Hi, I have vaguely noticed a difference between the old and new version of FreeREG but not stopped to work out what it is, just that the total results of a search can be less on the new one than the old. If I'd actually thought about it at the time it would just be that they haven't transferred all the entries yet, that you have to use both. From Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. E-Mail: [email protected] GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rupert Whitmarsh via" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 3:58 PM Subject: [G] FreeReg - Missing Records >I recently had cause to review some data I had downloaded from FreeReg > some years ago, in answer to a query from a correspondent whose > ancestors came from Shepton Mallet, Somerset. I noticed that they had > updated the website and seemingly added more data. all well and good. > > However, when I compared my newly downloaded information with my old > data I noticed that some records where 'missing'. These were for burials > of people described as 'child of' etc. without a defined forename. The > old website FreeReg1 is still accessible and so I repeated my search on > that site (not updated since 20 July 2015) and on the new site FreeReg2. > I found that the 'missing' records were still on FreeReg1 but not > discovered by the search algorithm on FreeReg2. > > For completeness, the baptisms from both sites were the same, three > marriages from FreeReg1 did not appear from FreeReg2 (search surname > only found as Witness on FreeReg1, not main participant) and 5 burials > (for 'child of' etc.) were missing from FreeReg2. > > I have contacted FreeReg and am trying to get them to understand the > problem. I wondered whether anyone else has come across this issue of > records missing from a search on the new site. If you have please let me > know and I will pass the information on to FreeReg. > > Rupert Whitmarsh > GoONS #4550 > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message