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Ancestry Old Search?

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RutlandBelle

RutlandBelle Report 7 Jun 2011 18:52

Sally yes it is lovely , we used to live in a village on the south shore of Rutland Water but have moved away. Haven't changed my user name though (couldn't think of abetter one and everyone knows this one)

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Sally

Sally Report 7 Jun 2011 18:47

hello jennifer

i have had a very nice ride on your boat

dont live far away

sally w :-D

Researching:
stephen taafe*muriel denley1917 he died 3 weeks later

RutlandBelle

RutlandBelle Report 7 Jun 2011 18:30

Too true IGP. He has actually been trying to install Win 7 Service Pack 1 but has had no joy so we are giving up but in the meantime all my cookies were deleted . Never mind good to have a clear out now and then.

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InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 7 Jun 2011 18:26

Your Ancestry viewing preferences are all held in cookies on your PC.

The lesson is that if you or your oh is doing a clean-up, which is often not a bad idea, then make sure cookies for you favourite sites are not deleted.

jansmith

jansmith Report 7 Jun 2011 17:29

Thank you so much i have been looking for "old search" all afternoon!!!

RutlandBelle

RutlandBelle Report 7 Jun 2011 16:50

Thank you ladies I have found it at last, knew it was there somewhere

Jennifer

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brummiejan

brummiejan Report 7 Jun 2011 16:44

Click on 'Search all records' - there is a tiny 'go to old search' link in top right corner.
Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 7 Jun 2011 16:42

It makes me crazy every time it happens to me. ;-)

I think you have to do a search first, in censuses, say, and then when you get the results, there's an obscure link for "old search", in the upper right, probably.

There are probably people around who remember better than I do how it goes.

Good way to find things on the boards here (much better than the internal search function) -- google:

site:www.genesreunited.co.uk ancestry "old search"

Aha, mgnv has the same results as me:

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/tips_board/thread/1252576

"The old/new switch appears at top right, just under the main menu bar.
It doesn't appear on every search screen, but if you do some rubbish search, it usually appears for you to click on. Quite what governs its appearing is a mystery to me. "

and then he says:

"Here's Ancestry's tips answer.
From the home page, select 'Search' from the main menu bar, then 'search All Records' from the drop down list.
The old style switch now appears just under the main menu bar at the far right."

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GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 7 Jun 2011 16:40

I usually find that if you do a search -does not matter what type - there should appear over on the right hand side "go to old search" just under the headings bar

Researching:
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RutlandBelle

RutlandBelle Report 7 Jun 2011 16:31

My OH has been spring-cleaning my computer and now Ancestry has switched me onto New Search. I'm sure there used to be somwhere to click to revert back to old search but can I heck find it.

Can anyone point in the right direction, thanks

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