Hi Don I am not entirely sure what new search was designed to do, clearly not research I can only assume you haven't used Old search or you have done very little research on Ancestry or perhaps you are blessed with an extremely easy to find family I have been using Ancestry for well over a decade, I am well used to its foibles and idiosyncrasies but this latest incarnation is pathetic New search is hopeless, it is not fit for purpose IMHO (and many others opinions) When it was first announced I tried to use it exclusively, I gave up in frustration after a week Since then they have revamped it a few times, each time I attempted to use it but went back to Old search (or Real search if you will) I have watched the many videos, read the various how to's and nothing helps You get varying search results even using the same search criteria, you can't locate things you know are there from previous use of old search etc etc So if you find it usable, good for you, I and many others do not Do take the time to read the comments on the first of the three links you posted <http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2014/03/10/a-fond-farewell-to-old-search/?sf2105824=1> I very much doubt that anything will change as they simply don't listen, its all about getting millions of hits in their eyes Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 11/03/2014 14:39, Don Varner wrote: > Are you sure that you are using New Search as it is designed to be used? > In my opinion Ancestry has gone out of there way to explain the need for > change and to offer training on how to use the new search. There are > several videos on their YouTube channel that will help. The new search > works so much better and has many more features than the old search had > that there is no comparison. I would offer these three links to help > explain the new search and how to make use of it's features.

Since it has been much a topic of discussion for the past few days, I decided to check out the New Search. One of the prime differences I immediately noticed was the variety of ways to access records. This is admittedly not as straightforward as Old Search, where everything was alphabetical in a drop down list, so on the Search tab I chose the first option, Search All Records, then clicked on a state where many of my lines from from -- North Carolina. The collections are all organized according to the type of record in groups -- Census and Voters Lists; Birth, Marriage and Death; Military; Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills, etc. This is a substantial improvement over New Search when it was first introduced, and you would try and access a particular state and get all sorts of collections that were not specific to that state. I skimmed the collections for the databases I most frequently used in the past and saw them all there, and many others which have apparently been added. Since I have not been using Ancestry much lately I was not familiar with New Search, and I have to say, it's much improved. Of course, the final word should depend on a wider review, but I think if used in this fashion -- by accessing collections specific to a given locale -- many of the same results obtained in Old Search should come up. Barton On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 01:15 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi Don > > I am not entirely sure what new search was designed to do, clearly not > research > > I can only assume you haven't used Old search or you have done very > little research on Ancestry or perhaps you are blessed with an > extremely easy to find family > > I have been using Ancestry for well over a decade, I am well used to > its foibles and idiosyncrasies but this latest incarnation is pathetic > > New search is hopeless, it is not fit for purpose IMHO > (and many others opinions) > > When it was first announced I tried to use it exclusively, I gave up > in frustration after a week > > Since then they have revamped it a few times, each time I attempted to > use it but went back to Old search (or Real search if you will) > > I have watched the many videos, read the various how to's and nothing > helps > > You get varying search results even using the same search criteria, > you can't locate things you know are there from previous use of old > search etc etc > > So if you find it usable, good for you, I and many others do not > > Do take the time to read the comments on the first of the three links > you posted > > > > I very much doubt that anything will change as they simply don't > listen, its all about getting millions of hits in their eyes > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 11/03/2014 14:39, Don Varner wrote: >> Are you sure that you are using New Search as it is designed to be >> used? >> In my opinion Ancestry has gone out of there way to explain the need >> for >> change and to offer training on how to use the new search. There are >> several videos on their YouTube channel that will help. The new >> search >> works so much better and has many more features than the old search >> had >> that there is no comparison. I would offer these three links to help >> explain the new search and how to make use of it's features. > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to > [email protected] and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > 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 >