I've been playing around with FTM/Ancestry's web search and just the Search that Ancestry has on their website http://search.ancestry.com/search/ I have to say that the one on Ancestry is much better for quick results, for whatever reason. You can play around with the search associated with FTM and will get basically the same search form, once you get past the messages stating it needs more information. I found by using this search form, which is like the one you eventually get on Ancestry's website, that I had better luck finding people by entering less data. I entered "First name" and "Last name" ( failed when I entered middle name); Under "Any Event" I selected "Lived In" and entered the County and State: For "Gender" I put male and for "Nationality" I typed English. In both Ancestry's website and FTM's it worked great. It would seem that if they eliminated all the frustration in the first search you get from using FTM would be eliminated and go straight to the search that you eventually get to, we might have a usable product. Or you can just go out to the link I listed and use Ancestry's search. I can see the people at Ancestry wondering why they have all these complaints, when it's working well for them, but those of us using FTM are getting frustrated. There's an interface problem between the two, but you can get to the search that works eventually, I just don't remember how I did it. Russ Moorhouse

Hi Russ I have only seen one comment on the interface between FTM and Ancestry This suggests its not the same for all users, ie its a problem on or with your computer Have you cleared temp internet files and cookies as I suggested previously as that may well be your problem, or have you phoned them? The main problem being complained about is the infernal New search Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 11/03/2014 18:06, Russ Moorhouse wrote: > I've been playing around with FTM/Ancestry's web search and just the Search > that Ancestry has on their website http://search.ancestry.com/search/ > > I have to say that the one on Ancestry is much better for quick results, for > whatever reason. You can play around with the search associated with FTM and > will get basically the same search form, once you get past the messages stating > it needs more information. I found by using this search form, which is like > the one you eventually get on > Ancestry's website, that I had better luck finding people by entering less data.