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By: Topics about Ancestrys » Archive » Ancestry.com Blog - » Public Member Profiles

Tue, 05 May 2009 22:03:15 +0000

[...] David Graham created an interesting post today on Ancestry.com Blog – Â» Public Member ProfilesHere’s a short outlineYour profile is a place that you can let others on Ancestry know about you. It’s designed to showcase your family history interests and experience so that you can connect with others who may be doing similar research as you, … [...]

By: Topics about Rootsweb » Archive » Ancestry.com Blog - » Public Member Profiles

Mon, 04 May 2009 12:48:29 +0000

[...] David Graham placed an interesting blog post on Ancestry.com Blog – Â» Public Member ProfilesHere’s a brief overviewSo what is the future of message boards? Is that option for contact going to eventually change to subscribers only and then option to post to subscribers only? I hope not. What will happen to Rootsweb message boards since it is the same … [...]

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:53:01 +0000

When will we be able to update “Research Interests” on our profiles? I’ve been waiting for this fix for over a year.

By: monika schaefer

monika schaefer — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:48:32 +0000

I may be in the wrong section, but I could not find another appropriate one: I have many living individuals on my tree. So, I wanted to see how that shows up when you send it to people whom you do not want to give the names of the living individuals. I, threfore, sent the tree to a friend, requesting that the “living” not be shown. Then I went to this friend’s computer, and discovered the following: My husband and my brother-in-law showed as “dead” since there full name was listed. And all the other living individuals only had their first name not showing, but the other data (e.g., place of birth–which, in some cases, is still the place where they are living today) does show. It does not take a genious to go to the telephone book and find such an individual if you want to find that living person. Would it not be better if the profile would simply say “living” without first or last name (the latter of which could have changed in a marriage). Also, is everyone aware that–even if you have a private tree that you do not want to show on the index page: if you put something in the “Story” section, it is plastered all over the internet. When I did my research, I thought I had come across new information, only to find that “Stories” I had put on my “private” “do not show in index” tree, are plastered all over the internet and can be “googled” by anyone!

By: Margaret Booth

Margaret Booth — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:53:38 +0000

I too have been trying to use the connection service but nothing is getting through. I have received numerous responses from the help desk saying there is nothing wrong. They also asked me to telephone and speak to a technical advisor which I did. They told me they would look into it and they would get back to me. This was before Christmas and I have heard nothing. I have tried again but it has not work. Is anybody else experiencing the same problem?

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:29:55 +0000

Why doesn’t the contact private member service work. It will not send the message. It will not send the message.

Please help

By: chita

chita — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:54:18 +0000

i just want to thank this service,i found my moms niece[actually my cousin] tru the message board.my mom[85]hadn’t seen her niece since she was 4,they lost contact when my mos cousin died & then the lil one was put in an orphanage,she now is 75,her grand-daug. & i met tru the board.our grandmoms were sisters from chihuahua,mex. i can’t thank you enough.

By: Mildred Meadows

Mildred Meadows — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:18:54 +0000

This makes me very happy as I am new to genealogy and very ignorant of some of the methods used. Thank you. Mildred Meadows

By: Cathy Wilks

Cathy Wilks — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:14:28 +0000

I don’t think this is exactly where I should post this, but I’m too exhausted to figure out where. I have contacted Ancestry through the Help section but never have received an answer, so maybe someone out there will have pitty on me. When I update my online file, it shows that it was updated but the number of people remain the same and the new people I have added do not show up. What am I doing wrong? I delete my old gedcom file on my computer and resave a new one, then I click update on Ancestry. Any Suggestions of help? Thanks from someone who is techno-disadvantaged. DeringtonFamily@aol.com

By: James&Ruth

James&Ruth — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:18:02 +0000

hello we are not members of the ancestry.com while going through some old soaking papers in my parents home we came across an obit for Ambrose E Kenny WW1 Vet barracks 884 wife named Margaret sister named mary kipple we did a free search and found what maybe his family on there can you please let them know they can email us for a copy of the obit image.