tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post1639167534080909683..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915 on Ancestry.comRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-68409174831092211592013-07-05T09:31:30.841-07:002013-07-05T09:31:30.841-07:00Randy,
I agree that the links are messy on Ancest...Randy,<br /><br />I agree that the links are messy on Ancestry. A few tips to obtain a cleaner web link:<br /><br />1. You can save the record to your Shoebox. The link created for the record in the Shoebox is much shorter: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/viewrecord.aspx?dbname=&dbid=2101&rpid=2907628<br /><br />The two key pieces of data to get back to a record are the DBID or DBName and the pID (record ID) within that database.<br /><br />2. You can modify the longer URL from the record to its most basic parameters:<br /><br />http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=MADeathRecords&h=2907628<br /><br />In this case the "indiv" parameter indicates the record page. The other parameters store the search terms and other data to help keep the links to return to results, etc...<br /><br />It does not provide a long-term solution to user-friendly URLs directly available from the record page, but it is a workaround.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com