OK, how do you get to the detained alien list? It may or may not be indexed and I didn't find a way to get more than the one page. Anyone have a clue if and how to scroll through the whole psg manifes? Marie Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL *Melchiori Research Services, L.L.C.* --------------------------------------------------------------- CG, Certified Genealogist and CGL, Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists ® , used under license by Board-certified associates after periodic competency evaluations. On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Mary D. Taffet via <nybrooklyn@rootsweb.com> 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 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYBROOKLYN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >