Family Search BMDs - problem

[Oaks and Acorns]

Shane,

I remember that issue early on with the Pilot site but from memory (which may not be very accurate) the 'filter limit' issue only arose with general searches that gave something in the region of 5,600 results. It would be nice to know the exact buffer limit.

Aghadowey,

I haven't come across any strange place name filter options since the update was 'fixed' but I'll let you know if I find any.

Hugo,

Unfortunately I'm not familiar with either findmypast or Consular births but will keep your comments in mind.

Dara.

[Oaks and Acorns]

I've just done some test searches to try and establish the buffer limit.

A search for James Byrne, nothing else gives 810 results. Intuitively, this feels wrong.

A search for James Byrne, Dublin gives 801 results.
A search for James Byrne, Wexford gives 740 results.
A search for James Byrne, Cork gives 125 results.

There is obviously still a problem with the search.

Dara.

[shanew147]

agreed..they dont make sense

I just had a look at the tests Dara ran from another angle, and get similar problems

search for James Byrne, all dates, all events type, all places :  810
James Byrne, 1890-1910, all events type, all places :  805
James Byrne, 1900-1910, all events type, all places :  801
James Byrne, 1900-1905, all events type, all places :  802

I would expect the number of results to decrease almost in proportion as the date range narrowed - but the result count stays almost the same!

I dont think haven't seen any of the exotic locations on the Irish BMD Index since the recent 'fix' - but I think they do appear on the full collection sometimes even when the placename is set to Ireland.


Shane

[aghadowey]

The 'funny' places are still there.

Search for "William Stevenson" then narrow search by 'place' click on 'New Jersey' and there are 2 entries for Downpatrick registration district (which is in Co, Down) but the date is 1935 which is well after 1921 limit for N.I. counties.

Mary Stevenson- Cook Islands (actually Ck on Shan = Carrick on Shannon)

John Smith- Maine, US (actually Marine deaths)

[shanew147]

very strange..  I hadn't seen any of these places since the update.

Most of mine are from the east coast and did seem to be fixed ...e.g. 'South Australia' etc  The fix must not have worked correctly for all areas. 

I'm beginning to dread the big update they have planned for the summer!

probably even more unusual is the post 1921 N.I. records ... where did these come from ? maybe they have added an index of these from somewhere ?



Shane

[agho]

Yes it definitely still has problems. In the search page Mayo doesn't appear, even when you go directly to the Ireland Civil Reg. search page. It then appears when you filter on the results page.

[shanew147]

Mayo appears on the list for me... it's just down the list of choices a bit..


Shane

[agho]

Oops mea culpa!

I didn't spot the slide bar, thanks Shanew147 - time for new specs I think

[shanew147]

not quite sure what their logic is including all those other locations as choices when searching Irish Civil records though..



Shane