Has the search facility for Records changed?
I have been researching family members in Antigua and Barbuda for a number of years and I have had great success in finding and downloading the relevant BMD register images for those relatives from the "Records" section. I have not used Family Search for some months but having started searching again I am finding my searches are mainly fruitless.
I have gone back to previous searches for people I have previously downloaded images for, and still have saved, and can no longer find any entries. Having checked many of these known records I decided to look in the "Images" section "records that haven't been made searchable through indexing yet" and I am finding the correct images.
Something must have changed? Have indexes been deleted?
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Those are some that are included in the area of "Records" I am searching. I have attached one of the records - Thomas Gomer/z Roberts f=Montague Roberts m=Mary Phoebe Ann Jenkins - that was easy to find previously. Try searching for it now.
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Not found by searching by name @DavidCowperthwaite, but I did locate it by browsing in Images.
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Exactly! Previously it could be found by searching. So something has changed.
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@SerraNola Could you add this one to your list to check, please? It would be good to know if the loss of a searchable index is by design/contract or if this one is an oops.
Thanks.
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It looks very similar to recent restrictions on other collections to remove records of the living. No birth records are searchable. The DGS have been split so older birth records may be coming back. I will see if I can confirm this.
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Thanks @SerraNola
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Is there an update on this please? I am still having problems finding records.
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@shecorwe please, since SerraNola is sadly no longer part of the Community
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@DavidCowperthwaite @Áine.ní.Donnghaile I will take a look tomorrow and get back to you
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@DavidCowperthwaite I'm sorry that your issue has taken so long to be addressed. I was unable to determine the problem with Search and your ancestor Thomas Gomer Roberts. I tried it several ways and even though we have record collections that list him, nothing came up.
I am going to submit a Records Issues Form for you so we can have the problem researched. I will post a message when the form is submitted and all correspondence will be here in this thread. If you want us to contact you privately via email, send me a private message and I will attach your email to the request.
In the meantime, I suggest using the links found on the Wiki page for Antigua and Barbuda
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda_Online_Genealogy_RecordsI was unable to find the PID number for Thomas and Mary Phoebe Ann. That would also be helpful. I would like to see which sources are currently attached to them.
Antigua and Barbuda National Archives has available records, you can find links on the Wiki page.
Thank you for your patience, for helping improve FamilySearch records, and for being a valued member of the FamilySearch Community. We will provide an update when further information or a resolution becomes available.
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