"Doug McDonald" <mcdonald@scs.uiuc.edu> wrote in message news:3CD2E00F.9883FB57@scs.uiuc.edu... > > > elebourd wrote: > > > > I recently made an interesting discovery. Entering the name of a person > > you are seeking as "spouse", "mother" or "father" with the primary > > search window(s) blank will sometimes turn up different results than if > > you just enter that person's name for a simple primary search. As an > > example, searching for Anastasia Connick as a primary search will turn > > up nothing. However, if you enter that name as "spouse", she will turn > > up as the wife of Michael Kennedy. Similarly, entering her name as > > "mother" will turn up some of their children. This can obviously result > > in vary large returns if the name sought is something common like 'Mary > > Smith", but knowing this may sometimes have useful results. > > > > Eleanor > > > Are you sure? I can't find a "spouse" or "father" at Rootsweb/Ancestry. > > Do you mean the Mormons? > > Doug McDonald > Global Search sure does have those fields MickG

"SkyNet News" <mick@skyweb.net> wrote in news:%ZBA8.44105$Ii2.3764184@bin2.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com: > > "Doug McDonald" <mcdonald@scs.uiuc.edu> wrote in message > news:3CD2E00F.9883FB57@scs.uiuc.edu... >> >> >> elebourd wrote: >> > >> > I recently made an interesting discovery. Entering the name of a >> > person you are seeking as "spouse", "mother" or "father" with >> > the primary search window(s) blank will sometimes turn up >> > different results than if you just enter that person's name for a >> > simple primary search. As an example, searching for Anastasia <snip> >> > Eleanor >> >> >> Are you sure? I can't find a "spouse" or "father" at >> Rootsweb/Ancestry. >> >> Do you mean the Mormons? >> >> Doug McDonald >> > Global Search sure does have those fields > > MickG And, pray tell, where do you find "global search" on either of those sites??? Ancestry has an advanced search but that doesn't have mother/father either. Sherry

> And, pray tell, where do you find "global search" on either of those > sites??? Ancestry has an advanced search but that doesn't have > mother/father either. > I believe they mean www.familysearch.com

> >> elebourd wrote: > >> > > >> > I recently made an interesting discovery. Entering the name of a > >> > person you are seeking as "spouse", "mother" or "father" with > >> > the primary search window(s) blank will sometimes turn up > >> > different results than if you just enter that person's name for a > >> > simple primary search. As an example, searching for Anastasia > > >> > > Global Search sure does have those fields > > > > MickG > > And, pray tell, where do you find "global search" on either of those > sites??? You have to find a name --- ANY name ... and then go to World Connect and then there it is. Thanks, whoever told me this! Doug