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Why do I get surname only results for lives entirely outwith my search limits?

JimBrennan6
JimBrennan6 ✭
October 26, 2021 in Search

If I specify a known named person for whom I need information by forename and surname, place and beginning and end of a search period, why do I get answers by surname-only for dates and places unrelated by centuries and enormously large degrees of latitude from anything I have asked for? I've just been offered surnames for US Civil war recruits as candidates for a Jamaican parish minister of the 1780s.

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  • genthusiast
    genthusiast ✭✭✭✭✭
    October 26, 2021

    I think it might help if you post the URL (address containing the Search parameters) here - it will help to know what is being Searched.

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