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Terri
06-08-17, 17:15
What on earth have Ancestry done to their Parish Records. I've gone to the Surrey page and found this:

Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s 2,255,689
Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923 1,856,643
Dresden, Germany, Births, 1876-1902 (in German) 1,125,673
London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921 750,614
Web: Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920 519,336
Weirton Daily Times (Weirton, West Virginia) 122,524
U.S. Navy Pensions Index, 1861-1910 81,655
France Historical Postcards (in French) 46,458
The Cleveland Jewish News Obituary Index, 1964-2007 27,858
The Vinton memorial, comprising a genealogy of the descendants of John Vinton of Lynn, 1648 561
Schermerhorn genealogy and family chronicles 452
Charente : Inventaire sommaire des archives départementales antérieures à 1790, archives civiles, séries C, D, E (1 à 966) (in French) 270
A glimpse at historic Madison County and Richmond, Kentucky
Terri
06-08-17, 17:17
If anyone can find the Surrey baptisms, please can they tell me.

*bangs head on keyboard with frustration*
ElizabethHerts
06-08-17, 17:22
How odd, Terri. I don't have a problem so perhaps it is your browser.

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=4772
These are the baptisms from 1812.
Sue from Southend
06-08-17, 17:24
I just put "Surrey baptisms" in the Card catalogue keyword search and there they were. This is how I normally find them....
Terri
06-08-17, 17:33
LOL! This is bonkers. I was only looking at them an hour ago and now ........ it's all gone mad! I've refreshed, closed the site and opened it again, still I have the World and His Wife on the Surrey page. Thanks for finding them for me anyway. x
JBee
06-08-17, 18:15
Surrey parish records are coming up for me as Surrey too - I think it must be your computer
kiterunner
06-08-17, 18:22
I got the same as Terri when I checked, Julie, so it's not just her computer. I would normally go via the Card Catalogue instead though.
Terri
06-08-17, 19:28
I got the same as Terri when I checked, Julie, so it's not just her computer. I would normally go via the Card Catalogue instead though.

Thank goodness for that, thought I was going mad there. I hope this is a case of Ancestry "going wrong", and not a "fix what wasn't broken" and in doing so has created total destruction!
Merry
06-08-17, 19:28
They are working OK for me. I almost never use the Card Catalogue though, I would just pick them out of the results list.
Terri
06-08-17, 19:53
It's not just Surrey, London is the same - contains everything from
Arkansas to Washington DC, including a few really curved balls, such as: Acerra, Napoli, Italy, Comune Civil Registration Records, 1809-1929 (in Italian) 53,635
Terri
06-08-17, 21:37
Tree sync has been turned off, that usually means something is amiss at Ancestry,
Mary from Italy
06-08-17, 23:52
I find Ancestry images often have entirely the wrong title at the top of the page, often relating to records from a completely different country. This has been happening for months.
kiterunner
07-08-17, 08:23
More like for years, Mary! They have been told about it many times but still not fixed it.
Elderflower
07-08-17, 11:25
It's just as bad for the Wiltshire and Somerset records and I cannot find them through the catalogue either. I have these pages bookmarked to go straight there but no luck. After not doing much research for a few months, got the urge today to be frustrated with Ancestry. Hope it get resolves soon.

Pat
Merry
07-08-17, 11:52
If you use "Match all terms exactly" I can't see the need to use the Card Catalogue.
kiterunner
07-08-17, 11:55
It's just as bad for the Wiltshire and Somerset records and I cannot find them through the catalogue either. I have these pages bookmarked to go straight there but no luck. After not doing much research for a few months, got the urge today to be frustrated with Ancestry. Hope it get resolves soon.


The links for the Somerset PR's are in this thread:
http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=24426

and the Wiltshire ones in this thread:
http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=25515

I see the Card Catalogue is completely messed up too. :(
kiterunner
07-08-17, 12:08
I've asked about it on ancestry's Facebook page - will report back if I get a reply!
kiterunner
07-08-17, 15:28
Oh, and the links to the Surrey parish registers are in this thread:
http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=17656&highlight=surrey
Elderflower
07-08-17, 18:10
The links for the Somerset PR's are in this thread:
http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=24426

and the Wiltshire ones in this thread:
http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=25515

I see the Card Catalogue is completely messed up too. :(

Thank you for those links, I have now added them to my favourites.

Pat
Terri
07-08-17, 19:56
The Surrey parish records are back in the rightful place today, thank goodness for that! I virtually live on that page ;)