tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post6879486560617592111..comments2024-03-19T11:37:07.200+00:00Comments on The GENES Blog: More UK directories released on AncestryChris Patonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05073425769475523109noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post-102151857924094222013-05-02T18:29:57.724+01:002013-05-02T18:29:57.724+01:00Thanks Steve - much appreciated. Will re-tweet to ...Thanks Steve - much appreciated. Will re-tweet to alert people to the updateChris Patonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05073425769475523109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post-50455976854679951162013-05-02T17:49:37.654+01:002013-05-02T17:49:37.654+01:00Hi Chris - the latest from Ancestry: "This is...Hi Chris - the latest from Ancestry: "This is definitely not working as designed and needs to be corrected. I'll get my team right on this to try and troubleshoot what is going on and then post a new version of the index."Stevehttp://www.atcherley.org.uk/wordpress/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post-11375187274960962162013-05-01T22:29:40.153+01:002013-05-01T22:29:40.153+01:00Thanks for the update on thisThanks for the update on thisChris Patonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05073425769475523109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post-5635425515589034942013-05-01T20:21:06.434+01:002013-05-01T20:21:06.434+01:00Ancestry says this of the new release: "We...Ancestry says this of the new release: "We've recently improved our OCR technology, and re-scanned all the hundreds of directories in this collection. That means your search results should be more accurate, and you should find it much easier to spot your relatives on the results page."<br /><br />However, anybody listed in a directory with an initial rather than a forename, has had their initial replaced with a forename of Ancestry's choosing! So for example E becomes Edward, G becomes George, J becomes James and T becomes Theodore. There were an awful lot of people named Theodore in Britain according to this database! I suspect a global search-and-replace error. Whatever the cause, this problem neither makes search results more accurate, nor does it make it easier for people to spot their relatives on the results page.<br /><br />I have tweeted and emailed Ancestry with no response, however a message to an Ancestry message board has just elicited a reply from Ancestry, and I have given them some examples of the problem to look at.<br />Stevehttp://www.atcherley.org.uk/wordpress/noreply@blogger.com