Dianne.......I can relate to everything you said. Even at our FHL now, which is the 2nd largest in the U.S., they have not only totally ruined the setup by their remodel, but the volunteers know so little about finding records. When I started going there......probably 15 years now, the people were more knowledgable because they had to do things the old fashioned way. Now, they train them to Ancestry and let it go at that. Phooey! Shirley.....thanks for that info about the default. Maybe it disappeared off my browser because not enough people were using it. Not all immigrants were just dropped off to fend for themselves. The people coming to Baltimore were put on a train immediately to their destination. Most had to be sponsored by a church or relative, so were tagged and sent on their way. The church sponsored them in Baltimore if they had no family. I suppose there might have been some who decided to stay in NY or whatever tho. Or maybe it differed with groups. Or maybe things changed as the number expanded year after year. There are some interesting tales about experiences of early immigrants all over the net. We have a relative who supposedly died on board ship, but when I finally found the family on the ship, there was no notation that he had died. There was also a family story that he had black fever because he would not be inoculated. If he did arrive sick, he would have been quarantined and possibly died, but I have no idea where he is buried. KathyB ____________________________________________________________ Groupon.com Official Site 1 huge daily deal on the best stuff to do in your city. Try it today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4def0539c441e319b5ast05duc

I cannot stand the newer version of ancestry. Unfortunately, the FHC's version does not allow for the option of reverting to the old search. Thanks for the suggestion to email them and let them know! I may even post that suggestion at the FHC so others will do it too! Maybe if enough people do that they will, at the very least, let us keep the option to use the old version. > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 05:13:26 +0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NEPLATTE] Ancestry Old and New Version > > > Dianne.......I can relate to everything you said. Even at our FHL now, which is the 2nd largest in the U.S., they have not only totally ruined the setup by their remodel, but the volunteers know so little about finding records. When I started going there......probably 15 years now, the people were more knowledgable because they had to do things the old fashioned way. Now, they train them to Ancestry and let it go at that. Phooey! > > Shirley.....thanks for that info about the default. Maybe it disappeared off my browser because not enough people were using it. > > Not all immigrants were just dropped off to fend for themselves. The people coming to Baltimore were put on a train immediately to their destination. Most had to be sponsored by a church or relative, so were tagged and sent on their way. The church sponsored them in Baltimore if they had no family. I suppose there might have been some who decided to stay in NY or whatever tho. Or maybe it differed with groups. Or maybe things changed as the number expanded year after year. There are some interesting tales about experiences of early immigrants all over the net. > > We have a relative who supposedly died on board ship, but when I finally found the family on the ship, there was no notation that he had died. There was also a family story that he had black fever because he would not be inoculated. If he did arrive sick, he would have been quarantined and possibly died, but I have no idea where he is buried. > > KathyB > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Groupon.com Official Site > 1 huge daily deal on the best stuff to do in your city. Try it today! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4def0539c441e319b5ast05duc > > > ------------------------------- > 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