Can we Please search by month
I am currently searching Records in England. The 1939 register give the birthdate of the person being recorded. I have girls born to a family in 1911 but I don't know their married name. Can you imagine looking through the 1939 register for a Mary Elizabeth born 1905 when the only search option is the year? If you would allow us to search the month and day, I could easily narrow it down to the Mary Elizabeth I am looking for. Why do we index the day and month if we can't use them to search our ancestors?
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Are you searching on FindMyPast? The "Advanced Options" button gives you access to search by birthdate.
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I agree. It would be very useful to limit a search within a year, especially when you have fragmented or limited information on a person.
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Why do I have to go to Find My Past to get better search options?
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The records from the 1939 Register are shared by FindMyPast. They had a 3-year exclusive on the database before it was available anywhere else. Their search options will almost always be better. And, unless, I'm missing something, the 1939 Register is not searchable on FamilySearch.
The database landing page does not even show search options on FamilySearch:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2836130
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