I too am frustrated. Until your emails I had assumed that all subscribers had been transferred to the new system. My immediate reaction was that they had "thrown the baby out with the bathwater". I suppose there are some advantages, especially for newcomers, in that one search can reveal matches in all censuses, record sets, etc. rather than having to do separate searches. But this does not compensate for losing the variety of ways to search so succinctly described by David Wharton. The first census search I completed had the other members of the household listed below in a muddled order rather than the Head/Wife/Son/Visitor listing you expect and which did not reflect the content of the original image. Whilst this appears to have been a one-off, it did not inspire confidence in the new system. Hopefully I will feel less critical as I become more familiar with the new system, but at the moment I feel fortunate to have completed so much research in the last two years whilst the old FMP existed. Unless they respond well to complaints, I rather doubt I will be renewing my subscription. Lin Howard -----Original Message----- From: sog-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sog-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Wharton Sent: 20 March 2014 16:13 To: sog-uk@rootsweb.com Subject: [SOG-UK] New Find My Past 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