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Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 1,173 Send Message	Sue (Sylvia Z )	Report	13 Jun 2010 18:13
	David, At the WDYTYA show, the lady giving a talk on searching, said less is more or you can use * * * if there may be more than one spelling of a name. Excuse repetition if you already know!! Happy hunting Sue
Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 23 Send Message	David Frank	Report	13 Jun 2010 13:09
Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 23 Send Message	Ok will give it another go Thanks
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,149 Send Message	Rambling	Report	13 Jun 2010 12:54
	Do you think it may be because of the difference in search process? ie are you perhaps being more specific on Ancestry in this case and limiting what comes up? Even looking for something I already know, it can be the difference between putting in a location and leaving it blank,
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Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 23 Send Message	David Frank	Report	13 Jun 2010 12:50
Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 23 Send Message	I am useing both GR and Ancestry , in the 1901 cencus on GR i have found a very detailed document , but on Ancestry , nothing that i can see , and in other instances it has been the other way round , is this normal. Dave.