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Re: Family & Local Histories

gengrl — 2009-06-01 14:53:34Z

Thank you for your reply. When the "new" Family & Local Histories was launched it appeared that new items had ceased (but for city directories and updates to previously existing items). That was unacceptable. I did an analysis of all items launched in August and found this to be the case.

However, to Ancestry.com's credit, it appears that categorizatons have been reevaluated. As you have just noted, two recent additions of marriage indexes were added. I was really glad to see that because marriage indexes should fall under the U.S. Records category.

You also replied to one of my post on another message. Thank you for your interest and concern about subscribers.

Re: Meyers Orts Gazetteer for German locations via Ancestry online

TimMcCormack41 — 2008-11-14 18:09:11Z

Thanks BG. It was easy to find with your help. I hope you have equal success on your request.

TM

Re: Meyers Orts Gazetteer for German locations via Ancestry online

BGlassel5232 — 2008-11-14 06:04:16Z

Rule One: When you do actually locate Meyers Orts on Ancestry, bookmark it!

Try this: In Ancestry, go to Search, scroll down to Europe, then Germany, then look for the category "Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers".
Now scroll down [about 6 lines] to "Meyers Gazetteer of the German Empire." I don't know why using any of those terms as keywords doesn't result in finding Meyers!

Best of luck, BG

Re: Meyers Orts Gazetteer for German locations via Ancestry online

TimMcCormack41 — 2008-11-14 00:58:32Z

Hello B.G.

Sorry I cannot help you but maybe you can help me. I came upon the Meyers Orts Gazetteer quite by accident while online with ancestry.com. I am a member. However, I can't find my way back to it now that I need to use it. Could you give me the directions from their homepage how to find it? I've tried to ask Ancestry.com, but that effort has been fruitless.

Thanks, TM

Please fix incorrect DB categorizations

gengrl — 2008-11-07 18:07:43Z

These databases should be part of the US Collection, yet they have been categorized as World content. These sources should NOT require a World subscription. Please FIX this asap.

History of Illinois - added 10/13/2008
http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=Booklist&dbid=325...

Major-General Richard Montgomery / American History Magazine - added 11/06/2008
http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=Booklist&dbid=326...

Re: Meyers Orts Gazetteer for German locations via Ancestry online

WNiermannWehdem — 2008-07-28 07:50:45Z

I do not know where you can find volume III at the Internet but you can find these books as photoreprints:
Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon
des Deutschen Reichs
Raymond S. Wright III
( Appendix to Volume II (originally published as part of Volume II ), Leipzig 1913.
Volume III:
Supplement published September 1913.
Reprint together as Volume II of Meyers
Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs
by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.Baltimore,
Maryland 2000.
Printed in America.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 99-85938
ISBN 0-8063-1631-4 (set)
ISBN 0-8063-1637-3 (Volume III)
Hope this will help?
Wilhelm

Meyers Orts Gazetteer for German locations via Ancestry online

BGlassel5232 — 2008-07-27 16:53:16Z

I have figured out how to access the Meyers Orts und Verkehrs Lexicon Gazetteer [online via Ancestry], which is used to locate & expand information on place names in 1912 Germany. Ancestry's version is quite clear, although it is in German script. Good practice for me, a beginning student of German.

After I find a location, and print out a copy, I can interpret the abbreviations fairly well with the help of Wendy Uncapher's and Larry Jensen's books. But they advise genealogists to also check Meyers' 3rd Volume for the same location. They say added information may exist in Vol. III for any location, possibly with some corrections.

Can anybody explain to me how, or even if, I can access Volume III, via Ancestry? If there is an explanation on the Ancestry site, I have not been able to find it.

Thanks for any suggestions, BG

Re: How safe are family trees/ photos on ancestry.com?

gnhansen29 — 2007-11-17 13:06:19Z

This is sometheing I wonder about.

It would be good if family trees and other records could be stored for future generations. Imagine if someone is looking for the same relatives say 100 years from now.

Re: 2 books about Germans in Texas are World Records Collection instead of US Records

mbmjlm — 2007-10-30 15:16:16Z

Lisa with TGN has helped again. There were three more records that I had found and thought should be included in US Records. These were "Germans in Colonial Georgia" and two "Swedish in Delaware" records. These have now been corrected thanks to Lisa. It is so great when someone at Ancestry really cares about we subscribers.

Re: 2 books about Germans in Texas are World Records Collection instead of US Records

mbmjlm — 2007-10-25 14:27:35Z

Actually I think we both had something to do with and thanks to Lisa it is done. I found another in Louisiana and pointed that one out as well. One problem I see is that when we find a book that we think should be in the US collection, there is no way to tell because we do not have access to even a description. By the way, they were right in that there was a "technical problem" but make that a "tech" problam because Lisa said it was human error. Someone clicked the wrong check mark and did not go back to see if it was in the right place.

Re: 2 books about Germans in Texas are World Records Collection instead of US Records

makz3d — 2007-10-25 13:35:20Z

I got another reply from Ancestry Support. Boy are they a joke.

One line:

"I think that it may be a technical issue so please call in 1-800-262-3787 thanks."

Then the standard "If I may be of some help" type line.

Re: 2 books about Germans in Texas are NOW in US Records Collection

makz3d — 2007-10-25 13:21:39Z

Thank you mbmjlm as it seems you had something to do with getting this corrected.

I received two emails from Lisa about this matter. The books are now included in the US Records Collection.

Yesterday morning I went to the books and they were still in the World Records Collection. Just before noon (EST) yesterday I emailed Ancestry Support and again told them the books were in the wrong Collection and gave them the information on the books.

Thanks also to Lisa.

Re: 2 books about Germans in Texas are World Records Collection instead of US Records

mbmjlm — 2007-10-24 23:43:14Z

Lisa with The Generations Network has fixed these two books which were placed in the wrong collection. This has not been corrected thanks to Lisa.

Re: 2 books about Germans in Texas are World Records Collection instead of US Records

mbmjlm — 2007-10-24 15:50:13Z

It is quite clear that Ancestry has no intention of putting the books in the right collection. The aim is to generate more money from subscribers.

Re: 2 books about Germans in Texas are World Records Collection instead of US Records

makz3d — 2007-10-24 15:47:59Z

Got a reply from Ancestry.

They wanted to know how I got to either of the books to search.

I was very clear that the books are in the wrong collection and their answer is to ask how did I find the books.

No surprise to me. I did think they would give me the whole spiel on "How to Search Ancestry's Databases" though.

E-mail newsletter December 2006

trmerlot — 2007-10-22 18:13:42Z

I'm trying to find out who the people in the photograph in the Dec 2006 newsletter are.
Can anyone help with whose photo it is. I've searched through hundreds of photos with no luck.

Cheers,
Merlot

Re: 2 books about Germans in Texas are World Records Collection instead of US Records

makz3d — 2007-10-19 01:31:54Z

I'm quite familiar with the baloney from Ancestry. I'll just send them this paragraph after they tell me "how to search"

"BOOK: New Homes in a New Land: German Immigration to Texas, 1847-1861 by Ethel H. Geue; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1970, reprinted 1999. A sequel to A New Land Beckoned, listed just above, this book contains the names of 5,600 German immigrants taken from 105 passenger lists. The person's age, place of residence in Europe, and dates of departure and arrival are given, along with the Texas county the immigrant settled in. This book is presently out of print, but can be found at many libraries."

Re: 2 books about Germans in Texas are World Records Collection instead of US Records

mbmjlm — 2007-10-18 16:16:55Z

They will just tell you what they told me-which is a lot of baloney. They said if the records were gathered from German sources they belong in World Records. Of course, there is no way for anyone to tell where the sources come from. As far as I am concerned they are telling a big fat story here. They tried to pull this last year. It's all about trying to push all subscribers into the more expensive records. Ultimately, I think it will turn around and bite them for pulling these kinds of stunts.

2 books about Germans in Texas are World Records Collection instead of US Records

makz3d — 2007-10-18 15:07:04Z

A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas, 1847-1861
A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas, 1844-1847

These 2 books about Texas and includes a list of the Germans that went to Texas. To view any pages in these books one must subscribe to the World Records Collection.

Please note that these 2 books about Germans in Texas should be available to subscribers to the US Records instead of the World Records Collection.

I have been trying to contact Ancestry already about these 2 books in the wrong collection but I can not get my email to go through.

How safe are family trees/ photos on ancestry.com?

Derek_Douglas — 2007-02-24 10:32:16Z

I am downloading a lot of photos to my public tree. How safe are these as a repository for future generations? What happens to my tree once I die?

I remember keeping my photos on an internet sharing site once that folded. I lost all of my photos.

Searching by author

Susan_Gomez — 2006-11-17 20:43:24Z

I have been trying to find a volume which I had been able to access when I had the Family & Local History subscription through Genealogy.com (also supplied by Heritage Quest). I cannot seem to find it in the Ancestry.com FLH database. Is there a way to search by the author? I have tried searching by keyword but am not getting results that make any sense.

Re: Viewer

dh_2000 — 2006-10-03 15:45:42Z

The only partial solution I've found is to click on the "save" button and you get the whole page. BUT that can be iffy for me too depending on what size image ends up being there since you can't resize it - too small and my old eyes have a hard time reading it.

Dianne

Re: Missing images

2006-08-03 16:06:32Z

Please post this on the ancestry.com comments board and their improvements page.

Others have to read this.

Databases in wrong collection

ChrisHankins21 — 2006-06-24 18:33:35Z

On 9/13 I sent an email to Ancestry support, pointing out that two databases released on that day were incorrectly added to the Family & Local Histories Collection when they should have been added to the U.S. Records Collection.

(Abstracts of Ripley County, Indiana wills, December 1931 to November 1944) and (Ross County, Ohio marriage records)

The U.S. Records Collection clearly states that it includes:
• U.S. Federal Census Indexes
• Social Security Death Index
• Birth, Marriage and Death Records ***
• Military Records
• Slave Narratives
• Court, land and probate records ***
• Regional histories
• City directories

As of today, these databases are still incorrectly cataloged. When will these databases be corrected?

Re: Databases in wrong collection