Hi, Schani, I have seen what you are describing in #1. I am not sure why... it could be a data load issue that it can only return an "up to" number of records per location. But yes, that can be maddening especially when you are spending money and find data is dropping. I would suggest you send a note to the contact box and include the parameters you used. Sometimes it is a spelling issue... something slightly different gets missed. Sometimes when an entry is typed it looks perfect on the screen but there can be a stray space that the eye does not see, but it causes that record to be misread by the computer search program. The second issue, yes, not everything in LDS or other data based comes strictly from Census or vital records like birth, marriage and death official records. Some abstracted data may come out of Kirk session records or other records that list birth, marriage or death info. And yes, I too have missing people from many parts of Scotland during the period of 1700 - 1830, not just Aberdeen. What I find interesting is that you may find one record like death or marriage but no birth or vice versa. And in some cases you find nothing because the name you know the person by is not the name used in the official record (I have come across this a few times). Good luck! Laura > [Original Message] > From: Schani Biermann <ussenterprise1701@accesscomm.ca> > To: <ABERDEEN@rootsweb.com> > Date: 12/13/2009 12:23:28 PM > Subject: [ABERDEEN] scotslandpeople website > > general query to all Listers > > i seem to be having a problem with my search results on "Scotlandpeople online" and thought maybe other researchers might be having the same problem and offer some suggestions. Maybe this "thread" might benefit others as well > > Problem:#2 > > (1) A WIDE search across ALL Scotland for a particular surname misses some records (b/m/d). A search JUST in Aberdeenshire includes some NOT in the wide search and to further complicate things, sometimes a VERY NARROW search > JUST IN Old Machar or Aberdeen city > reveals family members NOT in the 2 other searches!!!! ?? > > Problem:#2 > > (2) Is there a problem of lost records in Aberdeen City itself during 1770-1830? Many records do not appear in search results and i know my family and others "existed" at this time. many times i find my "missing" ancestors in the IGI on the LDS website > and it says it is an "abstracted record". > > do the LDS films for Aberdeen City and area possibly contain records that Scotslandpeople do not have in therir daatbase? > > thanks to anyone replying with their thoughts > > Schani Biermann > Canada > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Laura thanks laura for your reply i think i am going to order the LDS films for Aberdeen city for time period mentioned. It is worth a try Also I have proof that many of my ancestors > after 1843 > were members of some of the "Free/Sucession" churches of the time. For instance the Gilcomston Free church was at the corner of Summer and Union Street and the "Original Succession church" was located on Skene Terrace near Summer Street. All my ancestors were living in this immediate area (some south /some North of area) between 1841-1860. Ministers of baptism/marriage for ones i have found are from the "Free Church"! what names are you researching? my Main lines are Thomson, Garden, Reid, Cooper,Chalmers, Gillanders, Coutts in Old machar/Aberdeen City Schani ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron and Laura Bozzay" <rbozzay@earthlink.net> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 12:50 PM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] scotslandpeople website > Hi, Schani, > > I have seen what you are describing in #1. I am not sure why... it could > be a data load issue that it can only return an "up to" number of records > per location. But yes, that can be maddening especially when you are > spending money and find data is dropping. I would suggest you send a note > to the contact box and include the parameters you used. Sometimes it is a > spelling issue... something slightly different gets missed. Sometimes > when > an entry is typed it looks perfect on the screen but there can be a stray > space that the eye does not see, but it causes that record to be misread > by > the computer search program. > > The second issue, yes, not everything in LDS or other data based comes > strictly from Census or vital records like birth, marriage and death > official records. Some abstracted data may come out of Kirk session > records or other records that list birth, marriage or death info. And > yes, > I too have missing people from many parts of Scotland during the period of > 1700 - 1830, not just Aberdeen. What I find interesting is that you may > find one record like death or marriage but no birth or vice versa. And in > some cases you find nothing because the name you know the person by is not > the name used in the official record (I have come across this a few > times). > > > Good luck! > > Laura > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Schani Biermann <ussenterprise1701@accesscomm.ca> >> To: <ABERDEEN@rootsweb.com> >> Date: 12/13/2009 12:23:28 PM >> Subject: [ABERDEEN] scotslandpeople website >> >> general query to all Listers >> >> i seem to be having a problem with my search results on "Scotlandpeople > online" and thought maybe other researchers might be having the same > problem and offer some suggestions. Maybe this "thread" might benefit > others as well >> >> Problem:#2 >> >> (1) A WIDE search across ALL Scotland for a particular surname misses > some records (b/m/d). A search JUST in Aberdeenshire includes some NOT in > the wide search and to further complicate things, sometimes a VERY NARROW > search > JUST IN Old Machar or Aberdeen city > reveals family members NOT > in the 2 other searches!!!! ?? >> >> Problem:#2 >> >> (2) Is there a problem of lost records in Aberdeen City itself during > 1770-1830? Many records do not appear in search results and i know my > family and others "existed" at this time. many times i find my "missing" > ancestors in the IGI on the LDS website > and it says it is an "abstracted > record". >> >> do the LDS films for Aberdeen City and area possibly contain records that > Scotslandpeople do not have in therir daatbase? >> >> thanks to anyone replying with their thoughts >> >> Schani Biermann >> Canada >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message