Using Family Search

[kiterunner]

Oh, I've found the IGI entry now, didn't think of looking in Scotland!

William Brown born 16 Jan 1800, christened 3 Feb 1800 Duns, Berwick, Scotland, parents Alexr Brown and Sarah Gray. (from the "community contributed IGI", i.e a submitted entry)

It doesn't come up if you search from the main FamilySearch search page but it does if you use the IGI search link that Merry posted (post #6). It is also on Scotland's People.

[kiterunner]

There is a William Brown on the 1851 census at Duns, age 50, born Duns, shoemaker, wife Jane 45, children Margaret 24, Robert 22, Agnes 11, Sarah 7, and Janet 1. Could be the William from the baptism or not. SP has 4 William Browns (plus variants) baptised at Duns between 1795 and 1805.

JBee I wonder if it was a member submitted entry that has now been removed. Julie

[kiterunner]

Julie, it is a member submitted entry but it has not been removed - it's just that you have to search the submitted entries for it to come up.

[kiterunner]

I'm not sure what the chances are of it being the right person if he was born at Duns, though, but it is the entry that JBee's contact found.

[Merry]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

It doesn't come up if you search from the main FamilySearch search page but it does if you use the IGI search link that Merry posted (post #6).

lol I knew I'd come in useful!!

[JBee]

Thank you so much for finding it - I've now printed it off for my records.

I don't think it's my William Brown but I can tell my contact it's still on familysearch.

Wish I could find his marriage but I've got 3 marriages supposedly in Berwick on Tweed which I can't find and wonder whether it's just missing records or they hopped over the border for irregular border marriage!! lol

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....lamberton.html

It took ages for me to find William's death - he died between 1851 and 1861 in Hartlepool and there so many to choose from but when I approached all the registrars in Hartlepool and surrounding areas no-one could find it. Then durhamonline had a burial in Hartlepool for a William Brown who died in Newcastle which fitted by age, he was a dock gateman in 1851 but a mariner when he died but living at dockgate cottage. So reckon it must be him.

[Kit]

Originally Posted by Margaret in Burton

Im finding this thread interesting as I too struggle with Family Search since they altered it.

I struggle too. I like the old system better.

Originally Posted by Merry

lol I knew I'd come in useful!!

You are often useful in this hobby of ours, as are many others on this site.

[Merry]

One bad thing about the old Family Search was not being able to search using the names of the parents only. It's easy to forget the bad bits!

The one that worked best for me was the pilot for the new style site!

What are the benefits of signing in?

[kiterunner]

Originally Posted by Merry

What are the benefits of signing in?

Assuming you aren't planning to upload your tree, the only benefit I know if is that sometimes it will only let you view images if you are logged in, but I don't think this applies to any of the UK images they have at the moment (except some where you have to be a member of the LDS Church.)