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Hi Ann
thank you for that
but on mine the drop down box displays sort by relevance, if i change it to category I can get back into the old search.
best wishes
Maddie

Hi Maddie,
I originally posted a response to this, and guess what?
I now have the same search screen that you have.
It is really really annoying and I am not quite sure how to rectify it either.
I can still ultimitely find what I am looking for, but it is a very a long winded process.

Every now and then, for no reason, I get logged out of Anc and asked to subscibe. My sub does not expire until the end of this year!
It takes ages, but I can eventually get logged back in, only to be thrown out again.
Anc said the prob is caused by cookies... IT is not!
I unblock all cookies, log back in to Anc and as soon as I locate the record... I get kicked out again.

After several attempts to re log in this morning, I find that I now have that stupid search page that you originally posted about
I also logged on via a 2nd PC and have exactly the same problems.

BTW
when emailing ANC why do they insist on responding with a link?
I would not be emailing them if I hadn't already referred to it.


EDIT
Whoops. Apologies for my long winded rant, I just worked out how to get my original looking screen back!
Click on search records
Search screen has defaulted to :Sort by Category
There is a wee drop menu...
Chose the other option: Sort by Relevance
And my original search sreen has now returned

i have a records/offers/update square on the home page. Says see all the latest news. Is that the one you mean
Maddie

On a similar note, does anyone know if the "Recently Added" list that used to be on the front page is still lurking around somewhere?
It was useful for discovering when Ancestry had snuck in an update or new records before they updated the banner, as this oten takes days (and often doesn't happen for updated recordsets).

thanks Reggie
at least the bank technician sorted out firefox
maddie

I tried that last year - no joy

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

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

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'!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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
Birth, Marriage & Death, including Parish

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Name: Izaac Ogden
Birth: abt 1741
Vital: 13 Feb 1791 - Sowerby, Yorkshire, England


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

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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
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: 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
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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
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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
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Name: Matty Ogden
Birth: abt 1743

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 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

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

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

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