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by Mick Loney
31 Aug 2023, 18:08
Forum: General research queries
Topic: Samuel Allcock 1753
Replies: 17
Views: 2489

Re: Samuel Allcock 1753

Methinks you doth protest too much. I have had no problems with quality with screenshots compared with downloads.
I was merely pointing out that where downloads have been disabled, a screenshot is a viable alternative option, especially if one enlarges the image to full screen.
by Mick Loney
31 Aug 2023, 16:52
Forum: Genealogy chat
Topic: Useless FMP Transcriptions
Replies: 7
Views: 1435

Useless FMP Transcriptions

I was searching for a baptism for Robert Lyddal in wiltshire around 1650, and FMP listed about 10 results with no names listed.
On checking one, FMP presented me with the following:
Fmp Search Results.jpg
Fmp Search Results.jpg (184.27 KiB) Viewed 1435 times
To quote Adrian, as useful as a chocolate teapot!! Why do they bother? :cry:
by Mick Loney
31 Aug 2023, 16:48
Forum: General research queries
Topic: Samuel Allcock 1753
Replies: 17
Views: 2489

Re: Samuel Allcock 1753

jonwarrn wrote: 31 Aug 2023, 14:16 From there you can also download those images on FS that can otherwise only be viewed at home (with the download function disabled)
Ever thought of taking a screenshot when download disabled. Works every time :D
by Mick Loney
29 Aug 2023, 00:10
Forum: General research queries
Topic: Samuel Allcock 1753
Replies: 17
Views: 2489

Re: Samuel Allcock 1753

The film has 1415 images in total. Sticking the DGS number into their film viewer, the result is that the film is broken up into the different items https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/search-results?imageGroupNumbers=8068205 Hucknall Torkard has 79 images for overseers records But in them,...
by Mick Loney
28 Aug 2023, 18:38
Forum: General research queries
Topic: Samuel Allcock 1753
Replies: 17
Views: 2489

Re: Samuel Allcock 1753

I don’t know what you are looking at, but my Item 23 has 1415 images! The 79 images you are looking at are overseer records, not parish register!
by Mick Loney
27 Aug 2023, 11:35
Forum: General research queries
Topic: Samuel Allcock 1753
Replies: 17
Views: 2489

Re: Samuel Allcock 1753

You might try looking on FamilySearch. They have un-indexed images for HT available to browse. (Login, search\catalogue for HT, select on-line only, then select Church records.) The PR Transcripts for 1556-1860 are available to view. I had a quick look, and found lots of church warden accounts, and ...
by Mick Loney
17 Aug 2023, 10:49
Forum: Genealogy chat
Topic: Widworthy marriage entries
Replies: 0
Views: 2814

Widworthy marriage entries

We all complain when Baptisn entries just refer to father’s name, with no mention of mother’s name. The vicar of Widworthy, Devon in 1600’s took it a step further when it came to entering marriages, he show a typical marriage as ‘John Snell and his wife Christian were married on ….’! Talk about maki...
by Mick Loney
09 Aug 2023, 06:54
Forum: Genealogy chat
Topic: POW records
Replies: 8
Views: 1345

Re: POW records

You’ll find the same thing happens with FamilySearch films. If they ‘sell’ the rights to a film to the likes of FMP or Ancestry, then they block browsing access to registered users trying to access them What complicates / confuses is that Ancestry / whoever often then pays FS for the right to use i...
by Mick Loney
08 Aug 2023, 12:50
Forum: Genealogy chat
Topic: POW records
Replies: 8
Views: 1345

Re: POW records

You’ll find the same thing happens with FamilySearch films. If the ‘sell’ the rights to a film to the likes of FMP or Ancestry, then they block browsing access to regsitered users trying to access them
by Mick Loney
05 Aug 2023, 06:49
Forum: General research queries
Topic: Parents of Thomas Davison
Replies: 12
Views: 1956

Re: Parents of Thomas Davison

The same goes for Familysearch, after you log in, search the catalog for a Parish, select Church Records and you may be able to browse the actual Parish register images. Extremely useful if they haven’t yet indexed them. Because without an index being available, they won’t be searchable. By browsing...