Search Eyre History

Due to recent requests for me to check to see if I have info on a given individual and the way the site is structured (individuals often located in a branch of the site based upon where they were born, which may present problems for those unaware of their origins) I've now added a search feature for the Eyre History website.

The feature is limited to the pages that Google has indexed (currently 1870 pages) but should hopefully go someway to help find individuals where the exact branch is not known.

As a tip I would try entering the forename of the individual along with a non Eyre surname of a close relative such as a spouse or mothers maiden name and or a location such as a town or village. This should, all being well return a small enough number of pages to browse through.

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Work Still to do (INPO)

  • Update obsolete links (many older pages still have links to his original site).
  • Create parser for GEDCOMs to create a more consistant site layout/style.
  • Improve accessibility (create more compliant pages both hand-coded and GEDCOM).
  • Create style sheet specifically for printers (display none for unnecessary content such as navigation) to reduce wastage of paper and ink.
  • Continue upgrading main entry level pages.
  • Split large GEDCOMs up and re-create missing GEDCOMs with additional info gained from transcripts, census's, books etc.
  • Upgrade the distribution section by including more maps.
  • Include Google maps of researcher distribution to contributors page
  • Include Google maps of Grave Search coverage
  • Improve (increase options) transcription parsing scripts.
  • Finish alternate CSS options.(estimate of 10)
  • Create site search feature.
  • Convert Grave Search feature to PHP and compare speed with Perl version.