For those of you have figured out new search better than I have (and that's probably anyone who has logged into Ancestry since the loss of old search) I used to be able to go to US Public records and insert a name and fiddle around until I found who I was hunting for and then I could go back and edit my search by removing any names and searching only on the address that was given with the original person I was hunting for. It would then bring up a list of all those people who were in US Public Records who had lived at that address - yes sometimes the list was long if it was a big apartment complex - - but often I would find information about who the spouse might have been For instance if I looked up Agnes (Palcher) Hinkle in either the old or current search I would find: Agnes M Hinkle 5 Oct 1909 215 S 12th St, Kansas City, KS, 66102-5712 In the old search, if I went back and deleted the name but filled in the blanks with above address information - if I was lucky - I would find among other names Delmar Hinkle, maybe with his birthdate. This was great if I didn't know who Agnes' husband was other than a Given Name Unknown Hinkle. I could then take the information that a Delmar Hinkle with maybe a compatible birthdate lived at the same address as my Agnes (Palchar) Hinkle and work with it until I could or disprove that the were husband and wife. That kind of research is a whole lot easier if you have a possible given name to work with. I can't figure out how to manipulate US Public records in the new search to see who else was living at the same address - even if I was willing to put in just the Hinkle surname and look at all the Hinkles who were living at that address. Vicky Drake

I am having luck with going to the database and doing the search from there, not from the main search. For those of us who knew how to find what we needed in Old Search <G> this is as close an approach as I know of. Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag Hammarskjold) On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Vicky Drake <[email protected]> wrote: > For those of you have figured out new search better than I have (and that's > probably anyone > who has logged into Ancestry since the loss of old search) > > I used to be able to go to US Public records and insert a name and fiddle > around until I found who I was > hunting for and then I could go back and edit my search by removing any > names and searching only on > the address that was given with the original person I was hunting for. It > would then bring up a list of > all those people who were in US Public Records who had lived at that > address - yes sometimes the > list was long if it was a big apartment complex - - but often I would find > information about who the > spouse might have been > > For instance if I looked up Agnes (Palcher) Hinkle in either the old or > current search I would find: > Agnes M Hinkle > 5 Oct 1909 > 215 S 12th St, Kansas City, KS, 66102-5712 > > In the old search, if I went back and deleted the name but filled in the > blanks with above address > information - if I was lucky - I would find among other names Delmar > Hinkle, > maybe with his > birthdate. This was great if I didn't know who Agnes' husband was other > than > a Given Name > Unknown Hinkle. I could then take the information that a Delmar Hinkle > with > maybe a compatible > birthdate lived at the same address as my Agnes (Palchar) Hinkle and work > with it until I could or disprove > that the were husband and wife. That kind of research is a whole lot > easier > if you have a possible > given name to work with. > > I can't figure out how to manipulate US Public records in the new search to > see who else was living > at the same address - even if I was willing to put in just the Hinkle > surname and look at all the Hinkles > who were living at that address. > > Vicky Drake > > ===== > 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 >