Like most experienced researchers I miss 'old search' and have found the 'new Ancestry' difficult to adjust to, in view of this I decided to play around with it this evening. I have found some ways around certain searches, but by no means all, and am still struggling to get relevant hits for some records.
One feature I found which I do like, but unsure whether it's new [as I didn't need such aids with old search] is the country map which can be found by clicking on 'search all records' scroll down to the map and click on country of choice, say, for example England, then go to 'narrow by county' (over to the right), click your county of interest and all records for that county will be presented. Quite a neat resource I think, and hope it helps others.
Maybe we could all collaborate and share any tips we have for using 'new search'. If we all work together we may find ways to use new Ancestry in a way which produces good, relevant hits.
One feature I found which I do like, but unsure whether it's new [as I didn't need such aids with old search] is the country map which can be found by clicking on 'search all records' scroll down to the map and click on country of choice, say, for example England, then go to 'narrow by county' (over to the right), click your county of interest and all records for that county will be presented. Quite a neat resource I think, and hope it helps others.
Maybe we could all collaborate and share any tips we have for using 'new search'. If we all work together we may find ways to use new Ancestry in a way which produces good, relevant hits.
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