Amen, Steve. Well Stated!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Kelsey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Classic FamilySearch > The 1880 census with all of the data, i.e. each household together with > their > ages, relationships, and birthplaces I assume will now be entirely lost > from > the site. The new version is absolutely terrible as it doesn't show > birthplaces > unless you bring up each and every individual--what a pain. When > something > works well, leave it alone. If you want to spend the money for ancestry I > guess you can get it there. After all of the work I personally spent on > indexing > the 1880 census and having it so available and in such beautiful form we > now > have a terrible mishmash in presentation. That is probably why I don't > do > much indexing at all any more. > > Steve Kelsey > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "W David Samuelsen" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:22 PM > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Classic FamilySearch > > >> The link is there. "Go to previous site" Click the popup close and you >> are there. >> >> David Samuelsen >> >> On 4/26/2012 12:16 PM, Sylvia H. Sonneborn wrote: >>> "We've heard from many of you telling us that the link to the Classic >>> FamilySearch site no longer appears on the home page. This was not >>> intentional, and we apologize for the premature removal of this link. >>> However, after careful consideration, we've decided not to replace it. >>> The >>> reason for this is because in the very near future, we will remove the >>> Classic FamilySearch site entirely. When that happens, the link to that >>> site >>> will no longer be needed. The shutdown of the Classic FamilySearch site >>> will >>> take place after we have completed the addition of some of our improved >>> and >>> new site features. We also need to finish transferring all of our data >>> to >>> the new site. Until we make that move, you can still get to the Classic >>> FamilySearch by typing >>> classic.familysearch.org." >> >> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to >> [email protected] >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

The way they are mushing all of the people with same/similar names together, it will triple the time--at least--for us to find related things in the data base, especially as it grows. Sorry to complain, but when it comes to putting in specific places like Union county, Tennessee and having to wade through things like Canada and Britain, just because the names being sought are similar. On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Cathe Taylor <[email protected]>wrote: > Amen, Steve. Well Stated!!! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Kelsey" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 5:03 PM > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Classic FamilySearch > > > > The 1880 census with all of the data, i.e. each household together with > > their > > ages, relationships, and birthplaces I assume will now be entirely lost > > from > > the site. The new version is absolutely terrible as it doesn't show > > birthplaces > > unless you bring up each and every individual--what a pain. When > > something > > works well, leave it alone. If you want to spend the money for ancestry > I > > guess you can get it there. After all of the work I personally spent on > > indexing > > the 1880 census and having it so available and in such beautiful form we > > now > > have a terrible mishmash in presentation. That is probably why I don't > > do > > much indexing at all any more. > > > > Steve Kelsey > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "W David Samuelsen" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:22 PM > > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] Classic FamilySearch > > > > > >> The link is there. "Go to previous site" Click the popup close and you > >> are there. > >> > >> David Samuelsen > >> > >> On 4/26/2012 12:16 PM, Sylvia H. Sonneborn wrote: > >>> "We've heard from many of you telling us that the link to the Classic > >>> FamilySearch site no longer appears on the home page. This was not > >>> intentional, and we apologize for the premature removal of this link. > >>> However, after careful consideration, we've decided not to replace it. > >>> The > >>> reason for this is because in the very near future, we will remove the > >>> Classic FamilySearch site entirely. When that happens, the link to that > >>> site > >>> will no longer be needed. The shutdown of the Classic FamilySearch site > >>> will > >>> take place after we have completed the addition of some of our improved > >>> and > >>> new site features. We also need to finish transferring all of our data > >>> to > >>> the new site. Until we make that move, you can still get to the Classic > >>> FamilySearch by typing > >>> classic.familysearch.org." > >> > >> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > >> [email protected] > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > > [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Finding ancestors is like eating potato chips--you can't stop with just one!

Do you know you can click for exact matches? They are on every box. David Samuelsen On 4/26/2012 6:03 PM, Karen Tippets wrote: > The way they are mushing all of the people with same/similar names > together, it will triple the time--at least--for us to find related things > in the data base, especially as it grows. Sorry to complain, but when it > comes to putting in specific places like Union county, Tennessee and having > to wade through things like Canada and Britain, just because the names > being sought are similar.