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Offline Zaphod99

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Do you have suggestions for improving ancestry.com?
« on: Thursday 03 July 25 12:25 BST (UK) »
I recently had an email from them asking for ideas for enhancements and suggestions. If anyone posts any suggestions here over the next three or four days, I will submit them.

Keep it clean, folks!

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Re: Do you have suggestions for improving ancestry.com?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 03 July 25 13:10 BST (UK) »
Stop constantly changing things.

Stop the constant (identical) offers to have my DNA tested - they seem to come in several times a week - I’m not intrested.

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« Reply #2 on: Thursday 03 July 25 13:21 BST (UK) »
Stop presuming that everywhere is America. 
James -Victoria, Australia originally from Keynsham, Somerset.
Janes - Keynsham and Bristol area.
Heale/Hale - Keynsham, Somerset
Vincent - Illogan/Redruth, Cornwall.  Moved to Sculcoates, Yorkshire; Grass Valley, California; Timaru, New Zealand and Victoria, Australia.
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Ellis - Anglesey

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« Reply #3 on: Thursday 03 July 25 13:23 BST (UK) »
As an ex-IT Professional, Why can't the Ancestry software detect that I am in UK (OK! Isle of Man for the pedants :D ), and offer me British Isles records rather than all the US rubbish?

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Re: Do you have suggestions for improving ancestry.com?
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 03 July 25 13:40 BST (UK) »
Let us dismiss Hints, when they are clearly for the wrong person on the tree
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday 03 July 25 14:37 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Alandal on Thursday 03 July 25 13:40 BST (UK)
Let us dismiss Hints, when they are clearly for the wrong person on the tree


I  echo this, it causes so  much frustration and waste of time.
CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday 03 July 25 14:49 BST (UK) »
On a constructive note it would be good to stop the use of nom de plumes/nicknames/initials as usernames within the sphere of DNA.  Having a proper name might enable more matching to be done - although I think this would be pretty difficult to police. People must have to register with a proper name for payment purposes I assume.

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« Reply #7 on: Thursday 03 July 25 15:09 BST (UK) »
That is clearly desirable, but remember that some people have secrets that they wouldn't want to even hint that, especially if the person who had been tested is in the public eye.

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« Reply #8 on: Thursday 03 July 25 16:30 BST (UK) »
But surely such people wouldn't or shouldn't take a DNA test other than for medical reasons and those results wouldn't be posted on a public site like Ancestry. 

What is the point of Ancestry DNA if it doesn't enable one to find family?

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