As Quakers in past centuries eschewed the use of the title "Saint" in parish names, plain "Albans" is always the best way to search for it in their records! Chris Pitt Lewis On 01/05/2014 17:36, Adrian Bruce wrote: > > Just spotted a query on the FMP Feedback forum that leads into an > interesting discovery. Well, it was interesting to me... > > The context was searching BMD for people with events in St. Albans. It turns > out that one dataset is indexed as "St. Albans" and another is indexed as > "St Albans" *without" the period. If you enter just "Albans", the way the > BMD are searched, you'll get both versions. > > This, of course, could apply to any compound place-name that includes a > contraction. > > Of course, those of you with interests in such areas may already do the > equivalent of searching on "Albans" already and I'm way behind the times! > > Adrian B > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
Good point. I do hope they didn't also do this in Wales, except for the obvious, such as St Davids -> Davids. Dave Beakhust On 1 May 2014 19:27:17 Chris Pitt Lewis <chris@cjpl.demon.co.uk> wrote: > As Quakers in past centuries eschewed the use of the title "Saint" in > parish names, plain "Albans" is always the best way to search for it in > their records! > > Chris Pitt Lewis > > On 01/05/2014 17:36, Adrian Bruce wrote: > > > > Just spotted a query on the FMP Feedback forum that leads into an > > interesting discovery. Well, it was interesting to me... > > > > The context was searching BMD for people with events in St. Albans. It turns > > out that one dataset is indexed as "St. Albans" and another is indexed as > > "St Albans" *without" the period. If you enter just "Albans", the way the > > BMD are searched, you'll get both versions. > > > > This, of course, could apply to any compound place-name that includes a > > contraction. > > > > Of course, those of you with interests in such areas may already do the > > equivalent of searching on "Albans" already and I'm way behind the times! > > > > Adrian B > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > --- > 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