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Phyll

Phyll Report 25 Oct 2016 16:09

Anyone having trouble finding anything in 'Search' on the above site. Have tried my own name and nothing comes up.

Thanks
Phyll

Researching:
Newman, Pavey, Sinden from Sussex. Latham from Bucks & Herts

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 25 Oct 2016 16:31

There are not many modern records on Ancestry. Having said that I checked my own name and my birth is there but then I'm a senior citizen. My sister's birth who is 7 years younger is not on Ancestry.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 25 Oct 2016 17:23

Haven't tried it today, but it's really grabbing bandwidth/hard drive space over the last couple of days.

Have you found yourself in their data bases before now? Family 1986 birth & 2006 death had previously been listed. Do remember that it doesn't have any modern Scottish birth, deaths or marriages.

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

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 25 Oct 2016 17:29

Both the 1986 birth & 2006 death are there.

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

Lyndi

Lyndi Report 25 Oct 2016 19:07

I just tried my birth and nothing came up, but I had made the mistake of putting in birth town and county!

I put High Wycombe which automatically pops up with Buckinghamshire.

I messed with the search and found mine with birth place Wycombe, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire.

Two years later sister B is born in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire followed three years later by sister H who was born in Wycombe, Berkshire, Oxfordshire!! :-0 :-S

Can be very confusing :-)

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 25 Oct 2016 19:45

American programmers who haven't the faintest idea where any place is in the UK!

To be honest, boundary changes have taken place over the years.

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

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 25 Oct 2016 19:54

I just tried.

Both my birth and marriage came up.

Nothing came up from trees, thank goodness :-)


Sometimes, as Lyndi said, it's a case of putting in too much information!

I just put in my name with exact spelling, but without birth year, birth place or anything.

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.