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A few words about Ancestry.com | A few words about Ancestry.com | ||
I have noticed that most people who go to Ancestry.com, put in a name and maybe a date or place, push search and wait for what they want to pop up. Sometimes this is all they need, but more often than not what comes up is a list which is hard to read through and without a great deal of familiarity with Ancestry, it is just plain confusing. | I have noticed that most people who go to [[Ancestry.com|Ancestry.com]], put in a name and maybe a date or place, push search and wait for what they want to pop up. Sometimes this is all they need, but more often than not what comes up is a list which is hard to read through and without a great deal of familiarity with Ancestry, it is just plain confusing. | ||
Using census records is easy. Just look at the bottom of the main search page and find the year you want to search, then search. But if you look just to the right of the list of census years you will see a list of "collections". There are only a few listed, but at the bottom of the list it says "see all databases". | Using census records is easy. Just look at the bottom of the main search page and find the year you want to search, then search. But if you look just to the right of the list of census years you will see a list of "collections". There are only a few listed, but at the bottom of the list it says "see all databases". | ||
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The databases are all readable on Ancestry without doing a search. What that means is that going to the databases and choosing one gives you the choice to do a search for a name or to just read the document. I know that, especially for the new researcher, reading or scanning a document can be time consuming and tedious. But I also know from experience that it can be very rewarding. | The databases are all readable on Ancestry without doing a search. What that means is that going to the databases and choosing one gives you the choice to do a search for a name or to just read the document. I know that, especially for the new researcher, reading or scanning a document can be time consuming and tedious. But I also know from experience that it can be very rewarding. | ||
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One more tip I would like to share about using Ancestry.com or any website which redirects you to another page for the actual information. When you right click on the link you will usually be given several choices including opening the new page in another tab or window. I usually use another tab so that the original page is preserved and I do not need to go back and forth often losing the original page. | |||
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