Hi again Cara and all Not sure if its been mentioned on this list so forgive me if I am repeating things The "old" familysearch is now no more and trying old links will take you to the "new" familysearch The search is different and does appear to return duplicate hits but you will soon get used to it and it is improving all the time (the apparent duplicates are for example one hit for the father of a child and another for the child, same information in a different order) Using the available filters will help narrow down the results New familysearch has so much more to offer than the old site and the major reason for the change to the new was to make more information available in various forms https://www.familysearch.org/ Apart from the search capabilities it now has , children to parent search, batch number search etc etc there is a huge amount on the new site which some may not have explored as yet For example if you go to familysearch as above link, scroll down and on the bottom left you will find "Free Courses" click that and you will be surprised just how many and how diverse they are , there are nine for Ireland specific , all free and all available at any time you want to view them but many more for other Countries and subjects Another very under stated resource is the "Books" link from the home page A search for Dublin gets over 4,000 hits already and this is still in beta and is being added to all the time Ireland gets over 17,000 hits A search for the recently asked about name MCCOLOUGH gets 26 hits When you find something of interest you can download a PDF of the book to read or save, do be patient as its not instant but well worth the wait usually Then there is the "All Record Collections" link from the home page, most if not all of us have people in or from many locations around the globe, there is such a huge amount available, there is probably something available for everyone and this too is being added to all the time NB When you click the All Record Collections link give it time to populate the list, there is such a huge amount it takes a few seconds to load up, when loaded you can search for any Country or Region as desired Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

Nivard there are 3 currently existing familysearch.org The newish one (familysearch.org), and from this you can get to the "Old" familysearch if you need to. the new.familysearch.org which is where the user contributed information lives (and you have to be a church member of someone who transcribes and they are kind enough to give you entry, but you must apply) and where you can add your tree sources and all. Eliz On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com> wrote: > Hi again Cara and all > > Not sure if its been mentioned on this list so forgive me if I am > repeating things > > The "old" familysearch is now no more and trying old links will take you > to the "new" familysearch > > The search is different and does appear to return duplicate hits but you > will soon get used to it and it is improving all the time > (the apparent duplicates are for example one hit for the father of a > child and another for the child, same information in a different order) > > Using the available filters will help narrow down the results > > New familysearch has so much more to offer than the old site and the > major reason for the change to the new was to make more information > available in various forms > > https://www.familysearch.org/ > > Apart from the search capabilities it now has , children to parent > search, batch number search etc etc there is a huge amount on the new > site which some may not have explored as yet > > For example if you go to familysearch as above link, scroll down and on > the bottom left you will find "Free Courses" click that and you will be > surprised just how many and how diverse they are , there are nine for > Ireland specific , all free and all available at any time you want to > view them but many more for other Countries and subjects > > Another very under stated resource is the "Books" link from the home page > > A search for Dublin gets over 4,000 hits already and this is still in > beta and is being added to all the time > > Ireland gets over 17,000 hits > > A search for the recently asked about name MCCOLOUGH gets 26 hits > > When you find something of interest you can download a PDF of the book > to read or save, do be patient as its not instant but well worth the > wait usually > > Then there is the "All Record Collections" link from the home page, most > if not all of us have people in or from many locations around the globe, > there is such a huge amount available, there is probably something > available for everyone and this too is being added to all the time > > NB When you click the All Record Collections link give it time to > populate the list, there is such a huge amount it takes a few seconds to > load up, when loaded you can search for any Country or Region as desired > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > ****************************** > Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in County Dublin, Ireland and the City of Dublin. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Something I should have included in my last on the IGI For searching batch numbers http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/igi/index.htm More for England, Wales & Scotland now but Ireland is building up Cork Donegal Antrim Londerry Tyrone Are listed so far Most people are already aware of the Hugh Wallis site http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/ Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)