If you are logged in under the username for your paid subscription, you will first need to log out. Then you should be able to go to the sign in screen and instead of entering an existing username and password, set up a new one. But I personally would caution you against doing that. I tried that at first, but found it really didn't work for me because I couldn't do any admin work on the boards at the same time I was logged in with my paid subscription. I could either use one or the other, but not both at the same time. And it became a royal PITA to keep logging out and switching username/password to either search [paid subscription username] or admin [admin username]. So I ultimately abandoned the separate username and went back to using my paid subscription username for all admin duties -- that way I didn't have to deal with the constant need to log out and log back in with a different username depending on what I wanted to do. And now I essentially have orphan posts that were posted with that old admin username that I no longer use; I really wish there was a way to change them all to my paid subscription username, but there isn't as far as I know. And for that same reason, you won't be able to change the username of your existing board posts to whatever new admin-only username you choose, because they are tied in to your paid subscription username, which is why they changed when you changed the username for your paid subscription. -- Mary D. Taffet On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 [email protected] wrote: > Hi > > My question is: How do I make a separate user name (and password) for my > Board Admins that is completely distinct from my user name for my paid > subscription @ancestry.com I asked them first but got nowhere. > When I changed my username at ancestry.com (my paid subscription) > somehow their machinery changed my Board username along with the user > name for all postings to the one for my paid subscription. I want two > different usernames since neither has anything to do with the other. > > Thank you very much. > (another) Joan

Mary D. Taffet wrote: >If you are logged in under the username for your paid subscription, you >will first need to log out. Then you should be able to go to the sign in >screen and instead of entering an existing username and password, set up a >new one. > >But I personally would caution you against doing that. I tried that at >first, but found it really didn't work for me because I couldn't do any >admin work on the boards at the same time I was logged in with my paid >subscription. <snip> > I use several IDs I logon to my ancestry account with one browser and do admin tasks using another browser. Keeping both browsers open allows me to switch back and forth without any problems. Lynne

Lynne, Perhaps you are willing to use two different browser types at once, but I am not. I use only Firefox. And as far as I know, I can't have one Firefox window open using one username and another Firefox window open with another username. That's what I tried doing before with Netscape, and it never worked. And I absolutely refuse to use Internet Explorer, so using that as one of the browsers is simply not an option for me. -- Mary On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 [email protected] wrote: > Mary D. Taffet wrote: > > >If you are logged in under the username for your paid subscription, you > >will first need to log out. Then you should be able to go to the sign in > >screen and instead of entering an existing username and password, set up a > >new one. > > > >But I personally would caution you against doing that. I tried that at > >first, but found it really didn't work for me because I couldn't do any > >admin work on the boards at the same time I was logged in with my paid > >subscription. <snip> > > > > I use several IDs I logon to my ancestry account with one browser and > do admin tasks using another browser. Keeping both browsers open allows > me to switch back and forth without any problems. > > Lynne

Mary you can have multiple tabs or multiple windows open in Firefox with each logged into different Internet sites. I am very seldom logged into less than three locations and usually five or more. Running Firefox in Windows XP Pro. Les At 10:54 AM 1/21/2008, you wrote: >And as far as I know, I can't have one >Firefox window open using one username and another Firefox window open >with another username. That's what I tried doing before with Netscape, >and it never worked. West Virginia genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/ Jackson County genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/JACK.HTM