> I have subscribed to Ancestry.com since around 2000, and, for the > same time, I have kept my family records on Family Tree Maker. > > After 30 years of military service, 8 years of working at two other > jobs, 1 year losing a battle with Hurricane Katrina, 2 years of > losing my parents, wife and I spent 2008 building our house and > settling down. > > After moving in our first project was to attack the 12 cartons of > photos, documents, diplomas, marriage licenses, and notes that we > collected developed over the years. > > I ordered a brand new Family Tree Maker and loaded it on the > computer. FORGET IT. > > The newest FTM -- I think it's FTM 2008 -- IS A MESS. DAMN NEAR > UNUSABLE. > > I switched to Legacy and will not look back. > > 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> I've seen the comments about FTM before - seems like a bad case of nerdiness hit the most recent version. I've also been less than happy with some of the changes at ancestry.com, but have found workarounds - the first being to not use the default search screen. John news@picaxe.us

> I've also been less than happy with some of the changes at > ancestry.com, but have found workarounds - the first being to not > use the default search screen. > > John <news@picaxe.us> Would you please explain how you get past the default search screen? Pat