tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post6654548152399099659..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Searching Records From Within An Ancestry Member TreeRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-40686470200124414572013-07-03T17:04:47.539-07:002013-07-03T17:04:47.539-07:00Personally, I use the hints and determine whether ...Personally, I use the hints and determine whether or not they are for my person. If they are I attach them. If they aren't, I ignore them. Then I click on the search records from that person's profile. This usually turns up a couple of extra hints, unless it is a person that had lots of hints. If the search records don't turn up results in databases where I would expect to find an individual, I then edit the search for that specific database. Finally, if I know there are databases that could contain my individual, but didn't hint or turn up in the search records, I navigate to that database using the card catalog or quick links on my Ancestry homepage, and play around with search for that particular database. Admittedly, I've only been researching for a couple of years, but new search makes sense to me, and generally has done a pretty good job. The only problem I've had, which has just been recently, is that, sometimes, using some of the exact search options gives me a result of zero good matches. This must be a glitch in the software, as, later, I can do the exact same search and get results. I'm not certain if it has something to do with traffic or what.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-29523962869182058022013-07-03T12:19:10.941-07:002013-07-03T12:19:10.941-07:00Randy,
That 50% of searches that begin from a tre...Randy,<br /><br />That 50% of searches that begin from a tree are actual historical record/tree searches just like you did here, not hint views.<br /><br />-CristaCristahttp://ancestry.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-89603838610909543582013-07-03T06:36:10.405-07:002013-07-03T06:36:10.405-07:00Nice review Randy! I agree with you, I "Like&...Nice review Randy! I agree with you, I "Like" searching from a member tree. I always beging that way. Usually, their top recommendations are applicable and easy to search through. Only after I work through their suggestions, do I go back and modify the search, change spellings, take away locations etc. For example, if an ancestor spend very little time in New York and has a very common name, I might get so many New York listings that are not relevant, and which push the Vermont listings where he lived most of his life way down the list. So I take out New York and voila! Smadarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09765946753514711483noreply@blogger.com