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FMP oddity

Discussion in 'Findmypast' started by webwiz, Sep 1, 2022.

  1. webwiz

    webwiz LostCousins Star

    In 1939 Frank Case b22/1/1866 was married to Matilda J b4/12/1872 . Try a search for Matilda. I found nothing see screenshot. Now search for Frank and there with him is Matilda. What's going on?
     

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  2. PhilGee

    PhilGee LostCousins Member

    Both FMP and Ancestry find the correct entry for me, with/without full D0B.
     
  3. Helen7

    Helen7 LostCousins Superstar

    Same for me. Must have been a temporary glitch?
     
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  4. Pauline

    Pauline LostCousins Megastar

    There has been the odd occasion where I've done a search at FMP and got no results, so I've then done a broader search only to find the person shows up within the original parameters. Repeating the initial search then works. It doesn't happen often enough to report it and I can never replicate the problem to do so anyway.
     
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  5. webwiz

    webwiz LostCousins Star

    Makes one doubt one's sanity. I am glad I took a screen shot or I would have supposed I was going gaga.
     
  6. peter

    peter Administrator Staff Member

    Were you using the app? That might make a difference.
     
  7. webwiz

    webwiz LostCousins Star

    On my desktop using Chrome under Windows 11. Although I only took one screen shot I tried various combinations, with & without middle initial and/or dob and always got "No results" until I searched for Frank.
     
  8. peter

    peter Administrator Staff Member

    I asked because I couldn't find that particular search page to reproduce your search exactly. How do you get to it?
     
  9. webwiz

    webwiz LostCousins Star

  10. webwiz

    webwiz LostCousins Star

    And of course, normally, when you get "No results" you have no reason to take a screenshot to provide evidence and, in my case anyway I would assume I must have made a typo.
     
  11. Pauline

    Pauline LostCousins Megastar

    Yes, I agree - you can never be absolutely sure you didn't enter something incorrectly, but when it does happen I'm often pretty sure I did enter everything correctly.
     
  12. peter

    peter Administrator Staff Member

    For me that doesn't display the search form shown in your screenshot, it shows the advanced search form.

    If I then carry out a search the simplified search form is displayed alongside the results, however the wording above the form reads Clear all, not Family tree
     
  13. webwiz

    webwiz LostCousins Star

    Aha! So I was somehow searching my own tree and not the register!? No idea how that happened. I think I do have a (very old) tree on FMP but I have not updated it and certainly not deliberately searched it, for years.

    I would not have found her under her married name.

    Edit: Ignore this - see next post
     
    Last edited: Sep 3, 2022
  14. Stuart

    Stuart LostCousins Member

    I can get exactly that picture by scrolling the display up to remove the advertising graphic and the bit below with "Your search" and "Clear all" in it, and then taking a snapshot.
     
  15. webwiz

    webwiz LostCousins Star

    That's how I would have taken the screenshot. So the mystery is not solved after all. I have mixed feelings about that.
     

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