Brian, Amongst all the good things on Familysearch the LDS occasionally seems to do something odd. For their partnerships with Findmypast etc. they seem to provide only a high level index with the ability to drill down to parish level either in a Family History Library or by subscription to the provider. If you pick a common Devon name to get a hit ( I used Warren) and then follow a link on the left of the name, you will see the level of detail Familysearch holds. The Event Place is only Devon, then to the right there is a link "Explore Viewing Options" which gives a message: This image is available: . When using the site at a FamilySearch Center. . To signed-in members of supporting organizations. Something similar happens with Census collection. Not an elegant solution but better than nothing. Cheers Paul -----Original Message----- From: Brian Randell [mailto:brian.randell@newcastle.ac.uk] Sent: 18 November 2013 18:32 To: Paul Hockie Cc: Brian Randell; DEVON-L Subject: Re: [DEV] Family search Hi Paul: On 17 Nov 2013, at 17:35, Paul Hockie < <mailto:paul.hockie@talk21.com> paul.hockie@talk21.com> wrote: > Jon, > > Familysearch is now organised by Collections > <https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list> https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and not by film. Most > parishes are lumped together under England on the assumption that most > will be searching by name and/or place. Each collection has a guide on > how to use the collection and there are also some collections that are > images only, including Devon for St Giles on the Heath and > Werrington. The Devon Records that have the images on Findmypast are also a separate collection. > The link above shows when the record was last updated. > > Cheers > > Paul Thanks for this. I find they currently have just two Devon-related collections: England, Cornwall and Devon Parish Registers, 1538-2010 and England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 The first of these has just two Devon parishes, the second is the big West Devon collection now on FindMyPast. I've tried searching this latter collection, but can't get the facility for restricting searches to a particular parish to work. For example a search on Whitefield returns 885 results whether or not you specify, for example, Plymouth as the place of birth, marriage or death. And in fact all these events just name Devon as the place where the given birth, marriage or death took place. I've investigated the various Help facilities to no avail. However I did find the statement "This collection contains baptisms, marriages, and burials from parishes in West Devon. This collection was done in cooperation with FindMyPast, and a full version of the index can be found at <http://www.findmypast.co.uk> www.findmypast.co.uk." Is this a subtle way of saying that to look within a particular parish, go to FindMyPast? Can you throw any light on this? Cheers Brian Randell School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU EMAIL = <mailto:Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk> Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 URL = <http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell> http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell

Hi Paul: Thanks for the quick response. At least I hadn't missed anything, and as you say, this LDS version of a FindMyPast resource is indeed better than nothing. Cheers Brian On 18 Nov 2013, at 19:15, Paul Hockie wrote: > Brian, > > Amongst all the good things on Familysearch the LDS occasionally seems to do something odd. For their partnerships with Findmypast etc. they seem to provide only a high level index with the ability to drill down to parish level either in a Family History Library or by subscription to the provider. > If you pick a common Devon name to get a hit ( I used Warren) and then follow a link on the left of the name, you will see the level of detail Familysearch holds. The Event Place is only Devon, then to the right there is a link "Explore Viewing Options" which gives a message: > This image is available: > · When using the site at a FamilySearch Center. > · To signed-in members of supporting organizations. > Something similar happens with Census collection. > > Not an elegant solution but better than nothing. > > Cheers > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Randell [mailto:brian.randell@newcastle.ac.uk] > Sent: 18 November 2013 18:32 > To: Paul Hockie > Cc: Brian Randell; DEVON-L > Subject: Re: [DEV] Family search > > Hi Paul: > > On 17 Nov 2013, at 17:35, Paul Hockie <paul.hockie@talk21.com> wrote: > > > Jon, > > > > Familysearch is now organised by Collections > > https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and not by film. Most > > parishes are lumped together under England on the assumption that most > > will be searching by name and/or place. Each collection has a guide on > > how to use the collection and there are also some collections that are > > images only, including Devon for St Giles on the Heath and > > Werrington. The Devon Records that have the images on Findmypast are also a separate collection. > > The link above shows when the record was last updated. > > > > Cheers > > > > Paul > > Thanks for this. > > I find they currently have just two Devon-related collections: > > England, Cornwall and Devon Parish Registers, 1538-2010 and England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 > > The first of these has just two Devon parishes, the second is the big West Devon collection now on FindMyPast. > > I've tried searching this latter collection, but can't get the facility for restricting searches to a particular parish to work. For example a search on Whitefield returns 885 results whether or not you specify, for example, Plymouth as the place of birth, marriage or death. And in fact all these events just name Devon as the place where the given birth, marriage or death took place. > > I've investigated the various Help facilities to no avail. However I did find the statement "This collection contains baptisms, marriages, and burials from parishes in West Devon. This collection was done in cooperation with FindMyPast, and a full version of the index can be found at www.findmypast.co.uk." Is this a subtle way of saying that to look within a particular parish, go to FindMyPast? > > Can you throw any light on this? > > Cheers > > Brian Randell > > > School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU > EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 > URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell > > > -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 FAX = +44 191 222 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell