Currently the State and Country Pages in old search (the pages you get to when you click on the maps on the search home page) are not listing data collections as they usually do. We are aware of the problem and are working on fixing it quickly.
Both old and new search are working correctly, [...]

After listening, researching and testing with members, we decided to make the hot key experience in new search the default method for refining searches.
(Note: I got my dates wrong, it’s Tuesday, November 10th…so just a little more waiting.)
This change will happen on Monday, November 9th, sometime during the day.
The information you enter into your original [...]

More data collections launched with the enhanced image page
We launched more data collections in the new enhanced image viewer yesterday. Here is the list of data collections that are currently available in the new format:

1871 Census of Canada
1870 United States Federal Census
1871 Wales Census
1871 England Census
1871 Isle of Man Census
1871 Channel Islands Census
1860 [...]

New vs Old Search
I know this isn’t really about the enhanced image page, but some of you have ended up in in the New Search interface and would like to go back to old. If at the top of the Ancestry.com search homepage you see this:

If you haven’t seen the enhanced image page yet, you can take a look at this image from the US 1860 census. And to get you started with the basics, here are a few tips.
Viewing just the image
If you want to view just the image, click on the link. Until you click the [...]

Tomorrow, July 29th, we are launching two enhancements. The first is enhanced editing of index data, and the second is an enhanced version of the image page.
Enhanced editing
One of the most frequent requests from our members is to have the ability to add alternates to more than just given names and surnames. The [...]

We have been working on a few enhancements for the image page to make it easier for you to read what is on the page, and then to add your own knowledge about your ancestors to our indexes.
Here’s a preview (click the image to see a larger version):

First, we’ve added some tools to help you [...]

Note: For those of you who love the old search, it is still there. You can get to it by clicking “Old Search” in the tan bar on top of the search pages or here: Old Search. Old Search has always been there. The lifespan filter was applied to both and [...]

There is a long list of things we want to improve in search (and in new search in particular) – and we’ve started with what you’ve told us is the most important – getting relevant results; and relevance is our top priority this year in search.
And date relevance seems to be the most requested change. [...]

As some of you have noticed, some of our data sets are not returning results when they are searched.
We are currently working on it and I will post updates as I get them.
We apologize for the inconvenience.