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Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 213 Send Message	heatherg	Report	6 May 2013 10:47
	I've just benn searching for a person on someone else's tree. I but in the correct names but got no result. I knew she was there because the owner of the tree told me. I managed to find her by just using the surname but The first name was correct. Does anyone else have this problem? HeatherG
	Researching: Little- Dumfriesshire, Studd Nunn- Suffolk, Williams- Devon
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 62,769 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	6 May 2013 11:56
	If you mean on GR.....the 'search' facility is very erratic.
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 1,247 Send Message	CupCakes	Report	7 May 2013 07:49
	Yes, I wrote about it somewhere on these boards. The search only seems to work when you type in the surname. This brings up a list of people, if there are many with that name, for one to select from. Bit cumbersome way of doing things but... It was mentioned as well that some members have success with typing in the surname twith a ,(comma) after before typing the first name, I tried it but it didn't work for me.