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« Reply #90 on: Monday 24 July 06 08:54 BST (UK) »
Hi Berlin Bob
The surname interest list is a  really useful way to contact fellow researchers.many thanks for it.
Is there any way the massive names can be ordered into county? It takes ages trying to find matches as my old eyes find reading the small print a strain looking for SMITHS/JONES /HALL  in a particular county is difficult. Oh the joys of having popular family names :)
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« Reply #91 on: Thursday 27 July 06 19:00 BST (UK) »
Hi Trees,

- click on 'Advanced Search'
- select a countý from the drop-down pick-list
- click on 'Show Search Results'

you will then get every entry, where this county has been entered.

But . . . . 

Not everybody enters a county, as their ancestors moved around a bit

so for a second search,
enter the county in the Comments field, as *text*
this will find all occurrences of 'text' in the comments field.
So try the whole county name, then  any 'usual' abbreviations, or the Chapman Code (see County drop-down list), etc

Good luck,
Bob

ps.
For everybody reading this:
If you haven't entered a county, please do so.
If your folks came from different counties, add more entries, one for each county.
As Trees says, it can be handy to search by county, and the more people enter unique county information, the easier it will be to search  :)
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« Reply #92 on: Thursday 27 July 06 22:15 BST (UK) »
Many thanks Bob that makes life a lot easier
 :)
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Re: SIT: Help-Line
« Reply #93 on: Thursday 19 October 06 01:00 BST (UK) »
I have just added my Surnames and need to test it to see if it comes through at the bottom of my messages.

CP ;D
BAKER - Cornwall
BARRABLE - UK and South Africa
BROPHY - Kilkenny in Ireland,  South Africa
CORIN,  MARTIN, NICHOLAS, WILLIAMS  - Cornwall,  South Africa
EDWARDS - Wales,  South Africa
JAMES - Cornwall, London
KENT - UK, Ireland and South Africa
KLISKEY - Cornwall, South Africa, NZ, USA, Australia
KOWLESKEY or KOULESKEY - Russia (Kalingrad)
PERRY - Cornwall and Australia
UREN - Worldwide (One Name Study)


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Re: SIT: Help-Line
« Reply #94 on: Thursday 19 October 06 01:02 BST (UK) »
 :-[ Awwwwwwwwwwww, the 4 new ones I added didn't come through.  Oh well .............. back to the drawing board then ............ will go back and see what I did wrong.

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BAKER - Cornwall
BARRABLE - UK and South Africa
BROPHY - Kilkenny in Ireland,  South Africa
CORIN,  MARTIN, NICHOLAS, WILLIAMS  - Cornwall,  South Africa
EDWARDS - Wales,  South Africa
JAMES - Cornwall, London
KENT - UK, Ireland and South Africa
KLISKEY - Cornwall, South Africa, NZ, USA, Australia
KOWLESKEY or KOULESKEY - Russia (Kalingrad)
PERRY - Cornwall and Australia
UREN - Worldwide (One Name Study)

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Re: SIT: Help-Line
« Reply #95 on: Thursday 19 October 06 01:18 BST (UK) »
Ok - I think I've fixed the problem - I forgot to click on Add Surname  ::)  Let's see what happens now.
BAKER - Cornwall
BARRABLE - UK and South Africa
BROPHY - Kilkenny in Ireland,  South Africa
CORIN,  MARTIN, NICHOLAS, WILLIAMS  - Cornwall,  South Africa
EDWARDS - Wales,  South Africa
JAMES - Cornwall, London
KENT - UK, Ireland and South Africa
KLISKEY - Cornwall, South Africa, NZ, USA, Australia
KOWLESKEY or KOULESKEY - Russia (Kalingrad)
PERRY - Cornwall and Australia
UREN - Worldwide (One Name Study)

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Re: SIT: Help-Line
« Reply #96 on: Thursday 19 October 06 01:20 BST (UK) »
 :o  Still nothing.  Now I'm embarrassed. :-[  I will just keep trying till I get it right. ;D
BAKER - Cornwall
BARRABLE - UK and South Africa
BROPHY - Kilkenny in Ireland,  South Africa
CORIN,  MARTIN, NICHOLAS, WILLIAMS  - Cornwall,  South Africa
EDWARDS - Wales,  South Africa
JAMES - Cornwall, London
KENT - UK, Ireland and South Africa
KLISKEY - Cornwall, South Africa, NZ, USA, Australia
KOWLESKEY or KOULESKEY - Russia (Kalingrad)
PERRY - Cornwall and Australia
UREN - Worldwide (One Name Study)

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« Reply #97 on: Thursday 19 October 06 06:46 BST (UK) »
Hi Cornishpasty,

please read this:
Frequently Asked Questions:
"My postings are not showing my SIT names"

http://surname.rootschat.com/sit-help.php#faqs

Bob
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« Reply #98 on: Monday 13 November 06 19:13 GMT (UK) »
Forgot to mention this here:

there is now a help button on the "Surname Interests Table"

It's on the top right of the page and looks like this:


                                                   

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