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Offline Parmesan

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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #54 on: Monday 28 April 14 02:32 BST (UK) »
its a place for people who are discontented so what do you expect, plaudits?

Call them what you will, people are very genuinely upset and not only in the UK. They may not articulate themselves to your liking but at least you are left in no doubt as to their feelings, which are as pertinent as yours.

So its not your style to 'whinge' about poorly produced/tested products that you've paid hard earned cash for.  Feel free to ignore, do.
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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #55 on: Monday 28 April 14 07:06 BST (UK) »
A very good point, Parmesan - and well put . . . . .  I certainly feel the need to vent my wrath . .

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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #56 on: Wednesday 30 April 14 23:22 BST (UK) »
I'm sure this was mentioned somewhere in one of these threads but I can't find it.

In the old days, if you found a page on the 1911 census, you could look at the enumerator's book as well, which gave a list of the houses and heads of household in the street. Can you still do that, if so how?
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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #57 on: Wednesday 30 April 14 23:33 BST (UK) »
you could look at the enumerator's book as well, which gave a list of the houses and heads of household in the street. Can you still do that, if so how?

FindMyPast have confirmed that this function is not available at present, but it will be restored.


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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #58 on: Wednesday 30 April 14 23:34 BST (UK) »
Was not sure why people were complaining about the changes, now today I found that I had been changed over. Took me ages to find the home page and how to put in a search, and then trying to navigate around was so slow and fiddly.  I gave up and went to my other site. I do not think I will be renewing my subscription.
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« Reply #59 on: Wednesday 30 April 14 23:42 BST (UK) »
Thanks Bookbox, saves time searching for something that isn't there at the moment.
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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #60 on: Wednesday 30 April 14 23:44 BST (UK) »
Was not sure why people were complaining about the changes, now today I found that I had been changed over. Took me ages to find the home page and how to put in a search, and then trying to navigate around was so slow and fiddly.  I gave up and went to my other site. I do not think I will be renewing my subscription.

Don't give up yet. I've started to find my way around it and am not finding it as bad as I feared. I have found quite a few things that I couldn't find before.
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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #61 on: Wednesday 30 April 14 23:56 BST (UK) »
Thank you groom, having paid my money I do not want to waste it so will struggle on.
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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #62 on: Thursday 01 May 14 00:58 BST (UK) »
Hi

As Groom said, don't give up yet, it is different and there are/were a number of bugs in it but many seem to have been fixed whilst some are more stubborn to solve. On the few occasions I have seen where people have asked on various forums "How do I" someone has answered with details (yes, you might get a reply that it is not currently available but not often).

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