Genealogy Chat

I am only entering a 1yr period at a time, then it doesn't look too overwhelming

Reading my previous posting I have had a thought..... At least it is nicer sitting at home with a hot cuppa (or something stronger) than sitting in the local FRC trawling through film after film.....Especially,as in my case, it may be a surname mistranscribed/misspelt on a census :( Chris<<<< Trying to stay positive :)

I am getting soooo..fed up with the initial search pages Searching for Killey 36 page results for a three year period..... Not very likely me thinks! Essex to Therington given as names on page are actually Essex to Etherington (ok the E was a little faded but even I could read it!) No wonder the name search has given so many results Will have to get my head around Merry's lateral thinking suggestion which will not be easy at this time of the morning :( Chris

Ive just mailed them reporting wrong Initials on the pages I was looking up. I guess if everyone mails the errors they may pull their finger out and get it updated and oh please, name searchable!

If it doesn't give you the page you want, you have to think laterally!! I was searching ten years looking for a marriage for Penney. Some Q's it was offering me 8 or nine pages with name ranges like Panner-Tapper which was really Tanner-Tapper....or Furnival-Penney, which was really Furnival-Fenney!! Then NO page with Penney on! I just tried a search for Per* or Pat* and if I could find the right age for that, I could jump forward or back three or four pages to get to the right one. You can browse the images from the start, but that always seems more longwinded..................... Then there was the time when they had missed filming a page, but luckly 1837online came to the rescue!! (good job I bought those units! LOL)......And I DID find the marriage, ten years earlier than expected and an extra 5 children no one knew about!! Merry

There are lots of errors with the first and last names which the search uses. I found first name Bopkins as the first name on a 'H' page (instead of Hopkins) Bob

I'm missing too. The page \I'm on is not there and I know 1837 has the page as does familyrelatives

Just went to check eldest boys birth ref but instead of surnames initial M coming up they were all As

Are we reporting errors?

You just answered so I know you're definitly there LOL Zo

That's true Zoe - I just looked and I'm definitely here!! Mandy :))

Aww well at least we know you are here...and you know you are there so no worries LOL Zoe

Looked for my own birth (well didn't you all?!) and couldn't find me. Even though I was adopted, I have my original birth certificate so know I was definitely registered in first quarter. So did a search on just the surname for that quarter - nothing at all, nobody was born! But I am on 1837, so someone must have dropped that quarter while they were walking to the photocopier LOL! Mandy :)