ScotlandsPeople (New website now live).

[Gadget]

I've just fired off yet another e-mail 

I wanted to check the location place of two of my ancestors so that I could  locate it on Scotlands Places. I remember purchasing the baptism entries from the OPRs a few years ago. I've downloaded the images and written them up on accounts and in my  FH tree.

Instead of checking on my main computer, I used my tablet. Because the 'saved image' facility is suspect and I remember it being quite a few years ago, I decided to do a new search. Both baptisms showed in the search but the '.' was showing instead of the .(paid)*.  I clicked on one of the entries, thinking it was a mistake!  They duly deducted 6 credits for me to view an already purchased image.

* added - I think the 'v i e w  i m a g e' has been identified as a naughty word by RC's software 

[rosie17]

They duly deducted 6 credits for me to view an already purchased image.

That's not so good then Gadget 
Rosie

[Fordyce]

I am curious, Fordyce....

From your comments and experience, is searching in person at one of the centres' terminals different to what is available online.

Never made it to 'bottom on seat' at any of the centres so all my research is remote. So, have no concept of what the screens and search options are like at one of the centres.

Monica

Yes, it's ScotlandsPeople Centre's own in-house system (a bit hazy but there was a system called DIGROS - not sure whether it's the name of this current system or a previous one) accessing the in-house databases - the outsourced system is, as far as I know, the contractor's own one. Until recently the capabilities were broadly comparable although not identical - I can't say the differences stood out (except of course the unlimited access to the images at no extra cost, which boon totally overwhelmed any trivial niggles there might have been!).

[Forfarian]

Until recently the capabilities were broadly comparable although not identical - I can't say the differences stood out (except of course the unlimited access to the images at no extra cost, which boon totally overwhelmed any trivial niggles there might have been!).

The principal capabilities of the old online system that were better than the in-house system included
- search for marriages using both surnames before 1929
- search for a deaths in a range of years using a year of birth range
neither of which has been continued to the new online system.

[Rosinish]

I had a marriage cert. sent to me today which I think has been downloaded from the "New" SP site?

Has anyone else noticed that the only name on the marriage heading is the Male?

I don't understand why they have omitted the Female?

Not much help when it's sometimes hard to actually read the name of the bride.

In this instance, I struggled to read the Groom's name had it not been on the header.

Annie

[Rosinish]

Can someone else try & find this marriage please on SP?

Michael MacMillan to MacDonald 1856 (I didn't put in a year/county) as the whole point of the index is to show possibilities when we don't know?

I obviously know who they are & when they married but I just can't get it to show using different variants etc.

Is it just me or is it SP?

Annie

Added: I eventually found it but had to omit the bride's surname?

The site is like a "roundabout", absolutely hopeless 

I don't think they have had anyone try it from a researcher's point of view on a normal computer outwith SP rooms doing a search as we do.

[Millmoor]

Hi Annie

Tried it and got nowhere putting both names in but think I got there in the end by simply entering the name Michael Macmillan. I clicked on spouses details and found one for Flora Macdonald in 1856,North Uist. (It almost seems that the less you enter the more likely you are to find something but often with a lot of scrolling!).

William

[Rosinish]

Thanks William,

Maybe it is/will be a good thing if/when we get used to it as I'm still searching the "old" way.

Need a MAP for this "NEW" way of doing.

Annie

[Gadget]

Annie

They are looking into it as it's a defect:

Statutory and church registers of marriages - spouse's name

There is a defect with the spouse's name field and this is under investigation. Please do not use this field in searching or filtering for the time being.

See https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/technical-help/known-technical-issues


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