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

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