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Re: Cavan county birth, marriage, death records
If you provide the batch number people can look and help - it's the code in the square brackets at the end of the title of the batch. eg Ireland, Cavan—Church Records, 1740–1913 [Part A] [M3Z5-RC2]
Alternatively you can open the batch and just copy and paste the URL of the batch into your question/comment eg https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/batch/a0be0317-42c2-4294-9c99-f44a408f0b33
Ontymay
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Re: Hello FamilySearch Community! Try out the new update to Record Search.
New search page does not work if you search for anything more than a very simple search, add Parents, place and date range it come back with "Something went wrong", same with other combinations of search, the whole change over so far is a failure, it is hindering my research and I would image many others.
Please give us the option of using the old, better search page, while you try and fix the mess you have made of the new search page.
The whole thing is very frustrating. you have made a big error of judgement in just changing the page overnight. Who ever has been testing this new search page should hang there head in shame, they have done a very poor job.
Cynsye Cynsye
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Re: Hello FamilySearch Community! Try out the new update to Record Search.
I volunteer several hours a day of valuable time on FS. Navigating through tedious misspellings etc.
The new search page is NOT an improvement. Please don’t fix what wasn’t broke.
The amount of information on my screen has been severely limited.
The font is difficult to interpret.
The new search is very limited. Only providing names in that specific community. As opposed to providing same named individuals in surrounding communities. I find this very frustrating.
if I want to attach a record on my iPad, the record doesn’t open up on a new tab This necessitates me having to input the information all over again just to get back to my original search page. This is so inefficient
Lastly, I beg you to provide an option for those of us who prefer the “old” search engine
Joyce Kovar
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Printing Temple Cards
I'm trying to print out initiatory cards to take to the temple. When I select one ordinance on the first page and go to the second page, the ordinance on the first page is gone. If I don't have more than one ordinance on a given page, I must print one at a time.
I hope they are working on an update to the temple ordinance option. With the temple reopening, it's important to be able to print from multiple pages if needed.
LarryAndrew1
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Re: YM/YW Indexing Challenge
There is not a way to know what any individual contributes. Ward and stake councils and the temple and family history leader of the ward have access to the indexing group report. The information in this report shows only a summary of the records indexed and number of people participating in indexing.
Competition versus Challenge
Be aware of the differences between indexing challenges and competitions. Some types of competitions tend to detract from the intrinsic rewards of indexing because they pit individuals and groups against one another instead of encouraging them to work together toward a common goal. Successful indexing challenges inspire participation, cooperation, and unity and allow everyone to celebrate together to form happy, motivating memories.
The above is an excerpt from this Blog article:
Dellory Matthews
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Re: YM/YW Indexing Challenge
Cheryl
I am just another 'lowly' User/Patron ...
[ And, I happen to be a Member of the Church ...
PLEASE; Please; please ...
DO NOT hold an "Indexing" Challenge/Competition in your Ward or Stake ...
"Indexing" is about QUALITY.
"Indexing" is NOT about "Quantity".
Indexers should be MORE concerned about the QUALITY of their "Indexing", rather than the "Quantity".
I am certain, that too MANY records, are INCORRECTLY "Indexed", by those Indexers, who participate in Challenges/Competitions.
Please TEACH the, Young Men; and, Young Women, of your Ward or Stake, of the NECESSITY, for QUALITY of their "Indexing", over "Quantity".
That is the MOST "Important" thing that you can do, not only for the, Young Men; and, Young Women, of your Ward or Stake; but, ALSO for ALL of us in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch' that rely on the "Indexed" Records in 'FamilySearch'.
I know that is NOT "Fun" ...
And, that we like to make doing Genealogy/Family History (including: "Indexing") "Fun" for the younger generations ...
But ...
That Said ...
QUALITY "Indexing" is so IMPORTANT.
I would rather, that NO ONE, does "Indexing", that, HAS to; or, do so, in the form of a Challenge/Competition.
Now ...
That Said ...
I am so to be a 'killjoy' ...
I just wish, people would try to UNDERSTAND, that "Indexing" should be about QUALITY, rather than "Quantity".
There should be NO talk, about the "Quantity", of Records, an Indexer, indexes.
There should ONLY talk, about the QUALITY, of the Work of an Indexer.
[ ie. HOW to IMPROVE the QUALITY of the Work of an Indexer ... ]
As an aside ...
FYI
The "Quantity", of Records, an Indexer, indexed, was "Deleted"/"Removed", for the various Reports, that were available, to the Leaders of the Wards/Branches/Stakes/Districts; BECAUSE, such was being used, by SOME Leaders of the Wards/Branches/Stakes/Districts to ... "Name" and "Same" ...
Can you image such?
I am sorry ... 'Off my Soap Box' ...
IF, any one, even mentions, the likes of "Indexing" Challenges/Competitions; THEN, that is concerning to me.
And, I am certain, that such is ALSO very concerning to, MANY; Many, many, other Users/Patrons, of "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch', who rely, on the QUALITY, of the Records, that are "Indexed", in 'FamilySearch'.
Just my thoughts.
Brett
Brett .
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Re: Hello FamilySearch Community! Try out the new update to Record Search.
I feel like you tried to fix what wasn't broken... and then broke it. I find the whole interface unpleasant. why put the search at the top? then the popup on the right? visually, its just not working for me. but in terms of mechanics... this is catastrophic failure. so if i want to search repeatedly in one database, i cannot. if i try to enter a new name to search the same database, it sends me general search results, so then i have to filter by collection, except theres no filter option for selecting just that database. so i have to repeatedly go back to the database page. so you've broken the search and added a pile more steps. this is absolutely unacceptable. i'm really sorry to be negative, but this "improvement" was anything but. it makes me just want to leave the site altogether. epic fail. :(
Allyssa Edwards
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Escalating Technical and Project Instruction Issues
Idea: Develop a system where the user can be assured that these types of issues go directly to the responsible departments.
IT Technical issues:
Currently there are several reports of problems with Apple I-pads being reported from various sources. In the past, IT engineers could actively communicate with users to resolve these issues pretty quickly. I know because as a Mac user when I reported problems there were times that IT emailed me directly. When they received the proper communications, were able to investigate via a video or conversation, and could replicate the errors it seems that issues were taken care of a lot more quickly.
With this new Community, repeated advice to "clear the cache, delete cookies, and spin the ipads around" just don't seem to be cutting it. If the engineers are working on this, then perhaps a pinned post from the IT department in the Indexing group would be helpful: Currently Known Problems With Web-Indexing.
Project Instruction Errors:
I have spent way too much time writing several lengthy posts explaining why the Project Instructions on the Australian Will Project Part B project are either incongruent or incorrect. Part A was not great, but, Part B is just wrong. Apparently changes were made, but, they still make no sense. Not only to me, but, to others working on this project. Perhaps a system could be developed to take out the "middleman" (moderators) and allow us an avenue to get these findings directly to "headquarters". It doesn't happen that often where there are glaring errors in the project instructions so having one person to report them to, or a separate community Q&A with ONLY one or two moderators, could make a huge difference without being overwhelming.
Melissa S Himes
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IT TECHS - Add Baptism to Christening line
IT TECHS - Add Baptism to Christening line. The Baptism records are going in to Other Records. Everyday I have to manually put the Baptism Date and Place in the Christening line. Takes too much time and is often overlooked by other researchers. I have been very patient with this, but now it needs to be corrected. It is an easy fix. Just add Baptism to the computer language.
Thank you for all that you do.
Cynthia Andrews
CSAndrews
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Printing from Reservations List
After completing 20 baptisms each last week, my husband and I came home and had to reprint all the cards for the people we baptized. Since they were reserved at different times, they all appeared on different pages of my reservation list. I was unable to select names from different pages to print simultaneously. Which took a lot more time and used more paper to get them all printed, rather than being able to print 3 on a page. A couple of years back, before our reservation list was divided into pages, we could put them into alphabetical order (no matter what the reservation date was) and select whatever names we wanted to reprint. Especially for those of us who are dealing with hundreds of ancestors on FamilySearch, it would be very helpful and time saving to have that feature back again, so that we could reprint from multiple pages at a time. Or in the alternative, take away the page divisions and make it so we can view our whole reservation list alphabetically. Thank you.
LaurieReeder
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