> > > snip > > > Then there's the matter of the Ancestry.com search engine. As best > > > I can tell, over the past 3-4 months, they have changed their online > > > search engine three times and now they have settled on the absolute > > > worst possible search. > > > > > > I tried to find an uncle of mine to verify his death date in the SS > > > death index. With the new Ancestry.com site, I got over 50 hits on > > > his name, none of which was my uncle. I switched to the > > > FamilySearch site and found him in 30 seconds. > > > > > > Guess this is what happens when you employ a shop full of computer > > > nerds who feel that they ABSOLUTELY MUST "improve" things. > > > > > > "A Nonnie Moose" <moose@nonnie.com> > > This is a blog for Ancestry Search project manager. > > Do post concerns there for her notice > > http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/author/amitchell/ > > > > I found the NEW so full of errors I switched back > > to OLD search. > > I come back to New every couple of months > > and repost any errors I find > > > > Ron Lankshear in Sydney NSW <ronlank@hotmail.com> > > I don't believe this!! > > Even the FTM blog is impossible to use. I spent 10 minutes poking > around and never did find how to leave a comment!! > > Something else to rant about!!! > > "A Nonnie Moose" <moose@nonnie.com> The trick is that the link I gave above is to the Index page - you pick a blog and click and the comments box is on the right may be down the page a bit. Some blogs are "old" and comments are closed. This is the FTM index page http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/category/products/ftm/ and the index for Michelle the FTM project manager http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/author/mpfister/ Must be some reason why so many use FTM - I find Legacy to be very good. The more sophisticated gedcom managers are too hard for me..... -- Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds Bush/Chiswick) try my links http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/ Ron Lankshear in Sydney NSW <ronlank@hotmail.com>

> The trick is that the link I gave above is to the > Index page - you pick a blog and click and the > comments box is on the right may be down the page > a bit. Some blogs are "old" and comments are closed. > > This is the FTM index page > http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/category/products/ftm/ > > and the index for Michelle the FTM project manager > > http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/author/mpfister/ > > Must be some reason why so many use FTM - I find > Legacy to be very good. The more sophisticated > gedcom managers are too hard for me..... > > Ron Lankshear in Sydney NSW <ronlank@hotmail.com> Here in the U.S. Sam's Club carries FTM also Office Depot, etc. That's why I think so many people use it. I keep a copy #16, just for some of the charts it will make. But I have been a FO/RM person for many years. With FTM I have to read the book, with RM it is very intuitive. "L.L. Scott" <llscott2000@bellsouth.net>