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Offline Ringrose

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Ive gone back to the old version of Ancestry
« on: Saturday 10 September 11 20:52 BST (UK) »
Getting more and more frustrated with the new version on Ancestry and having to plough throiugh pages and pages to hopefully find anything it had been suggested to me to use the old site. TRhius I have been doing getting results that I could not find before in half the time. So if you arent finding what you want on the new site go back to the old site. You will see this option at tghe top right when you click on search on the home page.
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Re: Ive gone back to the old version of Ancestry
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 10 September 11 22:11 BST (UK) »
use old version all the time

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Thornhill, Cresswell, Sisson, Harriman, Cripps, Eyre, Walter, Marson, Battison, Holmes, Bailey, Hardman, Fairhurst Noon-mainly in Derbys/Notts-but also Northampton, Oxford, Leics, Lancs-England
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Re: Ive gone back to the old version of Ancestry
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 10 September 11 23:13 BST (UK) »
Me to,I find it much better than the new
this information is Crown Copyright. from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk   London Hall, Thurston Stanley, Phillips, Ayrton, White, Morrish, Smith.    West Ham/Barking Saint,Briggs,   Essex  Barker,   Hampshire  Kill, Kent Spong,   U.S.A Earp, Scotland/Cumbria Templeton, Devon Morrish, Chudley

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Re: Ive gone back to the old version of Ancestry
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 10 September 11 23:30 BST (UK) »
I was at the family history fair in Newcastle today and actually managed to get close to the Ancestry stand - it's usually surrounded by people wanting look-ups. 

I mentioned that I prefered the old search to the new one and complained about pages and pages of data that did not comply in any way with what I had put in the search boxes.  Nice young lady told me that most people say the same and that word is being passed to the 'geeky guys' who write these (so called) improvements

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Re: Ive gone back to the old version of Ancestry
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 10 September 11 23:32 BST (UK) »
I've always used the old version too.I carry the idea that if it isn't broke don't fix it!

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Re: Ive gone back to the old version of Ancestry
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 10 September 11 23:54 BST (UK) »
Thank goodness for you lot!  I too was getting frustrated going through reams of stuff that I don't need.  I have done as you suggested and got back into the old site.

Some of the names that I put in come up with something completely different; until I get to the end of the list and there they were!  What is going on?  ???

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Re: Ive gone back to the old version of Ancestry
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 11 September 11 00:44 BST (UK) »
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I carry the idea that if it isn't broke don't fix it!

Exactly William
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Re: Ive gone back to the old version of Ancestry
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 11 September 11 16:34 BST (UK) »
I feel many changes are badly thought through, and many others come under the category of change for change sake.
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Re: Ive gone back to the old version of Ancestry
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 11 September 11 16:40 BST (UK) »
Quote from: patrish on Sunday 11 September 11 00:44 BST (UK)
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I carry the idea that if it isn't broke don't fix it!

Exactly William

Weren't people thinking like this called Luddites?!?! ;D ;D ;D

Personally I prefer to use FindMyPast and FreeBMD, and just occasionally use Ancestry search.

That's my "If it's broke, use something else" approach! ;D
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