Is Full-text Search available for any publicly-accessible DGS?

WillCastillo

Hello,

I'm afraid the answer is no but would like to double check for my own sanity.

I have tried to search for phrases that are definitively included in a certain DGS (a publicly available DGS, not one of those that have license restrictions and have to be checked from a FS center or library) and it returns zero matches.

For instance…

This DGS: 4995725
Can be accessed through this catalog: https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/film/004995725?cat=757106&i=0
And there's a lot of records for the surname SILVA

However, if I try the full-text search on that DGS no records are returned:

https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/full-text/results?count=20&q.fullName=Silva&q.groupName=4995725

What am I missing? or… what am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

Will

Áine Ní Donnghaile

@WillCastillo

There is a dedicated group for full-text search questions, but the short answer is no, not all DGS are accessible through full-text search.

https://community.familysearch.org/en/group/336-full-text-search-feedback

WillCastillo

https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/586973#Comment_586973

Thanks Aine! Good to know!

Mark McKenzie_1

@WillCastillo The Full Text Search crew has made some significant progress in processing digital images in the FamilySearch catalog. Around the July time-frame last summer they had slightly over 100 million images processed. Mostly focusing on deed and probate records from the United States and Mexico.

Last I looked, they are over 800 million and they have branched out into other record types in their collection [genealogies, newspapers, city directories…] and expanded to numerous other countries as well.

Keep checking as there are updates all the time..