Dear Rootsweb Feedback, The new feature announced today, where "surnames" are linked to resources at Ancestry, is not an improvement as it stands at this moment. If anything, it is extremely annoying, and may put people off using the message boards. Too many non-surname words in posts are being picked up as surnames. Many surnames are not picked up at all. How about linking to surnames put in the surname field? This will have the advantage of avoiding picking up non-surname words AND encourage posters to complete the field, which many do not bother with presently, in my experience. Please take it off until it can be improved. At present it is torture. Kind Regards, Wendy Howard

<Please take it off until it can be improved. At present it is torture.> I say, DITTO. Link it to the surname box instead. Sincerely, Judy Florian On 2/28/08, Wendy Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Rootsweb Feedback, > > The new feature announced today, where "surnames" are linked to > resources at Ancestry, is not an improvement as it stands at this > moment. If anything, it is extremely annoying, and may put people off > using the message boards. > > Too many non-surname words in posts are being picked up as surnames. > Many surnames are not picked up at all. > > How about linking to surnames put in the surname field? This will have > the advantage of avoiding picking up non-surname words AND encourage > posters to complete the field, which many do not bother with presently, > in my experience. > > Please take it off until it can be improved. At present it is torture. > > Kind Regards, > Wendy Howard