This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.rw.admin.badmin/5005.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Actually, I'm kind of unusual in that department: I do like change - as long as it is moving forward. I see no point in going backwards. The boards WERE very good. You could view by all, the classification of your choice, thread collapsed, thread expanded, date collapsed, date expanded. You could view an author's posting history. It was possible to navigate from ONE thread to the next. Now, you can view thread or flat mode, must do an advanced search (10 results per page) to find every message of a certain classification on a board, can NOT view an author's posting history (even your own) and at present you cannot even do an advanced search for the author. Now it is impossible to navigate between threads without "backing out" to the main board view. These are not improvements. Yeah, I do have to like it. I will not waste my time VOLUNTEERING on boards whose functionality has been TRASHED. I'm not the only admin feeling that way either.