Thank you for pointing out the list view option, that was the "missing feature" that was most upsetting to me...but I have to say I still don't like the new site. Joyce On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Mary D. Taffet <[email protected]> wrote: > Joyce & Barb, > > I think some of the functionality you are missing may still be there. I > was able to get a list of all passengers with the last name "Taffet" for > instance. > > I went to "Passenger Search", entered a last name, and then clicked on the > right arrow to perform the search. The list came up, though I had to click > on the little icon indicating that I wanted to see a list view instead of > the larger horizontal icon view it starts with. > > I clicked first on the Passenger Record for one of the names in the list. > At that point I had to create a new account. It might be that if I had > used the correct email address with the "Forgot your Password" link, it > would have recognized me but then told me I needed to create a new > password. Anyways, once I created the new account, I was able to view the > passenger record, and from there I could view the manifest. True the > manifest enlarger is no longer there, but it is incorporated into the page > that shows you the manifest. Putting your mouse over the manifest image > will enlarge it right there in front of you, though you do have to be > careful to not scroll too fast with your mouse. You can save the image to > your profile, but I haven't investigated that function yet. > > If you want to do some filtering of your results list, just click on the > little filter funnel, which brings up several different types of filtering > that you can do (Contains, Exact Matches, Close Matches, Sounds Like, > Alternate Spellings, and Last Name as First). I don't see a way to do true > wild card searching (like "T*f*t" for example), but I haven't used the site > directly in so long that I don't recall if that type of functionality was > ever there to begin with. > > Steve Morse's search tools (stevemorse.org) will still take you to the > page with the passenger you want on it. If you find his search tools > easier to use, you might want to make his search page your front end for > the Ellis Island site. > > -- Mary > > > > > On 9/7/2014 5:31 PM, Joyce Presnall via wrote: > >> The biggest problem I see (although I see many) is that you can no longer >> get a list by last name and where they are from...often that is our >> biggest >> clue as to who other family members are. Additionally, you cannot use >> your >> "back browser" to view something you just looked at...it tells you the >> image has expired and you need to start your search over. >> >> I read on Facebook that they are going to move over who is saved in your >> file BUT from now on those saved files will only stay there 30 days...so >> if >> you don't do something with that file in 30 days, POOF it is gone and you >> have to start your search all over again...so they are trying to force you >> "buy the image this month or you will lose it" >> >> I don't see any option for wildcard searches.... >> >> But to ME not being able to see a list of 25-100 ppl at one time is the >> biggest drawback...THAT is your biggest clue as to who family members may >> be... >> >> Ugh they have messed up so many things it is hard to know which ones are >> the worst... >> >> They have 20 something year old kids designing something that 60-80+ year >> old people are trying to use. Their search options were fine before--yes >> some things needed improvement but those improvements were minor. >> >> If they wanted to throw a bunch of money at the wall, they should have >> looked over records for transcription errors...sure the old site wasn't >> ideal, and a few things could have been improved, but they threw the baby >> out with the bathwater and the things that WERE good about the site are >> gone. >> >> There was a LOT more flexibility for searching the way the site used to be >> set up...It is quite clear they got NO input from the "user group"...The >> COULD have done a mass email to all who are registered on the site and ask >> about what changes people wanted to see...instead they got a bunch of IT >> guys who don't know anything about genealogy, and made the site pretty >> instead of functional...They should have put functionality first and they >> didn't. >> >> The primary reason they did the change to the way we see manifests is they >> did not want people copying the info via snipping tools...but the control >> over moving those passenger lists around is so imprecise that it is >> difficult to keep focused on the lines you are trying to follow to get the >> details on that person... >> >> Did they REALLY think this is going to make more people order copies from >> them for manifests? It is not. The plain truth is they are too >> expensive. People are just going to write down what they might have >> snipped a copy of before... >> >> They messed up so much stuff it is crazy...I have yet to talk to one >> person >> who likes the changes...they took a lot of our ability to research in a >> sane, organized manner away...this is a ship run amuck for sure... >> >> Joyce >> > -- Researching Stephenson/Stevenson, Fleury, Heald, Lindelof, Young, Rubino, Cammarota, Mandracchia, Vaiarelli, Mulhern, Johnson, Haight, Erickson, Munson, Northrup, Sears, Camp, Gunn, Allen, Gorham, Plumb, Beard, Rogers, Eliot, Briscoe, Bradley, Mix, Wilmot, Pritchard, Mew, Stone, Sparke, Bayley, Bailey, Redfield, Redfin, Howland, Tilley, Sturgis, Hinckley, Kirk, Norton, Gerard, and many more...