The new Findmypast (Part 3)

[elf]

Having been with Ancestry for 3 years I thought I would have a go at Find my Past but beginning to wish I hadn't bothered as on Ancestry when you put a name in you can sometimes find other members who may have that particular name in their tree I cant seem to find this on Find my Past am I doing something wrong
Thank you Sue

[elf]

Just had a look at previous messages it looks like its not just me that is having trouble with Find my Past wish I had read them before I joined FindMyPast

[Ringrose]

Did the same as you and wish I hadn't.Now gone back to Ancestry and find that I hardly use FindMyPast....money wasted.
I suppose having the newspapers on line is useful but often there are far too many to look at. For example I have a surname LIGHT.Get everything with light in ....
Then reading all the problems people are having on the supposed improved site makes me rather annoyed.I haven't had that dreaded email from them yet.
Ringrose

[Flattybasher9]

http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/distance-selling-regulations#link-2

Regards

Malky

[Bookbox]

I suppose having the newspapers on line is useful but often there are far too many to look at. For example I have a surname LIGHT.Get everything with light in ....

For the newspapers, you can use the much better search interface at the British Newspaper Archive for free, and then apply the search results to FindMyPast to access the images.

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/advanced

[elf]

Am feeling very disappointed in FindMyPast thought it would be nice to have a change looks like I have wasted my money wish I had just bought a month

Topics merged.

[LizzieW]

The second issue is breach of the licence which you have entered into with the provider.  This is not a question of intellectual property but rather of the law of contract.  It is governed by the detailed terms and conditions of the contract which you have entered into.  Even if the publication or sharing is not a breach of copyright it may well be a breach of the relevant licence terms.

What about the breach of contract we entered into with FindMyPast to provide a good site.  They've breached their contract, but have changed their terms and conditions to say they can change the site whenever they want, so basically - tough luck.  So perhaps we should just say we've changed the terms and conditions we had with them.

[Tsu]

Well, the other thread has been locked so I'm going to vent my spleen here. 

All I wanted to search was births in a 20 year date range in London with a particular maiden name.  It threw up 71676 results.  There's no way that I can easily find to put in a mother's maiden name.

I resorted back to Free BMD.

I was also excited to see they had loads of new records which, as I am a full member I looked forward to searching.  Wrong!  They want an extra £60 to see them.

[BumbleB]

They're on -part 3 of compaints at the moment !!!!