I'm probably a mile behind everyone else, but it's taken me a coupe of years to notice this.....
If you put a full forename in the search box you will get results displayed including those transcribed with standard abbreviations, such as
type William, results include Wm and Wllm etc
type Thomas, results include Th and Thos etc
But if you put a full forename in the parent or spouse box you only get results for families where the parent or spouse are transcribed with the same spelling as they have been transcribed, as I discovered when I looked for Martha, fathers name Thomas and didn't get the result because Thomas was transcribed as Thos!
If you put a full forename in the search box you will get results displayed including those transcribed with standard abbreviations, such as
type William, results include Wm and Wllm etc
type Thomas, results include Th and Thos etc
But if you put a full forename in the parent or spouse box you only get results for families where the parent or spouse are transcribed with the same spelling as they have been transcribed, as I discovered when I looked for Martha, fathers name Thomas and didn't get the result because Thomas was transcribed as Thos!
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