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has anybody seen a change on searching records on ancestry. Yesterday I could click on search records and all the records held on ancestry would appear allowing me to chose whether i wanted to looked at births, or the census etc.
Today when i I go to search records ancestry brings up a long list of what it thinks may be matches. Not of much use.
Does anyone know how I can get back to the original search option.
Sorry if this does not make sense but any help would be appreciated
thank yo
Maddie

I would think you are stuck with the new search option. If you click on the Search tab at the top of the page there should be a go back to old search link near the top right hand of the page

Good Luck K

Hi K
can't see a go back to the old search link, just says go to new search,
am I looking in the right place.
Maddie

Mine is ok search all records - census and electoral rolls etc births.....

Wendy Edit ** I'm on new search as it gives me the option to go to old search this is written on the right just under all the headings

wondering how to get back to the old search, this new one is not very helpful
swope with you tenerife sun !
maddie

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can't see old search option
am i being dumb
maddie

Under the bar across the top that starts with Home and ends with Shop does it not say, on the right, white background Go To New Search. If so click on it and see what happens

If the page states "go to new search" then you are in "old search".

hi Tenerife
yes it does, did that and still brought up a list of so called matches.
If i cllick on old search the same silly list of matches also appears
I really am at a loss
whats even worse is if I enter a new ancestor and then clck on search historical records a long list of possible matches comes up, most being totally irrelevant
Maddie

Maddie,

Which search icon are you clicking?
There are two options
SEARCH on top bar or smaller one SEARCH RECORDS

The large one on the top bar is for searching anyone.... ie you need to enter the details of the person in question

By clicking new search, it simply means that you are resetting your original search and intend to start a new one.

However , you can also search records for an individual whilst they are on your screen.
To search from here.... click on the smaller "search records" icon which sits under the person's name and this will allow you to filter your searches on that person only.

Is this what you mean?


EDIT:
To use the smaller search icon, you would of course need to have a tree held on ancestry to search from!
Anne

Hi Ann
have clicked on the smaller search records but still just get a list of matches rather than entry into all the records, if you see what i mean
this is what i got when searching for issac ogden 1741

Matches 1–10 of 2,506 Sorted By Relevance

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Title: birth
Attached To: Isaack Ogden (1741-1791)


West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812
Birth, Marriage & Death, including Parish

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Name: Isaac Ogden
Birth: abt 1741
Vital: 13 May 1791 - Sowerby, Yorkshire, England


West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812
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Name: Izaac Ogden
Birth: abt 1741
Vital: 13 Feb 1791 - Sowerby, Yorkshire, England


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Name: Isaach Ogden
Father: Ismael Ogden
Baptism: 6 Dec 1741 - Heptonstall, St Thomas
Vital: 6 Dec 1741 - Heptonstall, St Thomas, Yorkshire, England

West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812
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Name: Sowood Ogden
Father: Israel Ogden
Baptism: 30 Oct 1743 - Heptonstall, St Thomas
Vital: 30 Oct 1743 - Heptonstall, St Thomas, Yorkshire, England

West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812
Birth, Marriage & Death, including Parish

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Name: Sowood Ogden
Father: Israel Ogden
Baptism: 30 Oct 1743 - Heptonstall, St Thomas
Vital: 30 Oct 1743 - Heptonstall, St Thomas, Yorkshire, England

West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812
Birth, Marriage & Death, including Parish

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Name: Isaac Ogden
Father: Israel Ogden
Baptism: 19 Jul 1784 - Luddenden, St Mary
Vital: 19 Jul 1784 - Luddenden, St Mary, Yorkshire, England

West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812
Birth, Marriage & Death, including Parish

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Name: Isaac Ogden
Father: Israel Ogden
Baptism: 19 Jul 1784 - Luddenden, St Mary
Vital: 19 Jul 1784 - Luddenden, St Mary, Yorkshire, England

Matches below are less likely to be for your ancestor, but still might be helpful.

We also included matches for common misspellings, abbreviations, and close dates & locations (depending on the search criteria you gave us) because information in old records is often different than you expect. To help the best matches come to the top of the list, please give us more information to search with. Learn more
West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812
Birth, Marriage & Death, including Parish

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Name: Eli Ogden
Father: Israel Ogden
Baptism: 8 Apr 1737 - Royston, St John the Baptist
Vital: 8 Apr 1737 - Royston, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England

West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812
Birth, Marriage & Death, including Parish

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Name: Matty Ogden
Birth: abt 1743

maddie

I have just tried it, and yes it brings up all sorts of matches, but you can narrrow /filter your search categpory from here.
All the options are on the left of that page

I know, thats so long winded, I just wondered where the old search method has gone, it was so much easier and gave you the option of scrolling through the record if there was a mispelling or something.
Guess its not my week, after losing genes and messing around to get back, now this.
I hope its not happening in threes
regards
maddie

Maddie

Have you checked to make sure that "Exact Matches only" is ticked? I found that my tick had disappeared once and it drove me round the bend trying to work out what had happened.

Jane

hi Jane
just want to get back to the original way of searching rather than ancestry telling me what they think.
And things do happen in threes
Found I could not log on to internet banking
Rang the bank, its down to firefox so they are going to help me sort that tomorrow.
Think I will go back to the abacus and manual typewriter
lol
maddie

Maddie

If you click search then click search all records .when you do that you will see

At the right of the screen there is a message go to old search click that and it will put you back to old type searches

Kathy

If I select Search - Search all records from the main banner bar, and "go to new search" is showing, then I'm in the old style search.
I think you need to check the "exact matches only" box at top left of search screen.

Unfortunately, Maddie, the current 'old search' is not the one with which you are familiar

The fact that you had an internet problem means that you have lost that one -permanently

I couldn't get back to it either after I had an internet 'outage'.

It's called 'progress'!

thank you for all your replies, think i will e-mail ancestry and see if they can sort it
maddie

I tried that last year - no joy

Their idea of the 'old' search is the one currently on the site