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nameslessone

nameslessone Report 18 Apr 2013 15:05

Have I now GOT to register to use the new Familysearch records - I've never done that in the past?

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 18 Apr 2013 15:15

No. Just used it without having to register.

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.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 18 Apr 2013 15:20

Thanks GB - just had another go and got into it via Family Records.
It is just more confusing. The new site seems to want you to find connections. The records search has a lower priority now.

Pam

Pam Report 19 Apr 2013 15:23

Oh no....they have changed it completely.

Researching:
Middlesex, Berkshire and Somerset

wisechild

wisechild Report 19 Apr 2013 16:04

I´ve just got in without registering AND I found the IGI.
Patience is a virtue ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 19 Apr 2013 17:14

Just go in to familysearch.org as normal and select search. That should give you the familiar search screen

Researching:
Liverpool (Cartwright, Chambers, Miller), Todmorden (Sutcliffe, Mallison), Abergavenny (Watkins, Prosser)

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 19 Apr 2013 18:10

I am told on the 'front page' that I need to update my browser but I am already on the most up to date version!

I don't know if it is a standard warnng that everyone is getiing but the site is working perfectly for me even though they seem to think it wont :-D

Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

mgnv

mgnv Report 19 Apr 2013 21:13

About a year ago, before the latest new look, I found that I could search without any bother, but, sometimes, if I wanted to see the original images, I had to register - of course, I did - I've seen enough stuffed up transcriptions to know I should check the image whenever I can - I don't recall if this was UK images, or just US ones.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 20 Apr 2013 11:29

I had a problem a while ago, where it said I had to register to view an image. Even after doing so, I still couldn't. This was for Kent workhouse records which weren't indexed.

After several emails to their support in Utah, it transpired that some records could only be viewed on line from one of their family history centres, where you 'had' to sign in.

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

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 20 Apr 2013 16:21

I had trouble too and got the update your browser. My oh said mine was fine.

The problem I have is if I put a name in I don't get any box to type details in but found if I clicked on the box twice I could type in there.

The problem I have now is I can't copy and paste from Ancestry to GR without it coming up all spaced out. I have tried refreshing the pages on both sites with no luck. Have Ancestry changed soemthing too?? It was alright the day before yesterday when I was helping someone but not yesterday or today.

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 20 Apr 2013 16:38

Mel - are you using Internet Explorer (possibly v8)?

If so, then clicking the compatibility icon (looks like a ripped page next to the internet address) on all pages so that it's blue might help the spacing out problem. Or download a more up to date version, or try Google Chrome or Firefox.

(If you've done all that then I'm stumped!)

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 20 Apr 2013 17:30

Marie on Ancestry I have no broken page now thats what stumped me!! :-(

Kense

Kense Report 20 Apr 2013 20:24

On Ancestry select View Printer-friendly and it should paste OK.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 20 Apr 2013 22:22

KenSE I just tried it but it still dos'nt work look

1871 England Census









Name:

John Fitzgerald



Age:

11



Estimated Birth Year:

abt 1860



Relation:

Kense

Kense Report 20 Apr 2013 22:51

Yes I see and have tried it myself. It used to work I don't know why it doesn't now. :-(

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 20 Apr 2013 22:59

You've got me intrigued!

C&P from Ancestry - preview seems OK

John Fitzgerald
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860

Added after posting :-S :-S

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

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 21 Apr 2013 00:31

and intrigued me as well!!


Name: John Fitzgerald
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860



1871 England Census about John Fitzgerald
Name: John Fitzgerald
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860


I wondered if including the caption made a difference, but apparnetly not.


I'm using Mozilla Firefox

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.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 21 Apr 2013 00:35

that's very strange!

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.

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 21 Apr 2013 03:48

If I search for census records in US I get the whole family.

If I search in UK I get one person at a time, no way of knowing who is a member of a family.

Frustrating!

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 21 Apr 2013 11:47

From FS - not sure if it the same John Fitzgerald or a different one - all the other family are listed

John Fitzgerald
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1871
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Lambeth, Surrey
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Lambeth
Sub-District: Lambeth Church 2nd
Parish: Lambeth
County: London, Surrey
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Thos Fitzgerald M 40 Ireland
Wife Mary Fitzgerald F 36 Ireland
Son John Fitzgerald M 11 Lambeth, Surrey
Son Thos Fitzgerald M 8 Lambeth, Surrey
Lodger Jamy Walton F 2 Lambeth, Surrey

Like Sylvia, we use Firefox

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

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