Re: Ancestry.com search engine and FTM 2008 -- forget it!!


I have subscribed to Ancestry.com since around 2000, and, for the
same time, I have kept my family records on Family Tree Maker.

After 30 years of military service, 8 years of working at two other
jobs, 1 year losing a battle with Hurricane Katrina, 2 years of
losing my parents, wife and I spent 2008 building our house and
settling down.

After moving in our first project was to attack the 12 cartons of
photos, documents, diplomas, marriage licenses, and notes that we
collected developed over the years.

I ordered a brand new Family Tree Maker and loaded it on the
computer. FORGET IT.

The newest FTM -- I think it's FTM 2008 -- IS A MESS. DAMN NEAR
UNUSABLE.

I switched to Legacy and will not look back.

Then there's the matter of the Ancestry.com search engine. As best
I can tell, over the past 3-4 months, they have changed their online
search engine three times and now they have settled on the absolute
worst possible search.

I tried to find an uncle of mine to verify his death date in the SS
death index. With the new Ancestry.com site, I got over 50 hits on
his name, none of which was my uncle. I switched to the
FamilySearch site and found him in 30 seconds.

Guess this is what happens when you employ a shop full of computer
nerds who feel that they ABSOLUTELY MUST "improve" things.

"A Nonnie Moose" <moose@xxxxxxxxxx>


I've seen the comments about FTM before - seems like a bad case of
nerdiness hit the most recent version.

I've also been less than happy with some of the changes at
ancestry.com, but have found workarounds - the first being to not
use the default search screen.

John

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