The new Findmypast (Part 2)

[rosie99]

I expect the names have been entered into a groom/bride field on their database and there is an assumption Henry wouldn't have married another man?

I can see your point about showing all 4 names though, just suggesting what FindMyPast's answer might be

You are right though their thinking may need updating     

We will just have to stick with freebmd my first port of call for this information normally.

Hi Dawn

Where do I find the names of the potential spouses?  All I can access is a transcript of the entry in the register and an image of the register entry.

Barbara

Barbara F -  you need to select the transcript option and not the  'camera'  option
     

[lisalisa]

I got the email last night and found I was moved to the new FindMyPast - it's absolutely awful.

I haven't been able to go back to the old via a bookmark or via the browsing history.

I previously found the census search brilliant, but this is ridiculous, I think it was 7 boxes of 'choose a county' to get to Worcestershire, with a long wait of rotating circles before it started.  Entering a town had no effect at all.

The transcription over 2 pages is ridiculous.  Do I need almost a half a page to tell me someone I looked up is a female daughter??!!

I sent an email last night via contact us saying I would like to return to the old FindMyPast - doubt I will get a reply.

It reminds me a bit of the changes presented as a 'fait accompli' last May over on flickr - you get a 'feedback forum', but no management response or changes as a result.  On flickr it only cost about £15 per year, so with FindMyPast being about £100, it's more serious.

Lisa

PS flickr offered a pro rata refund to people not wishing to keep their paid for accounts.

[suey]

 We will just have to stick with freebmd my first port of call for this information normally.


Mine too, but that's not the point, we are paying for this service on FindMyPast and not getting what we paid for!

[groom]

I sent an email last night via contact us saying I would like to return to the old FindMyPast - doubt I will get a reply.

I dont think that is an option, I expect it will only be a matter of weeks until the old version no longer exists. I'll keep using my bookmark to get in, as at the moment that is still taking me to the old site.

[locksmith]

PS flickr offered a pro rata refund to people not wishing to keep their paid for accounts.

One of the latest posts on FMPs own forum is from someone who appears tho have managed to get a pro rata refund. This appears to be a climb down from the blanket response last week that once you have looked at a single record you cannot get a refund (as per their Ts&Cs).

Simon

[Barbara F]

Thanks Rosie.

This will take some getting used to.

Thank heavens for Free BMD which is always my preferred site

Barbara

[Bookbox]

I understand there is no possibility of returning to the old interface, as FindMyPast are now operating from a new platform.

Whilst posting here may serve to relieve frustration, comments and constructive requests posted on FindMyPast’s own Feedback Forum are much more likely to be read by those who matter.

http://feedback.findmypast.co.uk/

[Mike in Cumbria]

I understand there is no possibility of returning to the old interface, as FindMyPast are now operating from a new platform.

Whilst posting here may serve to relieve frustration, comments and constructive requests posted on FindMyPast’s own Feedback Forum are much more likely to be read by those who matter.

http://feedback.findmypast.co.uk/

Absolutely. And on their Facebook page.

[LizzieW]

It seems Peter Calver from Lost Cousins was a beta tester.  Wonder if he's going to be championing FindMyPast quite so much in his newsletter now.

I didn't know that but, coincidentally, wrote to him yesterday to ask if he was going to give us any tips on how to use the new FindMyPast site effectively.  He replied "it's going to take quite a while to get used to findmypast's new search, and whilst I'll be writing about it in my next newsletter I don't have any particular tips to offer a this stage".

Lizzie