What I found was that I had chosen "Birth/Christening" under "Event" when trying to do this and was getting an error. If I chose "All" under "Event", it worked. Patty On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Pentlands <fmckinnear@sky.com> wrote: > Hi Ian > > You are getting it right! I get that message sometimes if I have missed > something out. that is the page I have saved on favourites. > > On the page with the red message enter the following info on my family. > > Father William Kinnear > Mother Janet Cargill > Region British Isles > Country Scotland > Click on Search > > You should have about 7 children listed as a result, all born in Wemyss, > Fife if I remember correctly. > > I hope to goodness it works this time. I have had problems getting up > pages using other peoples instructions and it can be frustrating! > > I usually clip old messages but thought it could be helpful to leave the > info attached. > > Sheila. > > Ian Westergaard wrote: > > Hi Sheila > > > > No matter what I try it does not work, I keep on getting redirected to > the > > same page with the following message:- > > > > "If you enter a last name without a first name, you must not fill in any > > other field except a country" > > > > It is either I am doing something wrong or maybe it is a regional thing. > > > > Any more hints that I could try? > > > > Ian Westergaard > > > > > > On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:26:51 +0100, Pentlands <fmckinnear@sky.com> > wrote: > > > >> Neville, someone is having difficulty getting onto the IGI children > >> > > search. > > > >> I went to the familysearch.org home page. I then entered only the > >> surname SEATON, clicked for marriage and entered Scotland. > >> > >> The page that I use and have on my favourites then came up. You will now > >> be able to use the instructions I posted earlier. You can also enter > >> batch numbers. You will see the batch number on the results page. At the > >> bottom of the entry it will tell you if the record has been submitted or > >> extracted. > >> > >> I hope this helps someone! > >> > >> Sheila. > >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Patty Lindsay Beavercreek, Ohio http://www.bletheringghillie.org/ghillietracks/

Thanks for that Patty. You musn't choose events or dates, only the headings I have listed. It can be so frustrating, but I would like others to gain as much information as I did years ago by listing just parents and getting sometimes 15 births and Christenings come up. Sometimes you will find quite a span in dates because there are more couples with the same names! Sheila. Patty Lindsay wrote: > What I found was that I had chosen "Birth/Christening" under "Event" when > trying to do this and was getting an error. If I chose "All" under "Event", > it worked. > > Patty > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Pentlands <fmckinnear@sky.com> wrote: > > >> Hi Ian >> >> You are getting it right! I get that message sometimes if I have missed >> something out. that is the page I have saved on favourites. >> >> On the page with the red message enter the following info on my family. >> >> Father William Kinnear >> Mother Janet Cargill >> Region British Isles >> Country Scotland >> Click on Search >> >> You should have about 7 children listed as a result, all born in Wemyss, >> Fife if I remember correctly. >> >> I usually clip old messages but thought it could be helpful to leave the info attached. >> >> Sheila. >> >> Ian Westergaard wrote: >> >>> Hi Sheila >>> >>> No matter what I try it does not work, I keep on getting redirected to the same page with the following message:- >>> >>> "If you enter a last name without a first name, you must not fill in any >>> other field except a country" >>> >>> It is either I am doing something wrong or maybe it is a regional thing. >>> >>> Any more hints that I could try? >>> >>> Ian Westergaard >>> >>> >>> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:26:51 +0100, Pentlands <fmckinnear@sky.com> >>> >> wrote: >> >>>> Neville, someone is having difficulty getting onto the IGI children >>>> >>>> >>>> I went to the familysearch.org home page. I then entered only the >>>> surname SEATON, clicked for marriage and entered Scotland. >>>> >>>> The page that I use and have on my favourites then came up. You will now >>>> be able to use the instructions I posted earlier. You can also enter >>>> batch numbers. You will see the batch number on the results page. At the >>>> bottom of the entry it will tell you if the record has been submitted or >>>> extracted. >>>> >>>> I hope this helps someone! >>>> >>>> Sheila. >>>> >>>>

I've never had any problems doing a parent search in the IGI when I've included a specific event and year (with a plus/minus). Jacquie -----Original Message----- From: midlothian-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:midlothian-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pentlands Sent: June 21, 2010 5:23 PM To: midlothian@rootsweb.com Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] IGI search for children. Success! Thanks for that Patty. You musn't choose events or dates, only the headings I have listed. It can be so frustrating, but I would like others to gain as much information as I did years ago by listing just parents and getting sometimes 15 births and Christenings come up. Sometimes you will find quite a span in dates because there are more couples with the same names! Sheila.