Comments on: Scheduled Site Maintenance Tonight, Wednesday Nov. 18

By: Andy Hatchett

Andy Hatchett — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:29:08 +0000

Lynne Re:# 117

ok-Why the happy dance?
Inquiring minds want to know!
*grin*

By: Lynne

Lynne — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:06:17 +0000

YEAHHH!!!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!

By: Lynne

Lynne — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:47:23 +0000

Thank you Bee for your post, although I doubt seriously anyone cares.

What I want is simple: the ability to narrow my search terms from the beginning, bet my results in a simple table as before and the ability to further narrow down the search from a table of drop down boxes as before. No thumbnails, no hints and tips, no list of anyone else researching a particular name.

I do not want to search for a particular name in a particular place and then be hit with every occurence of that name in the US and then having to go through the laborious process of narrowing the results one factor at a time.

By: BEE

BEE — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:20:38 +0000

This is off-topic, but apparently the only place to comment at the moment.
I still make a valiant effort to use the “new” search, but I find no better results, and find it – as others have said, just too cluttered, and definitely NOT user friendly in my estimation.
I’m sure “the powers that be” would say because we have gotten so familiar and comfortable using the “old”, but for a “senior”, it’s just too much work!
Also, what is showing up for “hints” is bordering on the ridiculous! Census and other information that don’t relate to the person in question at all! So added work to add it to the “ignored” pile – and that’s not counting all the “connections” to be removed or ignored. Once in a while, there is a legitimate “connection”, so I continue to keep that feature.
For anyone who has helped me in the past with their advice, I thank you.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:46:14 +0000

I access ancestry hoping to access search results in the least amount of time instead of the ‘new and improved system.’ If not, I go elsewhere.

I would throw up my hands and give up, but my subscription does not renew until June or July 2010.

Seems to be an equivalent of the old bait and switch routine. When I FINALLY get my results narrowed down, the page has so much visual clutter I cannot focus on the info I need.

This is not what I paid for and it represents a complete waste of my hard earned money.

What gives?

By: Sandi Lee Craig

Sandi Lee Craig — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:26:35 +0000

What happened to the old EASY way to find all your publications and listings – I’ve spent about 30 mins without any results looking for the list. I DO NOT LIKE the new look of ancestry.com. So glad that I have most of my genealogy done from the site before your ‘new’ updates! I find it impossible to add comments to Family Trees – to correct obvious mistakes or to update and share additional information. Tweeking the site is NOT making it better for me!

By: Andy Hatchett

Andy Hatchett — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:35:05 +0000

Ron Re;#112

Most experienced researchers will tell you don’t link to other trees.

If you are absolutely sure those people belong in your tree then add them by hand. Linking to other trees *always* causes trouble down the line- usually by winding up with duplicate people in your tree.

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:34:35 +0000

During a search I found many of my relatives in the tree I created. How do I link to someone else’s tree?

By: Andy Hatchett

Andy Hatchett — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:20:21 +0000

Dan- just log in to:

http://www.ancestry.com

That is the US site, Yearly cost is $299 and change ( 70 cents I think)

By: Dan Oswald

Dan Oswald — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:26:07 +0000

I just subscribed to Worldwide Ancestry. I have no idea how much it cost me as the price was given in British Pounds (I guess). There is no option to have the price in US dollars?

Also, I go to the home page and everything is for UK. Where is the option for USA searches? I don’t go back to Europe for several generations and I’m not that far yet.(Do you suppose you could make it more US friendly?)

Also, I have no idea where to voice this complaint and hope that it gets to the right place somehow.

Dan and Leah Oswald

Also,