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Offline JayG

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Re: GRO indexes on gro.gov.uk !
« Reply #216 on: Tuesday 08 November 16 13:03 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Romilly on Tuesday 08 November 16 12:51 GMT (UK)

The Site seems to be down at the moment, - I just tried it.

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Working OK for me Romilly.

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Re: GRO indexes on gro.gov.uk !
« Reply #217 on: Tuesday 08 November 16 13:11 GMT (UK) »

Just tried again, - and it's fine now! Perhaps down to numbers of people searching?
I can't see a facility on there for saving searches btw, - has anyone else found one?

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« Reply #218 on: Tuesday 08 November 16 14:00 GMT (UK) »
There was a message earlier saying the site would be down at lunchtime for changes to be made to the certificate ordering system  ;D
CARDIFF:Lord,Griffiths,Barry,Cope,Mahoney ~ PEMBROKESHIRE:Griffiths,Rees,Owen,Thomas ~ ESSEX:Lord,Foreman,Hatch ~ SOMERSET:Lord,Cox,Hockey,Linham,Bryant ~ STAFFORDSHIRE:Cope,Elks,Hackney,Gallimore,Davenport ~ SUFFOLK:Lord,Lockwood,Hatch,Rix,Foreman ~ IRELAND:Barry,Meany,Cummins,Grogan ~
PONTYPRIDD:Leigh,Brooks,Adams,Davies,Thomas ~ KENT:Leigh ~ CHESHIRE:Adams,Tudor,Illidge ~ DENBIGHSHIRE:Edwards,Bolas ~BRECON:Leigh,Thomas,Davies ~SOMERSET:Adams,Keitch,Bridge ~ABERGAVENNY:Minton ~ MERTHYR:.....

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Re: GRO indexes on gro.gov.uk !
« Reply #219 on: Tuesday 08 November 16 14:05 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Deirdre784 on Tuesday 08 November 16 14:00 GMT (UK)
There was a message earlier saying the site would be down at lunchtime for changes to be made to the certificate ordering system  ;D

That'll be it then... Are there any obvious changes though? I'm loathe to order at the moment, - in case the price drops dramatically!

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« Reply #220 on: Tuesday 08 November 16 14:12 GMT (UK) »
I guess it is to do with the trial of uncertificated pdf copies for £6 which starts tomorrow.
CARDIFF:Lord,Griffiths,Barry,Cope,Mahoney ~ PEMBROKESHIRE:Griffiths,Rees,Owen,Thomas ~ ESSEX:Lord,Foreman,Hatch ~ SOMERSET:Lord,Cox,Hockey,Linham,Bryant ~ STAFFORDSHIRE:Cope,Elks,Hackney,Gallimore,Davenport ~ SUFFOLK:Lord,Lockwood,Hatch,Rix,Foreman ~ IRELAND:Barry,Meany,Cummins,Grogan ~
PONTYPRIDD:Leigh,Brooks,Adams,Davies,Thomas ~ KENT:Leigh ~ CHESHIRE:Adams,Tudor,Illidge ~ DENBIGHSHIRE:Edwards,Bolas ~BRECON:Leigh,Thomas,Davies ~SOMERSET:Adams,Keitch,Bridge ~ABERGAVENNY:Minton ~ MERTHYR:.....

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Re: GRO indexes on gro.gov.uk !
« Reply #221 on: Tuesday 08 November 16 14:14 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Deirdre784 on Tuesday 08 November 16 14:12 GMT (UK)
I guess it is to do with the trial of uncertificated pdf copies for £6 which starts tomorrow.

Thanks for the info Deirdre,
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« Reply #222 on: Tuesday 08 November 16 15:20 GMT (UK) »
 The new  additions  are  great ,  !   I can see myself  spending   a lot  of  time   adding  info  to my  trees !!    it also    put  paid  to my  suspicions that  an ancestor  of  my  husbands  was  not  a granddaughter   but  a daughter  !

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« Reply #223 on: Tuesday 08 November 16 16:30 GMT (UK) »

It would be very useful to know the Algorithm used to work out “Similar Sounding Variations”.  Then we would know which additional spellings we needed to use to cover all contingencies.

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« Reply #224 on: Tuesday 08 November 16 16:38 GMT (UK) »
"Similar Sounding Variations" uses a Soundex algorthm.
"Phonetically Similar Variations" uses a Metaphone algorithm.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundex
and: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphone
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