Once you have the results screen, you can filter which results you want (Birth, Marriage and Death, census, military etc).  Look on the bottom left hand side where it says "Record type". Regards, Joy ________________________________ From: Wesley Johnston <wwjohnston01@yahoo.com> To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, 29 April, 2010 17:45:13 Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Re new database from LDS I was very disappointed in the search technique that they are using on the FamilySearch Beta. It is the same search methodology as Ancestry.com uses. The best search tool that there is for global sources is the FamilySearch Pilot ( http://pilot.familysearch.org ). It allows all sorts of very specific refinements. For example, you can select or de-select as many of the collections as needed. For example, if you do not want to look at any census records but only want to look at births and marriages but not deaths and only in three different geographic areas, you can specify that. But with the Ancestry-cum-FamilySearch Beta search, your only choice is to choose one collection or all of them. FamilySearch Pilot search also allows you to refine down to all instances of surnames beginning with any specific letters you choose. So if you have a name that sometimes is spelled starting with C and sometimes with K, you can specify that. Or if you know that the census taker's handwriting was often mis-transcribed for some pair or triple of first letters of the surname, then you can refine the search to just those surname initials. I certainly hope that FamilySearch does not abandon the best tool there is simply to mimic Ancestry's search method, which is very frustrating in comparison.     Wesley Johnston Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:18:56 -0500 From: <jwmos99@msn.com> Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Re new database from LDS Hi Everyone - It was just announced at the National Genealogical Conference in Salt Lake City that LDS has a new, great website. You can go to http://fsbeta.familysearch.org and give it a try! They have over 300 million new records that have been added - unfortunately, most from the US, but some "overseas".  It's totally new, and designed for ease of use. - and totally free! Good luck in your hunting!!! Julia       ------------------------------- Listmom:  ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This site is a work in progress, and will probably change significantly over time. The current release (it really is not a "new" site, but rather the latest revision of a site that has been around for a while) is being made more widely available for several reasons. First, it has reached a point where it is starting to become useful. Second, only with widespread use will they be able to see how well it works and receive and incorporate suggestions for improvement. When more of the bugs have been worked out, it will eventually be incorporated into the mother site at www.familysearch.org as will other test sites on which they are working. Because it is still in development, if you do not find what you seek, I would advise everyone to return periodically, as the construction of the site will evolve, and a large amount of new data will be added again and again. The ultimate goal is that essentially all images from millions of rolls of microfilm (with billions of entries) will be digitized, searchable, and available on this site. As progress is made toward that goal, the site will become increasingly valuable. Also the sheer volume of data as it grows will also certainly require and result in improvements to the search process. Don't write it off if you do not find what you need the first time you look. More is coming. David Coppin