When you do searches, do you take advantage of the "Exact" box in the search boxes that need to be exact? I am NOT a fan of the search capabilities at familysearch.org but I have been using the exact boxes, where it makes a difference, and it has helped weed out lots of the riff raff I am not interested in. On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Karen Tippets <[email protected]> wrote: > The way they are mushing all of the people with same/similar names > together, it will triple the time--at least--for us to find related things > in the data base, especially as it grows. Sorry to complain, but when it > comes to putting in specific places like Union county, Tennessee and having > to wade through things like Canada and Britain, just because the names > being sought are similar. > >

I do that and even use other items in search to narrow down. David Samuelsen. On 4/26/2012 6:25 PM, Pam Petterborg Ingermanson wrote: > When you do searches, do you take advantage of the "Exact" box in the > search boxes that need to be exact? I am NOT a fan of the search > capabilities at familysearch.org but I have been using the exact boxes, > where it makes a difference, and it has helped weed out lots of the riff > raff I am not interested in.