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GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 1 Aug 2012 21:08

Advanced Search

Can you please explain what is the purpose of selecting "Forum" ?

If you do not know which board the thread is on how can you use the Forum selection?

Quick Search is useless as it produces threads which are not in date order

Researching:
Suzy (8.4.2013) and Sally (16.8.2011) Gone but not forgotten. Researching Carter, Cass, Walker in England and Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland. PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it.. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. Thank you.

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 1 Aug 2012 21:13

I agree GB.

It would be better to have an option to search 'all' forums, otherwise you have to go through each board separately. Very time consuming. Cx

Researching:
ADVICE: Click on 'My Threads' over on the left to find your replies. Please respond to your replies by typing in the Add Reply box at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!

jax

jax Report 1 Aug 2012 21:17

At least you can do an advanced search without putting the boardname in, so really its like the keyword search which has now gone from the top of each board.

The quick search also will also repeat threads

Researching:
In Essex,Hertfordshire,Cambridgeshire,East and North London and Kent...My lot did'nt travel much

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 1 Aug 2012 21:17

selecting Forum could help some IF they new what board to look on however their is no option to select "all forums" so you would have to repeat your search 8 times to cover all Forum's

Roy

jax

jax Report 1 Aug 2012 21:20

Also if there are more than 40 threads you are stuffed :-D

Researching:
In Essex,Hertfordshire,Cambridgeshire,East and North London and Kent...My lot did'nt travel much

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 5 Aug 2012 17:42

Quick search needs some work

Posted on a thread less than 30 mins ago and I thought I would try out a quick search on the surname which is part of the thread title.

Got 119 search results in no particular date order and not the one I had posted on

Researching:
Suzy (8.4.2013) and Sally (16.8.2011) Gone but not forgotten. Researching Carter, Cass, Walker in England and Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland. PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it.. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. Thank you.

RamblingRose

RamblingRose Report 5 Aug 2012 19:13

I don't get it, if I put in adv search the full title of a thread

"Do the birds know bird watch thread " on page 4 on General at the moment, it comes up, however if I just put "Do the birds" or "birds" then it doesn't come up at all :-S

Researching:
Names: Fishlock, London. Whetman. Keatings from Kerry. The best way of keeping my temper with idiots.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 5 Aug 2012 23:26

really do need that option of All Forums ................. which did used to be there!


I tried to find a thread about 30 minutes ago .................. it was from a couple of years ago, and I could not remember the Forum it had been on.




BTW .................... are we now supposed to be calling the Boards "Forums" ???????????????????????????




sylvia

Researching:
Panda, China, 2008 .................................. ............................ .............. .......... .......................................................... To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 18 Aug 2012 00:00

:-D

Researching:
Suzy (8.4.2013) and Sally (16.8.2011) Gone but not forgotten. Researching Carter, Cass, Walker in England and Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland. PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it.. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. Thank you.

KenSE

KenSE Report 18 Aug 2012 15:32

Until they change it to have the option to search for all boards, couldn't they make the default something other than Announcements? Preferably Find Ancestors.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 21 Aug 2012 22:00

Could the "Search for Author" be altered to include the option of board name

Researching:
Suzy (8.4.2013) and Sally (16.8.2011) Gone but not forgotten. Researching Carter, Cass, Walker in England and Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland. PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it.. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. Thank you.

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 22 Aug 2012 07:55

Could it just work properly ????? :-(

Researching:
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Joy Kentish Maid

Joy Kentish Maid Report 24 Aug 2012 09:09

:( .

Researching:
Sadd - Suffolk, Newton - Buckinghamshire, McCusker - Galway and Fermanagh, Brooks - London, and many others

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 31 Aug 2012 07:38

IF the plural of Datum is DATA...........

should the plural of Forum be Fora?

Bob

Researching:
just give us the money........s*d the job!

KenSE

KenSE Report 31 Aug 2012 08:25

Yes if you are speaking Latin, no if you are speaking English.