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Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 242 Send Message	Chrispynoodle	Report	16 May 2011 21:54
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 242 Send Message	I'm having trouble with Ancestry searching at the moment. Instead of the usual pages of records, I only seem to get a few specific matches. Does anyone know if they have change somenthing recently? :S
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	16 May 2011 21:59
	Have you clicked on the box "Match all terms exactly" and didn't have it clicked on before?
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 242 Send Message	Chrispynoodle	Report	16 May 2011 22:04
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 242 Send Message	No Margee...very weird. No "exact" boxes ticked. I'm only gettting a handful of matches.
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 242 Send Message	Chrispynoodle	Report	16 May 2011 22:07
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 242 Send Message	Have to go to bed now. Will check back tomorrow.. Thanks in advance for any ideas. Might have to email Ancestry.