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    1. [ACADIAN] FAMILY SEARCH'S NEW BETA TEST OF A SEARCH ENGINE
    2. Myra Herron
    3. FamilySearch.org is testing their new search engine.  http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/   It's very interesting, and I think I'm going to like it.  I input only my family last name and under the birth section, my home county, Alpena, Michigan, United States.  Up came a ton of data immediately!  Marriages, births, deaths, all listed on the right side of the screen.   You then click on any one of those you want, and it leads to another screen holding the data for that entry, plus access to the source of the data, any papers they have scanned into the system.  There, you can look at all of it, or as usual, make a copy for yourself of the data page.   It's fast (but maybe only because it's beta and not many are using it yet), and clean.     However, in looking at my father's birth entry, I note they have the same problem they had with the pilot site at first. Half of a page is shown, and there is no ability to see the next half of the page.  There is no 'next page' button to use to see what's on the next page.   You are only accessing the page itself, not the collection of pages from which it's taken.    I sent them an email with feedback, so here's hoping they correct that immediately.  Otherwise, 2nd pages of data will be impossible to get to this way. MYRA HERRON

    04/27/2010 12:03:17