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    1. [ROOTS-L] Happier thoughts for Ancestry
    2. Ron Mitchell
    3. Super!!! That pretty well sums up my feelings as well. Ron Submarine Vet. On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 5:01 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I must say I have been doing genealogy for 19 years now and used > Ancestry for the better part of it. I don't like major change and was > very skeptical about the latest new search change. But, personally, I > think it is great. It is much better than the old search methods. I > had been trying to find a tough family for years in the census so I > gave that one a try. Guess what? There they were and badly > misspelled. But the new search found them. Since then I have been > successful in a couple others I have had issues with in other records > and found them now, too. > I have found it is just a matter of playing around and getting > acquainted with things but quite frankly it did not take me long. I > would never encourage anyone to leave Ancestry but that option is > there if anyone hates it as bad as I have seen some say. Hey, there > are some sites I can't stand so I complain and if no movement they > don't get my loot anymore. > I am sure some complaints are quite valid so hopefully complaints are > being made. Just because they don't get back to you or the change > isn't immediate doesn't mean they aren't listening. They may disagree > with you, it may not be possible, etc etc. My view is the site has > done nothing but improve and I am very glad they are here and continue > to add records plus make my search less burdensome and more > successful. > > I can remember back in the day making visit after visit to a library > loaded with books and microfilm that was an hour and a half away. I > spent a ton of money on gas. That day is long gone as now I can do it > from the comfort of my chair with a nice cool or hot drink. > > Thanks Ancestry and keep up the great work! > ===== > 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

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