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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Too-Too Thursday - What's up Ancestry.com

I shudder to think what it will be like when Ancestry.com goes live with the 1940 census. Right now I am getting the most bizarre results. Like this recent search for John E. Carter is Missouri on the 1930 census. I got 28 hits. Unfortunately, none of them even had Carter in their name. What is up with that ancestry.com?


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5 comments:

  1. Brenda LeyndykeMarch 1, 2012 at 6:29 AM

    I am glad to hear I am not the only one with this problem. I figured it was me. Hopefully, it is a short term glitch.

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  2. Anne Percival KruszkaMarch 1, 2012 at 8:48 AM

    It seems to have gotten much worse lately.

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  3. Randy SeaverMarch 1, 2012 at 10:53 AM

    When did you do this search? Did you do this from within Facebook? Your screen looks nothing like my Ancestry screen results.

    On the Ancestry 1930 census page, I searched for Exact Search, John Carter, born 1888, lived in Missouri and got 5 matches. For Exact, John Carter, born 1888 in Missouri, I got 3 matches.

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  4. Anne Percival KruszkaMarch 1, 2012 at 10:57 AM

    Randy, NO I DID NOT do this search from inside FB. I use the old search on Ancestry. I get results like this about 10% of the time.

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  5. rodokmenMarch 4, 2012 at 8:04 AM

    I have the same problem:( Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

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