Ancestry today launched the 1891 Census of Canada, online for the first time. The 1891 Canadian census contains 4.5 million searchable names and 90,000 images of original census pages. Included is information from all 10 present-day Canadian provinces and its three territories. The 1891 census is fully indexed and searchable and can be accessed on […]

On Wednesday, July 30, at 8:30 pm ET, I will be hosting a public webinar for anyone who is interested in learning more about how to use the new search on Ancestry.com. Geared toward intermediate and advanced researchers, the webinar will focus on how to use the tools in Ancestry.com’s new search:

Record Previews
Image Snapshots
Refined Searches
Type-ahead […]

We’ve added and or updated the following Ancestry.com databases between July 6 and July 11:
United States

Michigan Passenger and Crew Lists, 1903-1965
Alabama Census Returns, 1820
Pioneers and Their Homes on Upper Kanawha (West Virginia)
Roane County, West Virginia Families
The Soldiery of West Virginia
West Virginia Estate Settlements
American Wills and Administrations
West Virginia Revolutionary Ancestors

Great Britain

The Book of Household Management - […]

We have recently been working with Symantec, the makers of Norton Internet security products, on an issue one of their programs causes with our Enhanced Image Viewer.  If you are able to load an original image, but then your browser freezes or locks up and you have Norton Internet security products installed, Norton assures us […]

Thanks for your feedback on the new search interface at Ancestry.com.  I assure you that we are reading through your feedback and thinking about how we can better meet your needs with the new search.  I thought that one person in particular, Jerry Bryan, had some very insightful comments—I love getting specific examples—it really helps us […]

Recently, the Ancestry Insider interviewed Kendall Hulet, Director of Product Management for Ancestry.com, and asked him questions about the new Ancestry.com search. Read the Ancestry Insider’s discussion with Kendall here.

This is a follow-up to our previous post about our new homepage. Thanks again to everyone for their feedback on the updated logged-in homepage. We really want to make sure that the homepage is something that can be a real help to all of you. Here are some of the improvements we have planned based […]

 
 Kendall Hulet, Director of Product Management for Ancestry.com, discusses the new Ancestry.com search in this week’s edition of DearMYRTLE’s Family History Hour genealogy podcast.
Kendall offers some tricks and tips for maximizing success in the new search and explains some of the reasons and development process behind the new search.
You can listen to the podcast on […]

Today we launched a brand-new home page for logged-in members on Ancestry.com.  This new page combines the best of the old home page with all of the personalized features and tools that were once a click farther away on the My Ancestry page. 
By combining the two pages into a single new home page, we’ve reduced […]

My last post about our new search received a number of comments from concerned readers about the new search experience.  I’d like to address some of them in this post.
Before I begin, I think that it is important to explain that most people really like the new search interface.  According to our research, over 75% […]