Remember that they are a commerical organisation and would not change it unless there was some benefit it them. Tom On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 13:09:36 +0000, P A Wallbank wrote: >Yes I certainly am very frustrated by the new FMP. I commented on their >site via their Feedback forum & was emailed by a Paul Dunlop who asked me >what aspects of the new site fall short. Anyway I said much the same as >you David, but not as comprehensively. Perhaps if we all comment this way, >maybe they will start to listen? > >I cannot understand why they feel the need to change something that is so >good. > >Patricia Wallbank > > > >On 20 March 2014 16:12, David Wharton <david@wharton21.freeserve.co.uk>wrote: > >> Is anybody else frustrated by the new "improved" Find My Past website and >> searches? >> >> For example on the census, it is no longer possible to search by >> Piece/Folio/Page reference. It is no longer possible to search by place of >> birth. The results no longer appear in a table where clicking on certain >> columns changed the sort to that column [there is a drop-down box called >> Order By, but the only option is Relevance]. The transcription no longer >> shows a sensible table with a line for each person showing all the fields; >> the other persons appear at the bottom of the page with incomplete >> information. >> >> On Life Events (BMDs), it is no longer possible to search all Parish >> Baptisms on their own. The choice of Filter is Births & Baptisms. From 1837 >> this produces Births as well, but the initial data shown does not have the >> source - you have to click through to see it. It is possible to choose >> Baptisms for just one county, but this is tedious for mobile people living >> close to the next county. Again the only option in the drop-down Order By >> box is Relevance. It is no longer possible to choose other columns. >> >> On Births from 1911, you have to know or guess that the Mother's Maiden >> Name >> goes in the Keyword box. On Marriages any of the Spouse's names go in the >> Keyword box. But the Keyword box does not have any Name Variants option, >> unlike the previous versions of these searches. >> >> On Marriages, it is no longer possible to search by Year of Marriage or a >> range. >> >> On Facebook FMP say that they are noting problems raised and working on >> them. But it strikes me that the introduction of this change is very >> premature and also "user hostile" even if they resolve all these problems. >> >> David Wharton >> >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> protection is active. >> http://www.avast.com >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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

Indeed they are a commercial organisation & if people vote with their feet then they might take note. I took out a subscription (ie a contract) to be able to view their datasets and now it is much harder to do so, so they are not providing the service that I signed up for. Since it's more like ancestry in it's search methods now, I'm not sure it's worth paying for two such similar things. However I had a reply from Paul Dunlop and am hopeful that they are listening and will make access to the individual datasets easier again. Pat On 22 March 2014 23:18, Tom Perrett <tomp@st.net.au> wrote: > Remember that they are a commerical organisation and would not change it > unless there was > some benefit it them. > > Tom > > On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 13:09:36 +0000, P A Wallbank wrote: > > >Yes I certainly am very frustrated by the new FMP. I commented on their > >site via their Feedback forum & was emailed by a Paul Dunlop who asked me > >what aspects of the new site fall short. Anyway I said much the same as > >you David, but not as comprehensively. Perhaps if we all comment this way, > >maybe they will start to listen? > > > >I cannot understand why they feel the need to change something that is so > >good. > > > >Patricia Wallbank > > > > > > > >On 20 March 2014 16:12, David Wharton <david@wharton21.freeserve.co.uk > >wrote: > > > >> Is anybody else frustrated by the new "improved" Find My Past website > and > >> searches? > >> > >> For example on the census, it is no longer possible to search by > >> Piece/Folio/Page reference. It is no longer possible to search by place > of > >> birth. The results no longer appear in a table where clicking on certain > >> columns changed the sort to that column [there is a drop-down box called > >> Order By, but the only option is Relevance]. The transcription no longer > >> shows a sensible table with a line for each person showing all the > fields; > >> the other persons appear at the bottom of the page with incomplete > >> information. > >> > >> On Life Events (BMDs), it is no longer possible to search all Parish > >> Baptisms on their own. The choice of Filter is Births & Baptisms. From > 1837 > >> this produces Births as well, but the initial data shown does not have > the > >> source - you have to click through to see it. It is possible to choose > >> Baptisms for just one county, but this is tedious for mobile people > living > >> close to the next county. Again the only option in the drop-down Order > By > >> box is Relevance. It is no longer possible to choose other columns. > >> > >> On Births from 1911, you have to know or guess that the Mother's Maiden > >> Name > >> goes in the Keyword box. On Marriages any of the Spouse's names go in > the > >> Keyword box. But the Keyword box does not have any Name Variants option, > >> unlike the previous versions of these searches. > >> > >> On Marriages, it is no longer possible to search by Year of Marriage or > a > >> range. > >> > >> On Facebook FMP say that they are noting problems raised and working on > >> them. But it strikes me that the introduction of this change is very > >> premature and also "user hostile" even if they resolve all these > problems. > >> > >> David Wharton > >> > >> > >> --- > >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > >> protection is active. > >> http://www.avast.com > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >