From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Jul 29 09:58:33 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6TFwXjb012408; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:58:33 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6TFwVMF009581 for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:58:31 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6TDJqFI007271 for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:19:52 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6TDJqdg007270 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:19:52 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k6TDG5FI007194 for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:16:05 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6TFsWVB011085 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:54:32 -0600 X-Envelope-From: Kith-n-Kin@cox.net Sat Jul 29 09:54:32 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6TFsWjb011076 for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:54:32 -0600 Received: from fed1rmmtao05.cox.net (fed1rmmtao05.cox.net [68.230.241.34]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6TFsSou007508 for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:54:29 -0600 Received: from TOWER ([68.0.155.47]) by fed1rmmtao05.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060729155423.RSQD12909.fed1rmmtao05.cox.net@TOWER> for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:54:23 -0400 From: "Kith-n-Kin" To: Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] Ancestry.com Question Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 08:54:12 -0700 Message-ID: <009d01c6b327$3d7ebb90$6601a8c0@TOWER> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 In-Reply-To: X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Importance: Normal X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by admin.rootsweb.com id k6TFsWjb011076 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com I wonder if we are all seeing the same thing. My first page (Home) has: Tabs: Historical Records; Family Trees; Stories and Publications; Photos and Maps Under that is a check box for "Exact Matches Only" Below that, with the search boxes, the one on the right has "Spelling: Exact or Soundex" Below that is "Lived in (dropdown for country)" and then the dropdown for the (if US) state. Then, Year range Except for the tabs, this screen is almost identical to the "old" screen. I didn't see the old "Click on map" -- but finally found it. On the tabs across the top of the screen, select "Search". The maps are at the bottom of the page. As to the "soundex/exact" issue, it is still there, at least on my Home. I'm not sure what the issue is on the number of people coming up on an initial search. As I recall, last week, month, year. . .when I would put in "Henry Kleimnerschmidt", "Pennsylvania", "1800-1900", I would get every "Henry Kleimnerschmidt" that showed up in any record with Pennsylvania (born, lived, died, etc) that they had. I did find, then, the dating to be pretty loose. I would have to go the individual database, and tweak the search. What people are describing now, sounds the same. As to Ancestry World Tree (AWT) it doesn't seem to have a link to the "Home" page, but if you click on the tab at the top that says "Family Trees" you will see a link on the right column under "Family Tree Resources" that says "Search Ancestry World Tree." I suggest that we all "play" with the site for a few days, then, if someone really can't find something s/he misses, ask us, or ask Ancestry, for the information. Pat (in Tucson)