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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 2 Dec 2014 18:09

inky1


I have never used the records on GR apart from an occasional "free" search to see if something was there, usually in response to a post from another member saying they were having trouble


I have used the "new" fmp.co.uk site .................... remember, they had a free weekend around Remembrance Day


It was "ok-ish" .................. as namelessone said, I had to keep re-entering information ...................... it either wanted more OR less than I input. No matter how much I adapted to it, it still wanted the reverse of what I input o.O

all fmp.com gave me was US results ................... it did not then seem to have access to UK records, even though that was advertised.



I much prefer ancestry, online parish clerks, even familysearch for certain records (NOT church member entries :-) ), and many other sites which are much preferable to either GR, or, I believe, fmp.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ 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.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 3 Dec 2014 09:12

Under the old search system I could enter details and then switch records eg, from birth to marriage without losing my data.

Now if I want to move around from one to another I lose some of the data I have entered.

No, I have not bothered to contact them - having read all the posts on their fmp site forum during the change over it just doesn't seem worthwhile. Mind you, I can't understand why the just don't hear my screaming when using their site. Those posts on the forum made it clear that the UK search engine was changing over to the one used by other countries.

For me, FMP is a last resort. I can teach my little library group how to use the other sites - but FMP - forget it.

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