I would like the Society to take up these issues directly with FMP. The more Genealogy organisations that complain - and I know that others are doing so - the better! The lack of proper testing and the diabolical presentation of the Parish records (which after all is what of us more experienced genealogists are looking for these days) is unforgivable. I complained specifically about the Westminster Results page (but I did point out that the same problem probably occurred in other Parish record sets), which is maybe why those have been slightly improved. They put the Parish name back on the Westminster Baptisms and Marriages but still no date; and on the Burial records, there is a Date but no Parish! But when the burial gives no date of death, they've put in a "0" and calculated the Year of Birth to be the same as the Year of Death - hopeless!! I've given them more feedback! I've also un-ticked the auto-renew box but will admit to having been given a two extra month extension as I have given them a lot of feedback! Rosemary Morgan On 17/04/2014 16:50, "John Haggerstone" <john@hp43tq.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >With some reluctance I renewed in January but I have regretted it ever >since >the 'new' FMP site was introduced. I find it so time wasting trawling >through records that I don't need. It seems to me that the new system is >designed to quickly use up credits of those who pay as they go! >Thanks for the auto-renew tip Rae; I've unticked that box! >John Haggerstone > >-----Original Message----- >From: sog-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sog-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On >Behalf Of Rae Knight >Sent: 17 April 2014 15:39 >To: SOG-UK@rootsweb.com >Subject: [SOG-UK] 'New' FindMyPast > >Well enough is enough. Luckily for me my subscription was up for renewal >- I >won't be resubscribing, not until the 'new' site is at least as good as >the >old. I know I am lucky because this is a hobby for me and not my >livelihood. > >A major frustration for me was the disappearance of the parish name in >many >of the record sets. A search for a family name in Kent Baptisms helpfully >gave the 'place' as Kent - I KNOW THAT! I don't want to search on just one >parish as my family moved between neighbouring parishes. Even the >Westminster records which do show the parish names seems to have lost the >ability to sort them alphabetically which enabled a quick scroll down >before. > >The site can't have been tested properly with genealogists before being >released. FMP's handling of the whole affair has been disastrous from a PR >point of view - apart from a brief message on Facebook on the 4th April >there has been no real communication from FMP - just vague promises on >their >forum that certain things are being looked at. Not good enough - we are >(were) paying for this rubbish! > >People should be aware that the 'new' site has everybody down to >auto-renew >by default so unless you are happy for this to happen make sure you untick >that particular box! > >Rae Knight > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message