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Search on parents #1491

Open suffolkroots opened 1 year ago

suffolkroots commented 1 year ago

Other search sites (including FreeBMD for births) have an option to enter only the parent/s name when searching baptisms, thus facilitating a search for siblings. Please would it be possible for this to be added to FreeREG search options? The "Family members" option in FreeREG produces very broad results. Quote from a contact yesterday--- "Familysearch.org has been able to include this in their search since Adam was a boy!!"

The facility to search on Family members is not as user-friendly as the ability to include one or both parents specifically in the search. eg Ancestry, FMP and FreeBMD

suffolkroots commented 1 year ago

Perhaps the insructions for the use of the Family members facility could be made clearer and more obvious on the search page? Latest quote from contact--- "That has to be the most backhanded Irish way of doing things!! I have been in touch with several genealogists since i received your email and no one was aware of this facility,maybe an instruction could be added to the search page. Thanks"

AlOneill commented 1 year ago

FYI, as a person who thinks literally by default, I find over exaggerated phrases such as "since Adam was a boy" very irritating. As a person of Irish descent, "the most backhanded Irish way of doing things" is insulting in equal measure. I'm sure the original developers did what they did for a good reason. Maybe if researchers read the 'Help' page, they would be enlightened.

suffolkroots commented 1 year ago

These were quotes from a contact, I do try to deal with them as diplomatically as possible, but cannot be held responsible for the content of their communications.

AlOneill commented 1 year ago

I do not hold you responsible at all. ('FYI' was a poor choice — apologies). I just wish people would think before churning out a message. One would hope that they would first consider the possible impact of their words a little more carefully, especially when they are asking a favour, in effect.

suffolkroots commented 1 year ago

This has been a vexed issue since at least 2014. It is the search options which are in question, not the quality of the help.

DeniseColbert commented 1 year ago

Pending making the Search options more noticeable, we could do with adding instructions on using the (advanced?) search options to get the most out of them.