type in a family name as keywords and get non-related rubbish.
ZZzzz. I agree - one family name came up with over 450 items - 4 were relevant.

jax

jax Report 1 Jan 2014 14:40

You mean in the quicksearch?

Yes anything containing that word will come up....unfortunately not in date order either

Its ok if it is an unusual name otherwise you have to sift through the lot....and more than likely anyone posting anything related to what you are looking for, is no longer using the site

Researching:
Nothing much