Until recently FindMyPast UK used the Person Search interface, whereas all other FindMyPast sites for USA, Ireland & Australia used the World Search style.
FindMyPast UK along with the other sites now use a revised World Search style, explained via their News tab:
How to search findmypast UK (shows blank page in Firefox, but OK in IE).
Your handy guide to findmypast’s new search USA
Your handy guide to findmypast’s new search Ireland
Your handy guide to findmypast’s new search Australia
However, I have some extra tips:
- For all sites Search records > Search all records offers Who and When and Where options, and all but UK has a Where drop-down list of countries and a page of guidance notes. This only appears for UK after clicking the large right-hand Search button, otherwise it appears to be limited to UK records.
There is an extensive set of search filters on the left to narrow your search, and these change according to the Category and Collection chosen, but sometimes key filters such as Gender are missing.
- For most sites Search records > List all records provides a list of record sets organised by country, which leads to the same search mode as above.
- For all sites Search records has Categories such as Census, land & surveys or BMD Life Events and these offer similar Who and When and Where options as above, but with a much reduced set of search filters.
However, they all have an A-Z of record sets button top right that offers an alternative mode as described below.
- For the UK site Search records > A-Z of record sets has a different method of selecting the same record sets, but then presents a very different search form with different but quite extensive filters than above.
