Anyone gone onto the 'new' Ancestry.com?

[KGarrad]

I wont get used to it in any way, esp when they are changing info regardless of the reason! I worked dam hard to find that info and certainly don't need some computer programmer to loose it all

As I have said many times before - they haven't changed any data!

What they have changed is the timeline feature (new) and the way that interprets the data you have entered.

If you have failed to enter a country against all place names, then it will almost certainly display them incorrectly.

[Drosybont]

Hadn't realised that there have been changes in data on the site, not just people's trees, and 'old' Ancestry, not just 'new'.  Two people with birthplace "America" on the 1891 English census are now showing birthplace "American Samoa"! Annoying that I can't remember what it said before, but I'm sure I'd have noticed if it said that . . . one was born in Philadelphia and the other in Manhattan. 

Drosybont

[KGarrad]

Check the Facts section on the profile of your people.

And, "America" isn't the name of the country! It's USA

[Drosybont]

I don't have a tree on Ancestry, this is in the records on the site itself.  I know the name of the country is USA but America is what it says on the original census record, now showing as American Samoa in the Ancestry transcription, but not previously.

Drosybont

[dawnkaren]

I wont get used to it in any way, esp when they are changing info regardless of the reason! I worked dam hard to find that info and certainly don't need some computer programmer to loose it all

As I have said many times before - they haven't changed any data!

What they have changed is the timeline feature (new) and the way that interprets the data you have entered.

If you have failed to enter a country against all place names, then it will almost certainly display them incorrectly.

I subscribe to .co.uk not .com! my bank account is a uk and the currency is sterling how would they like it if I paid the same amount as currently but in dollars! if they start that game then so can i

[groom]

Have people seen this - looks as if there will be no choice in about 3 weeks.

"After 14th December, everyone who logs in will see our new look and feel. We’ve continued to work on the improved Ancestry since we first introduced it back in August, based on the feedback we’ve received, and we believe that it represents the most effective way to enjoy the Ancestry site."

[Lisajb]

Have people seen this - looks as if there will be no choice in about 3 weeks.

"After 14th December, everyone who logs in will see our new look and feel. We’ve continued to work on the improved Ancestry since we first introduced it back in August, based on the feedback we’ve received, and we believe that it represents the most effective way to enjoy the Ancestry site."

Oh 'eck, I'd better crack on and make sure everyone has a country. Easy on a pc, difficult on an iPad. I'm only on page 4...

[sharonmx5]

I have just seen that message.  I suppose I shall just have to get used to it .

[Beeonthebay]

I just noticed this today too and I HATE the new "not improved" dumbed down big print version with pictures.