The new Findmypast (Part 2)

[Richview]

I had no notification that they were changing me over to the new format. It's so slow and time consuming - if the aim was to attract "newbie" researchers then I think they have failed.
It seems a general complaint that there is a lack of response from FindMyPast - the damage has been done they are losing loyal subscribers.
If some people still have the old search site then it is not dead as they have claimed - answer surely is to run both in tandem until they can resolve the issues.
R

[Flattybasher9]

Just for info, as this was mentioned earlier, Brightsolid's e-mail address is:-

getintouch@brightsolid.com

Regards

Malky

[Gadget]

Not quite sure if this is any help - or even if it's been mentioned on this thread before - but just been looking at Twitter FindMyPast thread and they said at one stage last night that they had introduced a new sub-index that might make searching easier!

Here 'tis:

http://search.new.findmypast.co.uk/historical-records?region=united%20kingdom&page=1

Gadget

Also, they say that we have to keep track of what they're doing 

http://new.findmypast.co.uk/articles/help/whats-new

[Hampshire Lass]

I think I'm getting the hang of it now but it's so ploddy compared with the old search (those forms take up too much space). Don't like the lack of an address search.


Gadget

Hi Gadget 

There is an address search facility but it is beyond ploddy. It seems to be accessed via different methods and one which "sort of" works is......

home page, search all records, then scroll down to census land and surveys, choose which census...

Then you can choose the filters. If you start to type in a town it recognises what you're doing and so you can select from their list.  I haven't tried a specific road that way but did find a village.

Ploddy isn't the word for this though. It was a much better facility on the old site.

[Richview]

FindMyPast are removing negative posts so the feedback is being monitored - interesting that they are not responding to the rapidly growing complaints.
Yes the new sub- index arrived last night but now I can't even get into the site!!!
R

[Gadget]

home page, search all records, then scroll down to census land and surveys, choose which census...

Then you can choose the filters. If you start to type in a town it recognises what you're doing and so you can select from their list.  I haven't tried a specific road that way but did find a village.

Thanks ever so,  but that's not what Jennifer and I are referring to. In the old system, you clicked on 'Address search' . A form came up and you could select a town or village and up came a list of addresses.  Your way  just gives a list of names and the parishes/EDs within the town/District 

Unless, I've missed something 

[Hampshire Lass]

Doesn't seem to be the same for the 1911 but since your reply (4 mins ago?) I've just checked a street in my own town on the 1901, by that method, and found 26 houses......so I guess that's not too bad.

Try it and see if it works for you.......I may have explained it badly 

[JenB]

There is an address search facility but it is beyond ploddy. It seems to be accessed via different methods and one which "sort of" works is......

home page, search all records, then scroll down to census land and surveys, choose which census...

Then you can choose the filters. If you start to type in a town it recognises what you're doing and so you can select from their list.  I haven't tried a specific road that way but did find a village.

As Gadget says, that isn't the result we're looking for.

If I do a search on a specific town the only result I get is the names of all the people living there.

So for Lanchester in County Durham I get over 38,000 results!

I don't want to search on a specific street name either!

I am looking for the simple list of place names/street names only which came up on the old address search.

[Gadget]

Yep - sometimes you don't know the street name or it was tucked into 'Other Establishments'. This facility is just not there anymore.

I do wish I'd kept a snip of the process and results to show.

It can't be just Jennifer and I that used it, can it 


Gadget