I just tried the same search for Sarah Johnson and located Marriages Dec 1878 Johnson Sarah Nottingham 7b 501 I clicked on page 501 and got Marriages Dec 1878 -------------------- Baker Thomas Nottingham 7b 501 CHAMBERLAIN James Nottingham 7b 501 Johnson Sarah Nottingham 7b 501 Mitchell Sarah Ann Nottingham 7b 501 So the system seems to working OK. Allan Raymond from: Barry and Mary Johnson <saint.cybi@virgin.net> > date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:15:38 > to: FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com > subject: Re: More on spouses' names > > Thanks, Dave. > > I looked up possible marriages for Sarah JOHNSON, in Nottingham from Dec > 1878 to Mar 1881. > > Two results: Dec 1878 501; Mar 1881 347 > > I clicked on both these page numbers, and received no further information. > > I then did a new search, with no name, just Dec 1878 Vol 7b and page 501, > and found Thomas BAKER and James CHAMBERLAIN. > > I did the same for the Dec 1878 marriage, and found William WARD. > > So the data was there, I just couldn't get it directly from my original > results. > > Barry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Mayall" <david.mayall@ukonline.co.uk> > To: "Barry and Mary Johnson" <saint.cybi@virgin.net> > Cc: <FREEBMD-DISCUSS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 7:05 AM > Subject: Re: More on spouses' names > > > > On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:43:02 0100, you wrote: > > > > >In my original posting, querying my failure to find the names of spouses > by > > >clicking on the page number on the original search results, I should have > > >made it clear that I appreciate that some quarters may not be complete, > but > > >that's not the answer. > > > > > >First of all, I tried a large number, all with the same negative result, > > >even ones I'd had success with before. Then I took two of the original > > >results, and did another search, with no names, just the Vol / page nos. > > >Sure enough, up came the original names, this time with spouses. So the > > >quarterly results appear to be complete - you just can't get to them > > >directly from the original search results. > > > > It is VERY difficult to answer abstract queries like this. > > > > Can you give a concrete example of something which isn't working as > > expected. > > > > -- > > Dave Mayall > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > Allan Raymond Monarchies of Europe Web Site at http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Monarchies_of_Europe.htm