Is there a known problem with Search Records > Last Name?

Tiffany Farnsworth Nash

There appears to be something wrong with the Last Name field.

I am searching for a1940 Census record for Agustus Tompkins in Sherman, Kansas, United States.

I get "0" results I enter the last name:
Last Name: Tompkins [not exact]
Residence Place: Sherman, Kansas, United States [exact]
Residence Year (Range): 1940 - 1940 [exact]

But, I find exactly who I am looking for when I enter the first name and do a wildcard on the last name:
First Name: Agustus [not exact]
Last Name: T* [not exact]
Last Name: TompkinsResidence Place: Sherman, Kansas, United States [exact]
Residence Year (Range): 1940 - 1940 [exact]

Paul W

There seem to be a bug which is affecting search results in general at the moment. I just tried (as a test) to search for a John Smith death in England, between 1900 and 1985, and am getting a "No Results Found" message!

See https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&q.deathLikeDate.from=1900&q.deathLikeDate.to=1985&q.deathLikePlace=England%2C%20United%20Kingdom&q.deathLikePlace.exact=on&q.givenName=john%20&q.givenName.exact=on&q.surname=smith&q.surname.exact=on

Tiffany Farnsworth Nash

@Paul W

Thank you for the response. That search seems very impossible! I will give it a day or 2 then.

Paul W

@Tiffany Farnsworth Nash

I think it might be worth trying again - my "test" search is certainly working okay now (18,852 results!)