[Genealib] Ancestry Card Catalog

[Larry Naukam]

It isn't on the Library Edition - we tried it and got the "please subscribe"
advert. It IS available on the version of Ancestry that the LDS Family
History Centers have.

>>>A while back (on the Genealogy Guys podcast) I heard about a new "Card
Catalog" feature on Ancestry that would allow you to search by keyword for
individual databases within Ancestry.  (Hallelujah!)   Unfortunately, I've
noticed that this feature does not seem to work in the Library Edition.  If
you go to the Search page, you'll see the link to the card catalog in the
right hand corner.  But when you click on it you're just given an alpha list
to "browse."  In the Ancestry.com personal subscription, this link takes you
to a search box where you can actually search the titles of the databases.  

>>>Does anyone know if this is one of the intended "differences" between ALE
and Ancestry.com, or is this just an oversight?  As librarians, I would
think we would all be very interested in taking advantage of this search
feature.

 

 

 

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