I don't know how long the "old" FamilySearch has been around in essentially
it's present form but it must be at least 10 to 15 years. In this computer
genealogy age that is before the days of the dinosaurs! If computer systems
such as FamilySearch do not adapt and improve they will soon be as relevant
as Lotus123, Wordperfect, AOL etc.
Personally, I find the new beta search version an overall improvement. Some
reasons:
1 - There are many more databases to search. I can search all databases or
just an individual collection or group of collections.
2 - Some databases have the original scanned image to look at. I'm not at
the mercy of an indexer who was unfamiliar with the family.
3 - You can use wildcards in the search. What did you miss by not typing
"Corpenter" instead of "Carpenter" in the surname field?
4 - You have much more control over what search fields should be an exact
match and which are "fuzzy".
5 - Some of the search rules in the old familySearch were maddening and
seemingly nonsensical. Such as, "If you leave out the first name you can't
fill out any other field but the country". Who wants to see all Carpenter
records in the US? But you might want to know all Carpenter marriages in
Letcher Co., KY from 1800 to 1900.
Lloyd
On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 12:01 AM, <carpenter-request(a)rootsweb.com> wrote:
Today's Topics:
1. Re: Software changes (Donna Cuzze)
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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:48:49 -0800
From: "Donna Cuzze" <dcuzze(a)earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CARPENTER] Software changes
To: <carpenter(a)rootsweb.com>
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Boy, do I agree. Not just on Ancestry programs but many others (my pet
peeve is Paint Shop Pro).
A company starts with a great program, it gets popular, a big company buys
them and immediately makes changes for the worse and then charges more for
it! Ancestry ruined Rootsweb. Broderbund ruined Paint Shop and now it
seems that LDS will ruin Family Search Org.
Thumbs down to all of them !
Donna Cuzze
www.tourlv.net
JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON !
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