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When I try to do a web search to FamilySearch.org I am now getting a 404 error, since the web site has changed.

Is there any place I can change the URL to point correctly? Or will it be changed in a new release?

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You can edit the url (using Notepad or another text editor) in the webother.txt file in your user program data folder. For the location of that folder, see Help / Access Folders on the top menu in TMG. In Access Folders, rightclick on the location to copy the folder path to the clipboard for pasting into Windows Explorer.

 

Virginia

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Thank you for the reply, but I don't think that this is enough.

I have already changed that address using the menu option in TMG.

But that seems to refer to the list of other web sites, not the built-in web search.

The familysearch web site seems to do a redirect from http://www.familysearch.org to the new

https:// address and the Web Search string then becomes:

 

https://familysearch.org/Search/ancestorsearchresults.asp?last_name=...

 

But this does not work:

 

Oops

We can't seem to find this page

Search/ancestorsearchresults.asp

 

I suppose the search string should be something like

 

https://familysearch.org/search/records...

 

Best rgds

Michael

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TMG8 does not have integrated support for the new FamilySearch like RootsMagic and Legacy if that is what you are looking for.

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Thank you. That was the original question I tried to ask:

 

Is there any place I can change the URL to point correctly? Or will it be changed in a new release?

 

Best rgds,

Michael

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