I hate the new FMP

[Guest]

Somebody has found a lady on FMP in 1901 for me but I cannot find her the new system stinks, am getting depressed now what with Ancestry changes and now this I may be letting my memberships drop:(

[Caroline]

I've not been moved over yet, so can't judge. Have you seen the Help Guides that they are bringing out? Worth keeping an eye on our own Genealogy News section as this appeared there this morning:

http://www.familytreeforum.com/showthread.php/107109-Find-My-Past-Blog-Your-handy-guide-to-findmypast%E2%80%99s-new-search-%E2%80%93-Census-searching

and this one appeared on the 21st:

http://www.familytreeforum.com/showthread.php/107081-Find-My-Past-Blog-Your-handy-guide-to-findmypast%E2%80%99s-new-search

[PeteW1959]

How do you get to the 'new' FMP? I have had an account with them for years, just using PAYG occasionally.

I now have a subscription but it doesn't look any different to the way it always has.

[margaretmarch]

How do you get to the 'new' FMP? I have had an account with them for years, just using PAYG occasionally.

I now have a subscription but it doesn't look any different to the way it always has.

They sent me an email with a link to the new site and I had a quick peek but am still on the old one when I click on the link in my favourites.
Margaret

[PeteW1959]

Ah, that explains it. As I didn't have a subscription I just deleted most emails from FMP unless something happened to catch my eye.

Oh well, guess I will just have to wait until they make the new site compulsory.

[Guest]

oh so you can still the old site Margaret ? I clicked on my favourites and got the new site, thanks Caroline will have a look

[Anne in Carlisle]

I haven't been offered the new search yet. :(
Am hoping it will more easily accept place of birth as I find it a waste of time putting it in at the moment. Then you need to open all the results just to find if its the right one. Even with the new search Ancestry gives you that information to help choose which one to open.
Anne

[margaretmarch]

oh so you can still the old site Margaret ? I clicked on my favourites and got the new site, thanks Caroline will have a look

Well here's the new one http://new.findmypast.co.uk/articles...rd-collections and here's the old one http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/all-records

Margaret

[Guest]

thanks Margaret that worked

[Janet in Yorkshire]

I haven't been transferred yet - at present the new site won't accept my details as correct.

Jay

[PeteW1959]

Thanks for that link Margaret, and I hate to be contradictory but, WOW, the new search is MUCH better!

I have just spent most of today looking for someone with a common name and only a rough idea of DOB in the 1841 census, and I had 12 pages of results to wade through. Just done exactly the same search on the new one, and bingo; only 3 results and my man was the 2nd one!

I might just stay with FMP after all!

EDIT: just tried to open the result and it asks me to log in and I get taken to the old site :(

[Guest]

maybe I will get used to it eventually ,did you manage to find the record on the old search too Pete?

[JudithM]

Thanks for that link Margaret, and I hate to be contradictory but, WOW, the new search is MUCH better!

I have just spent most of today looking for someone with a common name and only a rough idea of DOB in the 1841 census, and I had 12 pages of results to wade through. Just done exactly the same search on the new one, and bingo; only 3 results and my man was the 2nd one!

I might just stay with FMP after all!

EDIT: just tried to open the result and it asks me to log in and I get taken to the old site :(

Pete, they are apparently moving us over in stages so until its your turn to be moved you won't be able to log in to the new site. Bad luck when you have found something useful but at least, unlike some other sites, if they are taking the change slowly things are a bit less likely to crash.

[PeteW1959]

Val, I gave up after 4 pages of clicking on every single result to see if it was my man; there were just too many results, which is why I gave up on Ancestry.

I have found with FMP if you are too precise in your search terms it doesn't find anything, and if you reduce the number of search terms you get way too many to be useful.

[kylejustin]

they transferred me over to the new one, but when i logged in, it was the same site. so either it didn't work, or there isn't much difference.

[Guest]

there is a lot of difference Kyle just hope I get used to it.

[susan h]

Were you sent an email Kyle, with hyperlink? If so you may need to use the hyperlink to see the new search, I did. I'm same as margaretmarch who said

They sent me an email with a link to the new site and I had a quick peek but am still on the old one when I click on the link in my favourites.
Margaret

[Guest]

changed my mind its wonderful just put a surname and year of birth 1890 and first hit was it

[kylejustin]

yes i clicked it through with the email link. it asked me to sign in. i took a look around, but didn't search for anything at the time. will look into it.

[Janet in Yorkshire]

The stupid site won't let me in at all - tells me my e-mail or password is wrong.
I've had my invite, couldn't log in, so logged out of the "old" site and now neither will accept my details.:(

I'm absolutely fed up with them. No response to my e-mail of earlier this morning and nothing will get done over the weekend. I am soooooooo frustrated by it all.

Jay