I have to say that, as far as I am concerned, the existing (old) FMP search is sadly lacking in many respects and I can't wait to get my hands on the new search. I watched the demo at the WDYTYA show and also watched the video on the FMP web site and it seems to be a great improvement. It may be different from what you are used to but that doesn't mean it isn't any good. My suggestion is - give it a fair chance (at least a week!) before you damn it. Gerry gerrynuk@gmail.com On 22 Mar 2014, at 13:09, P A Wallbank <pawcards5@gmail.com> 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