Hot Keys in the New Search User Interface
You might find these useful as your searching in the new search interface:
If you press ‘n’, you will see a brand new search form pop up over your browser.
If you press ‘r’, you will see a search form pre-populated with the data you just searched on.
You can also walk through the previews on a search, by first pressing ‘p’ and then pressing ‘>’ to
move down the list and ‘<’ to move back up. (’j’ works for forward and ‘k’ works for backwards as well)
We may have some template changes to show you next week, that I’m guessing some of you will find quite interesting.
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Join Us in a Webinar on the World Archives Project, Our New Community Indexing Program
On Thursday, Oct. 23rd, at 8 pm EDT, Ancestry.com will be sponsoring a webinar on its new World Archives Project. Learn more about Ancestry.com’s new community indexing program that gives people around the world the opportunity to save historical records important to them. Register for the webinar here.
What are your questions?
Hi,
We’re planning a webinar on Family Tree Maker 2009, and we’d like to answer as many questions as possible. Please post the questions you have regarding the new version. Thanks!
Returning the Favor
I grew up in a family that never volunteered for anything that didn’t have a paycheck attached to it. I always attributed this to the fact that my parents were children of the Depression, and any time or money they had to spare was to be saved—just in case. Now that I have a family […]
Ancestry Trees Service Will Be Down Tonight
Starting at about 11:00 PM tonight (Mountain Daylight Time) our Tree Service will be down—we estimate this will last about 30 minutes.
We’re doing this to accommodate the tremendous growth we’re experiencing.
This tree service downtime will affect Member Trees, OneWorldTree, some portions of Ancestry Press, the sections of the Home Page that are related to Member […]
Tim Sullivan Talks About the World Archives Project with DearMYRTLE
Ancestry.com CEO Tim Sullivan explains the new Ancestry.com World Archives Project. In this podcast, Tim discusses how the project works and the many benefits available to individuals and societies that choose to get involved.
Listen to the podcast on DearMYRTLE’s website here. (The segment with Tim begins 37 minutes into the podcast.)
What I learned at FGS 2008….
I think the first thing that I learned was that I may be a bit of a history geek. I snuck away from the festivities for a couple of hours and visited the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. Standing in the same room where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were partially […]
Why So Many Names?
One of my favorite parts of my job is finding history—actual, real, personal stories—in old records, even when that history doesn’t directly relate to me or my family. So while editing an article on hidden identities for the November/December issue of Ancestry Magazine, I decided to see if I could find examples of hidden identities in the records at Ancestry.com.
In the article I […]
Let’s talk about Family Tree Maker
Hi everyone,
I’m Michelle Pfister, a Senior Product Manager working on Family Tree Maker. I’m looking forward to joining the conversation and hearing your suggestions for Family Tree Maker 2009. Thanks for your active participation!
First, let me give you an update. Some of our Family Tree Maker 2008 registrants have already received an email explaining how […]
Ancestry.com Announces the World Archives Project
Ancestry.com today launched the World Archives Project, a global public indexing initiative designed to give individuals everywhere the opportunity to help preserve historical records. The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) is the first organization to partner with Ancestry.com during this beta phase of this new venture, enlisting genealogists and family history enthusiasts to help test […]
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