Family. Simmons
Hi my name is Joshua Harrison-Simmons. Now I want to find more about my family. I know my dad's mother was Kathleen Sheperd and was Irish. I think his dad was Arthur Simmons.
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Your first step should be to purchase a birth certificate for your father.
To order a certificate go to https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/menu.asp
Based on the information you supplied, this looks like the record of his birth
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That link is not working for me in using a public account.
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https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVQL-Y5WH
That is curious. The link in my original post does not work for me either.
I have reposted the link above and, unless my eyes deceive me, it is identical to my original post. The new one is working for me - at least at the moment!
If it continues to play up, here is a screenshot
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Yes, the screenshot (how did you manage to post that - perhaps still possible if you are a moderator / have administrator rights?) shows you have found the right record.
On the URL issue, no - still getting the, "Well this is unexpected…" message upon clicking on the link. I usually prefix my links with "See…" as I understand links often fail to work if placed on a line without any other text!
As you know, there are a number of issues with Community at present - hopefully the vendor will be able to sort out the problems asap.
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Interesting about the URL. The second one no longer works for me either.
Comparing the two
The two above https://www.familysearch.org/ark%3A/61903/1%3A1%3AQVQL-Y5WH
The correct one https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVQL-Y5WH
These are identical. The second one currently works for me but it is not exactly the web link I copied. I suspect that it will no longer work once I have posted this comment. [Edit Yes, it has now stopped working]
The difference is the character set %3A, which appears three times in place of a colon :. When I try to paste the version with the colons, the system automatically replaces the colon with %3A. I tried to edit the link but the same thing happened.
I will send this to a higher power.
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Any time a URL presents with %3A, it will not work. The Community software corrupts URLs changing colons to %3A.
So a workaround is to hide the URL/link like this. Click on the like this in my previous sentence, and you can view the record.
No, I'm not a higher power.
Testing a different method: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVQL-Y5WHThe 2nd one I managed to click the m dash option to avoid the corruption of the URL. That doesn't always work on a reply
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Thats him that's my dad!!
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@Graham Buckell thats my dad!
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@JoshuaHarrison-Simmons Mod note: Your post was edited to maintain the privacy of a living person. Please see the Community Code of Conduct.
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