I agree wholeheartedly with you on this Jen. I have already contacted FMP and told them that the site is now a nightmare and should be returned to the old format which worked perfectly well. Not only is the new format a step in the wrong direction but it simply does not work. I have searched the census records for people that I know should be there, as they were there in the old site, and they have disappeared, not just odd people but in droves. I have searched on Scotland's People for certain family members and found 20 in one village in 1871 yet on FMP there were none. I suggest rather than just ignoring them that everyone should let them know that the site did not need a facial, it was perfect as it was. All the best Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Brad and Jen Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 6:20 AM To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] AB - Re: Scotland's People Unfortunately FMP has launched a new site and a lot of the old functionality has been removed :( Trying to search for Census records is too hard now. They have removed the ability to search using place of birth and occupations. My advice - save your money until they have fixed all the problems! Jen. On: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 Colin wrote: Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] AB - Re: Scotland's People > FMP only has census records for Scotland (1841-1901) and these are > transcripts with many mistakes in them. For example Cairnie, Aberdeenshire > appears on occasion as Carnie or Caimie. There are no images for Scotland. > It is useful however for checking Census records in order to narrow your > search before going to ScotlandsPeople. > > There are many other records available on FMP e.g. overseas and newspapers > however, and they do a monthly membership which is useful. ------------------------------- 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

A quick search for one of my surnames (WATT) on both sites gave the following figures Census Scotlands People Find My Past Extra on SP % Extra 1841 6,456 6,173 283 4.38% 1851 7,028 7,239 -211 -3.00% 1861 7,496 7,567 -71 -0.95% 1871 8,130 8,319 -189 -2.32% 1881 9,207 9,177 30 0.33% 1891 10,314 10,269 45 0.44% 1901 11,232 11,264 -32 -0.28% I assume some of the difference is due to variations in the name's spellings, and obviously not all names will be as complete as others. I did find that the transcriptions on the old site had some obvious errors (in the place names) such as having "G&E" (a separate column? for Language spoken) in the middle of the placename. One example was under Where Born was "Rosskeen G&E, Ross & Cromarty" and "Ardersier G&E, Invernessshire". I have not looked at the actual image on SP yet, but I assume that the transcription was NOT done by someone familier with Genealogy or English :-) Colin On 2 April 2014 08:44, Wendy Burns <wendy@jcres20.force9.co.uk> wrote: > I agree wholeheartedly with you on this Jen. I have already contacted FMP > and told them that the site is now a nightmare and should be returned to > the > old format which worked perfectly well. Not only is the new format a step > in > the wrong direction but it simply does not work. I have searched the census > records for people that I know should be there, as they were there in the > old site, and they have disappeared, not just odd people but in droves. I > have searched on Scotland's People for certain family members and found 20 > in one village in 1871 yet on FMP there were none. I suggest rather than > just ignoring them that everyone should let them know that the site did not > need a facial, it was perfect as it was. > All the best > Wendy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad and Jen > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 6:20 AM > To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] AB - Re: Scotland's People > > Unfortunately FMP has launched a new site and a lot of the old > functionality > has been removed :( Trying to search for Census records is too hard now. > They have removed the ability to search using place of birth and > occupations. > > My advice - save your money until they have fixed all the problems! > > Jen. > > On: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 Colin wrote: > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] AB - Re: Scotland's People > > > > FMP only has census records for Scotland (1841-1901) and these are > > transcripts with many mistakes in them. For example Cairnie, > Aberdeenshire > > appears on occasion as Carnie or Caimie. There are no images for > Scotland. > > It is useful however for checking Census records in order to narrow your > > search before going to ScotlandsPeople. > > > > There are many other records available on FMP e.g. overseas and > newspapers > > however, and they do a monthly membership which is useful. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Hi all Sorry but when I cut Wendy's post I should have made it clear that we were talking about FMP and not SP. Regards Les Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: Colin Speed <colin@caspeed.co.uk> Sender: aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 09:21:34 To: Rootsweb Aberdeen<aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Reply-To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] AB - Re: Scotland's People A quick search for one of my surnames (WATT) on both sites gave the following figures Census Scotlands People Find My Past Extra on SP % Extra 1841 6,456 6,173 283 4.38% 1851 7,028 7,239 -211 -3.00% 1861 7,496 7,567 -71 -0.95% 1871 8,130 8,319 -189 -2.32% 1881 9,207 9,177 30 0.33% 1891 10,314 10,269 45 0.44% 1901 11,232 11,264 -32 -0.28% I assume some of the difference is due to variations in the name's spellings, and obviously not all names will be as complete as others. I did find that the transcriptions on the old site had some obvious errors (in the place names) such as having "G&E" (a separate column? for Language spoken) in the middle of the placename. One example was under Where Born was "Rosskeen G&E, Ross & Cromarty" and "Ardersier G&E, Invernessshire". I have not looked at the actual image on SP yet, but I assume that the transcription was NOT done by someone familier with Genealogy or English :-) Colin On 2 April 2014 08:44, Wendy Burns <wendy@jcres20.force9.co.uk> wrote: > I agree wholeheartedly with you on this Jen. I have already contacted FMP > and told them that the site is now a nightmare and should be returned to > the > old format which worked perfectly well. Not only is the new format a step > in > the wrong direction but it simply does not work. I have searched the census > records for people that I know should be there, as they were there in the > old site, and they have disappeared, not just odd people but in droves. I > have searched on Scotland's People for certain family members and found 20 > in one village in 1871 yet on FMP there were none. I suggest rather than > just ignoring them that everyone should let them know that the site did not > need a facial, it was perfect as it was. > All the best > Wendy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad and Jen > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 6:20 AM > To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] AB - Re: Scotland's People > > Unfortunately FMP has launched a new site and a lot of the old > functionality > has been removed :( Trying to search for Census records is too hard now. > They have removed the ability to search using place of birth and > occupations. > > My advice - save your money until they have fixed all the problems! > > Jen. > > On: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 Colin wrote: > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] AB - Re: Scotland's People > > > > FMP only has census records for Scotland (1841-1901) and these are > > transcripts with many mistakes in them. For example Cairnie, > Aberdeenshire > > appears on occasion as Carnie or Caimie. There are no images for > Scotland. > > It is useful however for checking Census records in order to narrow your > > search before going to ScotlandsPeople. > > > > There are many other records available on FMP e.g. overseas and > newspapers > > however, and they do a monthly membership which is useful. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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