Anyone gone onto the 'new' Ancestry.com?

[groom]

I think we should have been given a bit longer for us to get used to the changeover as they should surely know that many people would be a bit shocked today to find out we only have 3 WEEKS to go!!!  EEekkk 

You've had since August!

[KGarrad]

No wonder people living outside the UK get confused, this is an example offered on the drop down menu

Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England
Peterboro, Northamptonshire, England
Peterborough St John the Baptist, Northamptonshire, England
Peterborough St Mary, Northamptonshire, England

Not to mention:
Peterborough, Victoria, Australia
Peterborough, South Australia
Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough, New Hampshire   and
Peterboro, New York!

[Beeonthebay]

I think we should have been given a bit longer for us to get used to the changeover as they should surely know that many people would be a bit shocked today to find out we only have 3 WEEKS to go!!!  EEekkk 

You've had since August!

I only joined in October I think it was and until today I had no idea we only had 3 weeks to make the transition with a definite cut off date. 

[rosie99]

No wonder people living outside the UK get confused, this is an example offered on the drop down menu

Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England
Peterboro, Northamptonshire, England
Peterborough St John the Baptist, Northamptonshire, England
Peterborough St Mary, Northamptonshire, England

Not to mention:
Peterborough, Victoria, Australia
Peterborough, South Australia
Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough, New Hampshire   and
Peterboro, New York!

          

Thanks KG  -  I have enough problems with the UK one especially as it is often listed as Cambridgeshire 

[JenB]

  I have enough problems with the UK one especially as it is often listed as Cambridgeshire 

That would be because, until it became a unitary authority, it was part of Cambridgeshire 

The Soke of Peterborough was traditionally regarded part of Northamptonshire.  However the Soke was merged into Huntingdonshire in the 1960's, and Huntingdonshire in turn became part of Cambridgeshire in the 1970's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterborough#Administration

I used to live near Peterborough and no-one ever knew which county to use on our address 

[rosie99]

Thank you Jen 

I tend to keep to the county they started off in then it does not get confusing. 

I know what you mean about not knowing what county to use on your address, I live in Middlesex   

[stanmapstone]

I find the Notes for Historians and Genealogists at the Association of British Counties web site useful http://www.gazetteer.org.uk/notes.php

Stan

[stanmapstone]

Another useful site A Beginner's Guide to UK Geography
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/beginner-s-guide/index.html

Stan

[stanmapstone]

You can download a map of Regions and their constituent counties and LADs in the UK as at Dec 2011 https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/Docs/Maps/Regions_and_their_constituent_counties_unitary_authorities_(UK)_Apr_2011_map.pdf

Stan