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Ancestry.....not many people know this.

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Linda

Linda Report 24 Mar 2017 10:50

Thank you Mr M have been using Ancentry for 11 years and still did not know

Researching:
Wells Ealing and E/W Ilsley Webbs H/Wycombe Lambourns E/Ilsley Deacons E/Ilsley Cannings Derry

Kucinta

Kucinta Report 23 Mar 2017 12:51

Just adding my thanks! :-D

Researching:
Eayres (Northants/London) Walker (Surrey) Loveday (Northants) Moore (Tipperary)

Kense

Kense Report 22 Mar 2017 20:05

You may well be right Sylvia. If I remember correctly it used to be that you clicked on the image on the row you were interested in and the Index would appear centred on that row.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 22 Mar 2017 19:43

Thank you Mr Magoo!!

KenSE .............

I don't think it has been there for very long. I saw it for the first time over the weekend and wondered vaguely what it was for, but I didn't hover the mouse over it ............. if I had done that, I would have seen "Show Index"!!!

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Annx

Annx Report 22 Mar 2017 15:25

Thank you!

Researching:
Staffordshire, Warwickshire

Kense

Kense Report 22 Mar 2017 14:15

I think it started with the 1911 census and was later extended to the other censuses.
Not sure when the two head icon appeared though.

McAlp

McAlp Report 22 Mar 2017 12:33

I feel so stupid for not knowing that Mr M :-S
I have used Ancestry for the past 10 years, has it always
been there ?

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 22 Mar 2017 11:19

Thank you so much, Mr. M. I've been using census info on Ancestry for years and never realized that you could do that.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Kense

Kense Report 22 Mar 2017 11:02

I am surprised that not many people knew that. It is most useful for submitting amendments to poor transcriptions - just double click on the incorrect field. The film icon is useful for reading adjacent pages in the census.

Mersey

Mersey Report 22 Mar 2017 10:52

Wow thanks Mr M :-D

Researching:
#Be Kind

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 22 Mar 2017 09:21

Well i never!

It makes it so much easier to C&P the household members from there, which include's their places of birth.........rather than having to check back on the image, and then type out all their details individually.

Thank you Mr Magoo. :-)

Researching:
"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

Gee

Gee Report 22 Mar 2017 06:43

That's really helpful. Thank you :-)

Researching:

supercrutch

supercrutch Report 21 Mar 2017 22:38

:-D :-D :-D

Thank you

Researching:
Jones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 21 Mar 2017 22:14

On Ancestry when you look at a census image at the bottom of the screen there is a page number.
To left is film number but to right there are two heads. If you click on that a transcription will appear of all the names on that census page and places of birth.

This might be helpful in reading awkward names.

Hope this helps :-) :-)