Copyright 2010-2013, ACK for Gene Notes
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Sympathy Saturday - Anna Maria Elizabeth Decker Meyer
Elizabeth Decker Meyer was the wife, of Anton (Henrich Anton) Meyer. They were married November 25, 1849 in Minster, Ohio. She died on June 29, 1859 in Minster. She was the mother of five children, two of whom predeceased her.
Copyright 2010-2013, ACK for Gene Notes
Copyright 2010-2013, ACK for Gene Notes
Friday, June 28, 2013
I'm a Two-Percenter!
Do you use the old search on Ancestry.com? If so, you, like me, are the two percent that use the old feature. And alas, like all good things, it is going away.
I received a survey today, from Ancestry.com, about improvements that I would suggest. My first suggestion was to be able to search ONLY a specific collection, or, let's say just the United States Collection. And not get ANY results for outside the U.S.
Out of curiosity, I used the new search. And even though I said to search only the United States Collection, I still got reams of results from the UK. It's very frustrating. And my guess is that they do that on purpose. So that you'll pay for the World collection.
Obviously, they aren't going to fix it. This has been my beef since before they introduced the 'new search' several years ago. If they haven't fixed it in all those years, it isn't going to happen because of a two percenter!
Copyright 2010-2013, ACK for Gene Notes
I received a survey today, from Ancestry.com, about improvements that I would suggest. My first suggestion was to be able to search ONLY a specific collection, or, let's say just the United States Collection. And not get ANY results for outside the U.S.
Out of curiosity, I used the new search. And even though I said to search only the United States Collection, I still got reams of results from the UK. It's very frustrating. And my guess is that they do that on purpose. So that you'll pay for the World collection.
Obviously, they aren't going to fix it. This has been my beef since before they introduced the 'new search' several years ago. If they haven't fixed it in all those years, it isn't going to happen because of a two percenter!
Copyright 2010-2013, ACK for Gene Notes
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Too-Too Thursday - My Scrambled Brain
It's been humid and hot here of late, with a threat of thunderstorms. In fact, as I write this on Wednesday night, I am watching radar of storms moving in from Kentucky. Time to batten down the hatches.
When the weather gets nasty like this, I find it hard to settle down and work on any one thing or follow through. Could be due to the pounding in my head. It doesn't stop me from taking a peak a new/updated databases on Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org, however.
I need to stop looking, my desk is getting out of hand. We replaced a printer of hubby's last weekend (we moved him to an all-in-one) after his scanner died. The footprint for the old printer and separate scanner, which by the way, is no longer supported by HP, was a whopping 30 inches. The new printer/scanner/fax/copier has a footprint of 15 x 18. That's a win as far as I am concerned. But there is a learning curve with new equipment.
Then last week, I bought a tablet. Said tablet and I are getting to know each other very well. Now that I printed out the user guide for it, we'll get to know each other even better. Oh yeah, that's another pile. All these piles are hiding a file on my desk that I need to scan. I better go hunt for it!
Copyright 2010-2013, ACK for Gene Notes
When the weather gets nasty like this, I find it hard to settle down and work on any one thing or follow through. Could be due to the pounding in my head. It doesn't stop me from taking a peak a new/updated databases on Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org, however.
I need to stop looking, my desk is getting out of hand. We replaced a printer of hubby's last weekend (we moved him to an all-in-one) after his scanner died. The footprint for the old printer and separate scanner, which by the way, is no longer supported by HP, was a whopping 30 inches. The new printer/scanner/fax/copier has a footprint of 15 x 18. That's a win as far as I am concerned. But there is a learning curve with new equipment.
Then last week, I bought a tablet. Said tablet and I are getting to know each other very well. Now that I printed out the user guide for it, we'll get to know each other even better. Oh yeah, that's another pile. All these piles are hiding a file on my desk that I need to scan. I better go hunt for it!
Copyright 2010-2013, ACK for Gene Notes
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