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Why aren't only Exact matches being produced when using this search criteria?

Paul W
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January 27, 2022 edited January 27, 2022 in Search

Up till now, I have had no problems in reducing my results when I use the "Exact" options. A Mary J Alderson was born in the United States in 1868 but found in the England & Wales census in 1881, but not 1891. Assuming she married in the 1884-1891 period I have carried out a search for any "Mary J*" (no surname), born in America (or United States - results are the same) between 1866 & 1870. I am getting 249 results, the second of which matches my inputs - as do a handful of other results further down the list - but why am I getting all those results with a "Durham, England" birthplace, when I have specified a United States birth?

Whilst many users complain of getting results that do not match (since the introduction of the new interface), I have not had a similar experience until today.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=100&f.recordType=3&offset=200&q.birthLikeDate.from=1866&q.birthLikeDate.to=1870&q.birthLikePlace=america&q.birthLikePlace.exact=on&q.givenName=Mary%20J%2A&q.givenName.exact=on&q.residenceDate.from=1891&q.residenceDate.to=1891&q.residencePlace=durham%2A&q.residencePlace.exact=on&treeref=L2ZP-MG6&f.collectionId=1865747

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