Depends on your definition of Brilliant. I've always felt it was Intentional on Ancestry's part, to make searching as laborious and painful as they could, just in case you aren't paying an ultra-premium rate. By which definition, I say they've succeeded with unusual Brilliance. Most times, I'd rather see the dentist than begin an Ancestry query. I keep a well stocked Single Malt collection, just for doing Ancestry searches. Sorry, to hear that FMP has had a similar stroke of genius. P.S. I like trawling through the old hard copy records. I usually find what I'm looking for, if I am properly prepared before going. > Not that Ancestry is that brilliant - you can get deaths/marriages when > you ask for only births. The thing is you just have to experiment, all in > all they are both better than having to travel miles and trawl through > record books for hours and leave with nothing !!! or we're they the good > days ? :-) :-) >