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