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Have just spent 20 minutes trying to register for new family search.
Recieved an e mila saying my account had been activated, but when I try to get into the records I get a message saying that my registration can´t be used on the new site yet.
Anyone know why??
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I like the new site. Whilst the old was available I used both so I got used to the new one but I do miss the IGI. J
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Wisechild
You do not need to register .
As I understand it if you register you are volunteering to do transcriptions.
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Redrobin has kindly put me right on the new arrangements........I would like to reciprocate by saying that anybody who has problems, like me, finding the appropriate Batch Numbers wirh which to search..will find them on www.cyndi's list .com.....
Derek.
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Thank you Syvia and JustJill I thought I was on my own there for a while :-D
Thelma...when I first joined GR I read many threads where one had to be very wary of submitted entries on IGI. However when finding a submitted marriage in Woodbridge, Sussex possibly pertaining to my OH's 3x gt grandfather, a marriage which took place well away from his home in Cheshire, I emailed the local archive library to check and they verified the submission was correct and very kindly sent me a copy of the parish record. From the censuses I knew that 3x gt grandmother came from Woodbridge and from the parish record 3x gt grandfather was serving in the army at the time and was in barracks in Woodbridge.
Linda
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I find the new style hard to use also
But what a lot of folk on here complaining
dont seem to appreciate is that..its
FREE
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Not only is it free but now the records are more up to date it can save a fortune.
EG
Thomas Renyard
England, Marriages, 1538–1973
marriage: 04 Jun 1846 Southampton,? Hampshire,? England
parents: Renyard
spouse: Elizabeth Ann Wilkins
I already have this cert. but
I could have saved £9.25!
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I have put a new thread with updated info re the IGI etc.
I agree Eric and Thelma that it is free but sad to say there are still those who complain as to the reasons the LDS Church does FH.
If their conscienc bothers them, then I suggest that they stop using it.
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I miss the old site because you could go from house to house along the street and pick up other family connections - however, the new site is fine but I do hope they bring the old one back as well
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Ann - I presume you're referring to the old 1881 census. Here's an example transcription:
1881 Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
John GARDNER Head M Male 62 West Moor, Northumberland, England Coal Miner
Mary GARDNER Wife M Female 60 East Rainton, Durham, England
Jane A. GARDNER Dau U Female 18 Moorsley, Durham, England
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Source Information:
Dwelling 10 Richard St
Census Place Hetton Le Hole, Durham, England
Family History Library Film 1342197
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 4975 / 127
Page Number 15
I found the old display nicer - you could cut and paste easily, and click on the previous/next household buttons.
Although the coverage is more variable, you can still do this with the FreeCEN transcriptions.
Piece: RG11/2311 Place: St Clements -Cornwall Enumeration District: 14
Civil Parish: Truro St. Mary Ecclesiastical Parish: -
Folio: 47 Page: 16 Schedule: 91
Address: Union St
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Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
GARDNER Henry A. Head M M 30 Gentlemans Servant Middlesex - Harefield
GARDNER Sarah S. Wife M F 30 Cornwall - Kenwyn
GARDNER Sarah S. Dau - F 1 Buckinghamshire - Denham
However, only Cornwall and part of Caithness is available in 1881.
Check county details for actual coverage of piece #s at:
http://www.freecen.org.uk/statistics.html
FS also used to cover Canada 1881 and US 1880 - they still do but some years it's hard to form h/h's from the individual transcriptions.
In Canada 1871 on, you can see neighbours, but not always transcriptions - just the raw images.
Drill down at the LAC portal:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/index-e.html
to the census index links page:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.009-e.html
Here's an 1881 example using:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1881/index-e.html
Name: Glesson, James
Sex: M
Age: 46
Place of Birth: Scotland
Religion: Presb
Ethnic Origin: Scotch
Occupation: Merchant
Province: Quebec
District Name: Montreal (City) (90)
Sub-District Name: St-Antoine Ward (H)
Division: 6
Page: 39
Microfilm: C-13220
Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada
You can click on the image link and see:
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e327/e008161920.pdf
(the image shows his name is Slessor - my g grandad's uncle)
You can see the adjacent double pages by just editting the URL to:
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e327/e008161919.pdf
or to:
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e327/e008161921.pdf
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1®ion=UNITED_STATES
Here's an unrelated Slessor:
name: Wm. H. Slessor
residence: Grant, Tama, Iowa
birthdate: 1819
birthplace: Scotland
relationship to head: Self
spouse's name: Ketty Slessor
spouse's birthplace: Scotland
father's name:
father's birthplace: Scotland
mother's name:
mother's birthplace: Scotland
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Male
martial status: Married
age (expanded): 61 years
occupation: Farmer
nara film number: T9-0365
page: 463
page character: D
entry number: 173
film number: 1254365
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Wm. H. Slessor M 61 Scotland
wife Ketty Slessor F 53 Scotland
dau Esebell J. Slessor F 23 Scotland
son Nicter A. Slessor M 19 Scotland
son Albert E. Slessor M 17 Isle of Man
John W. Slessor M 10 Illinois, United States
Archiebald C. Slessor M 9 Iowa, United States
The key items are:
residence: Grant, Tama, Iowa
nara film number: T9-0365
page: 463
page character: D
film number: 1254365
Note the NARA reel # and the LDS film # agree in last 3 digits (the NARA reel # isn't on all censuses)
Now look up http://www.archive.org/details/1880_census or whatever year you fancy,
click on Iowa, then reel # 365, then read online. Then edit the URL:
http://archive.org/stream/10thcensus0365unit#page/n0/mode/2up
(changing page & up bits) to:
http://archive.org/stream/10thcensus0365unit#page/n463/mode/1up
Find a nice name on the page and look that up
name: Lawrance White
page: 498
page character: D
entry number: 2572
So lets try deceasing the URL by 35
http://archive.org/stream/10thcensus0365unit#page/n428/mode/1up
name: William Burnsid
page: 481
page character: A
entry number: 1490
I've only gone done by 17, so maybe there's 2 images per LDS page # - decrease by 35 again, and we get them
http://archive.org/stream/10thcensus0365unit#page/n393/mode/1up
Now you can click to adjacent pages - don't ever touch the slider bar in right margin - it's way too insensitive.
Also magnify 4 clicks before downloading image (to get a decent resolution in downloaded image).
Some years, when you the initial look up on FS, you get to click on a free image to left of transcription. You can page thru these images.
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