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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,445 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	13 Dec 2012 19:01
	I get PM,s giving brief replies to something I have posted on a thread which often means nothing so I have to use advanced search when I cant find anything in MY Threads. Now when looking I have No Idea which board it was on so its very frustrating to do umpteen searches on separate boards to find the one. Why do the boards have to be searched separately ?? it would be better for it to be a general search of all boards
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	13 Dec 2012 21:02
	Yes I quite agree Shirley.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	InspectorGreenPen	Report	14 Dec 2012 06:01
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	I think it is likely to be for reasons of performance. Searching for multiple words (which is what the advanced search does) imposes a big load on the servers and restricting it to one board per search gives it half a chance of completing the search. You can always search for single words using Quick Search and this does check all boards. What I would like to see is the option to select My Threads as the search target
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	14 Dec 2012 09:00
	Yes I think you are right there Inspector. I wish, however, that it did not default to th Announcements Board. Quick search would be good if it returned the most recent posts first.
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 311 Send Message	Estelle	Report	14 Dec 2012 09:13
	Hi Shirley, we have been looking at improving the message board search. This is something that is currently being worked on. We would love to be able to give you really accurate search results that you can then filter to make sure you find the posts you are looking for. Obviously this is a big project so please bear with us on this. I just wanted to let you know that it is something we are looking at. Kind regards, Estelle
	Researching: Working on all things tree-related. Looking for Tooley in Lincolnshire, Sadler in Derbyshire, Rogerson in Yorkshire, Goldstein in Liverpool/Poland.
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	14 Dec 2012 12:10
	I first mentioned this back on 24th August 2012. Would be good if something could be done on this.
	Researching: 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. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,195 Send Message	Joy	Report	16 Dec 2012 14:51
	The search facility has not functioned properly for quite a while.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,445 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	16 Dec 2012 15:52
	Thank you for the responses. I take on board too Estelle's explanation doesn't solve tho the problems of trying to find threads to which responsders had thought they were giving details
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,195 Send Message	Joy	Report	17 Dec 2012 12:09
	And http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/suggestions/thread/1295830 http://www.genesreunited.co.za/boards/board/suggestions/thread/1303434

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