The dreaded change of Ancestry

[msr]

No KGarrad, we hear Americans say London - England; Paris - France; Rome - Italy etc.  Not followed by UK or Continent of Europe.  England is the country!   

[KGarrad]

That's strange, because the Government is HM Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland!

Just like it says on a passport?!

I have also heard Americans say Cardiff, England!!

[msr]

Well there you are then.  Just another load of rubbish 

[Blue70]

Is there any way to change or remove the map? I've edited out such references to a ship called SS Manchester being referred to as being in Manchester, Ontario but can't change the map. I had Dublin Street Liverpool meaning the person lived in Dublin with accompanying map and a resident of India Street they rightly didn't say they lived in India but still managed to provide a map of India!


Blue

[KGarrad]

If you have entered "SS Manchester" in a location box, then any software will get confused with that!

As for the other address, have you entered "Dublin Street, Liverpool, England" or "Dublin Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England"?

Personally, I don't enter street names in the location boxes, but put that kind of detail in the Description box.

Also I have never used the map? Where is it?
I just use the Facts tab.

[Blue70]

The map is on Lifestory. I don't mind using Lifestory I can edit mistakes thrown up by the software but the map doesn't appear to have an edit facility.


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[Doddie]

While I don't have a general l problem with the change/update of Ancestry in principal I have to say that I have less confidence in the new format. Until a couple of days ago I had no problem using it. Then - there's always a then - I discovered a glitch. I was investigating the First World War records of a particular individual. When I searched under the general Military section nothing relevant came up. I was puzzled because I knew for certain some records did exist, if not the actual service record. Lo and behold, when I separately checked the individual under the, 'WW1 Service Medal and Award Rolls' and 'British Army WW1 Medal Index Cards' sections up popped the relevant records. Why then, when I did a general military check were these relevant records not flagged up. If I had been doing a purely speculative check under the general military section (without knowing for sure if any records existed) I would have presumed there was nothing relevant to view and so would not have checked any further. I'm a bit concerned to say the least, or am I doing something wrong?

Regards

Doddie

[Blue70]

I've managed to change the maps by adjusting the addresses they are automatically responsive to county and country data.


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[smudwhisk]

Doddie, bad the same problem with the Silver War Badge records. I was trying to find a copy of my grandfather's which I had found before but this time it didn't appear in the general search results, only when searching the specific data set.

That said, that happened when using the old ancestry a few weeks before the cutover.