Anyone gone onto the 'new' Ancestry.com?

[Finley 1]

OK - going to dip my toe in and see .... oh dear... I hate paddling.


xin   

[Jool]

OK - going to dip my toe in and see .... oh dear... I hate paddling.


xin   

I'm sure you'll dip it in and whip it back out pretty quick Xin    I will be interested to hear your opinion.

[Finley 1]

Well ---- for the last few months..... or so I have been using Ancestry almost everyday -- and am in a routine of searching name dob census marriage census etc etc as we all do...

and I hate change, cos I get confused   

So tonight - I know I wont be able to do any research, without... thinking slowly and carefully... whether to check the 'Lifestory' stuff or not...
Why should we trust them to get the bloomin lifestory right... When they have great difficulty with the basic facts ... 
I often have to leave notes - regarding minstranscriptions.. and so on.

But if I ignore all that and just carry on basic searching.. it may be alright........ 

We shall see...
Cant make a joke about swimming off to Holland and not coming back.... after recent events round here not the done thing.. . 

ok... will try again after tea.

Hate the colours Bright bloomin PINK and BLUE... not gonna moan ... not gonna moan.. no I am not ... 
xin

[Jomot]

They don't seem to be flagging this up on the UK site but it is available , masquerading as " Improved Ancestry "
For the time being , at least , you have the option to revert to the old version so you've nothing to lose by giving it a go.

I've just had an email from .co.uk inviting me to "Make the Switch", so the push to the new version in the UK is definitely underway.   I generally use the .com site which switched over a little while ago, but I hate it with a passion so keep on reverting to the old one. 

Seems like another case of  'if it ain't broke, lets break it' 

[jess5athome]

I've just had an email from .co.uk inviting me to "Make the Switch", so the push to the new version in the UK is definitely underway..............................

I've just had the same email, they're definitely trying to sell it 

Frank.

[LizzieW]

I had the same e-mail but didn't make the switch, however, when I just logged on to Ancestry I got the "New" Ancestry.  How do I switch back?

Lizzie

[jess5athome]

I had the same e-mail but didn't make the switch, however, when I just logged on to Ancestry I got the "New" Ancestry.  How do I switch back?

Lizzie

If you "Hover" on your user name on the home page, the drop down menu appears and just click on "Old Ancestry" 

Frank.

[groom]

I've switched over and like the way it has turned the tree into a "story" - much easier for others to follow when you re showing it to them.

eg At the start of one relation, on her time line it sums up her life as:

"When ALICE SMITH was born on December 17, 1865, in London, England, her father, WILLIAM, was 33 and her mother, MARY, was 34. She married THOMAS WILLIAM HOWELL on May 19, 1884, in London, England. They had seven children in 12 years. She died as a young mother on June 29, 1898, in 50 Walnut Tree Rd Woolwich, at the age of 32."

The only complaint I have, as others have said, it has transported quite a few people to America, so I need to go through and add England to bring them home!

[Jomot]

On my Great Grandfathers timeline it starts:

"Thomas William Gibson was born on March 18, 1856, in Melton Mowbray, England, the child of his parents"   

He was illegitimate, but it seems the timeline cant cope with that!