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FamilySearch are indexing the National Probate Calendar
At last! A searchable index is being created which includes the names of executors and administrators, not just the name of the deceased person. I have been wanting someone to do this for a long time. Of course, it may be quite a while yet before the index is made available, but it's good to know it's on its way. I'm having a go at doing some of the indexing at the moment.
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That's excellent. I'll go and do some indexing too; I generally do quite a bit for FS, but I haven't done any for a couple of months due to other commitments.
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What a shame - the program isn't showing any UK projects at all at the moment.
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Have you got it set to "Arbitrator" instead of "Indexer", Mary? I can only see the UK projects if I choose "Indexer" at the moment; presumably there are no UK batches waiting to be arbitrated right now.
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No, I've never done any arbitrating, and it doesn't seem to give me the option to choose between the two.
I do some Italian projects, and I can download them for indexing with no problem. It's also showing US projects. |
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That is great news. More and more probate information is gradually being made available online. It is heartening to find many more probate transcriptions and details coming online.
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Mary, when you click "Download Batch", you get a list of projects to choose from and there are boxes to tick for "Show all projects" or "Show preferred projects". Have you got it set to show preferred projects only? It could be that your preferences don't include UK projects?
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No, it's set to show all projects, and my preferences are set to English-language projects anyway.
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It's really strange, because it used to show UK projects. Now I come to think of it, it's been ages since it's shown any UK projects; I thought it was odd that there weren't any. I'll perhaps try e-mailing Support to see what they say.
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Just had a reply from FS Support, which I'm really cross about.
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I've replied, suggesting that they reconsider this silly new rule (which they must have introduced quite recently, because I could access UK and Aus projects until 2/3 months ago). It seems a pity that they're liable to lose a lot of experienced expat indexers like me. |
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