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Linda

Linda Report 28 Apr 2015 21:14

I search on GR and more often then not I get 0 results, but when I go to other sites I get loads of information! beginning to think I have wasted my money buying a years subscription. Does anyone else have this problem?

Researching:
Pownall, Tully, Gough, Lee

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 28 Apr 2015 21:25

Most people on here don't use GR for searches. Most use sites like Findmypast or Ancestry.

Are you perhaps putting too much information into the search boxes? Sometimes less is more.

Kath. x

Linda

Linda Report 28 Apr 2015 21:36

Hi Kath, I'm getting more info from Findmypast, I have tried just surname and birth dates, to no avail. I have just got 5 marriages....all blank. I'm sorry I joined GR now!

Linda x

Researching:
Pownall, Tully, Gough, Lee

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 29 Apr 2015 04:26

we all use the free site www.freebmd.org.uk

for all bmds from July 1 1837 to about 1970.


GR does not carry its own records, nor have they transcribed them.

They access the records on fmp :-)

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Linda

Linda Report 30 Apr 2015 17:21

Thanks for that Sylvia, I get most my info from FMP. I am back to the 1700's now but have used freebmd early on. I certainly wont be recommending GR to anyone, I do feel cheated.

Researching:
Pownall, Tully, Gough, Lee

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 30 Apr 2015 18:32

Linda

The best thing about GR is the help you get from the members ....... and I bet you have no complaint about that!

You seem to have been a member for a very long time, almost as long as me!!

If you remember, GR did not carry any records until about 2009 ............... we joined to build our trees, and in my case, I also paid the sub ($5 then!) to use the Boards.

I'm not sure how good the tree building is, but the Boards and the members are still among the best you can find.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 1 May 2015 00:27

Well said Sylvia. The members and the help they give on the community boards are the only thing that make Genes worth the admittedly small subscription - the standard membership that is!!

Kath. x

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 1 May 2015 03:29

Thanks, Kath!

that's why I am still a member :-)

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Linda

Linda Report 1 May 2015 16:45

No, I certainly can't fault the lovely people here and the help that is offered. I started my tree quite a few years ago, then stopped after ill health. I started again a few months back and am progressing quite well so far, but that is only because I have had to go to other sites to get a lot of the information needed. I was just curious to see if other people had the same problem.

Researching:
Pownall, Tully, Gough, Lee