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Tracey
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Post by Tracey » Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:42 pm

Wilma I use all of the options - which is just as well !

I am actually enjoying searching using the Pilot record search with all the options it springs up - not much for me on it at the moment though.
Scotland - Donaldson / Moggach / Shaw / Geddes / Sim / Gray / Mackie / Richards / Joel / Coull / Mckimmie / Panton / McGregor
Ireland and Scotland - Casey / McDade / Phillips / McCandle / Dinely / Comaskey + various spellings

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Post by paddyscar » Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:50 pm

Well, that was a mind-bender, Tracey!

When I finally got on, I also found that if you entered James Donaldson and Isobel, you get 30 hits; add the year to that and you get only one!

Annette - Thanks for that brilliant observation! All this time I have been assuming that notation just meant that it was continued on, following the line break: I guess mainly because the numbering carries on throughout the entire display.

48. JAMES DONALDSON - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Male Marriage: 17 NOV 1781 Fordyce, Banff, Scotland
Matches: International Genealogical Index/British Isles - over 25
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Pedigree Resource File
49. JAMES DONALDSON - Pedigree Resource File
Gender: M Marriage: 8 Dec 1871 , BELLSHILL, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND

:oops: I never connected that statement with further display options ... so let me see how many records I have to search over again :lol:

Frances
John Kelly (b 22 Sep 1897) eldest child of John Kelly & Christina Lipsett Kelly of Glasgow

Tracey
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Post by Tracey » Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:56 pm

I never connected that statement with further display options ... so let me see how many records I have to search over again
Thanks Frances your making me feel much better :lol:
Scotland - Donaldson / Moggach / Shaw / Geddes / Sim / Gray / Mackie / Richards / Joel / Coull / Mckimmie / Panton / McGregor
Ireland and Scotland - Casey / McDade / Phillips / McCandle / Dinely / Comaskey + various spellings