Excellent, but ............. 19 February 2013 Reviewer: Old Tone from London, UK
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I have been subscribed to Ancestry.co.uk for nearly a year now. On the whole it is an excellent concept and seems in my opinion to offer far more that other programs.
It is by far the easiest to search for people and the overall layout is great for my purposes. I like the ready access to a tree layout , person detail and places.
However I find 5 things are now clouding the overall picture.
1. Inability to remove unwanted items. I have a number of entries stating "Shared Facts with Unknown", which should be removed but cannot be.
2. Location names are changing to undecipherable 7 figure numbers which according to 2Ancestry" they have no idea why it is happening and have no clue how to resolve the issue.
3. Added media items are moving themselves from the person concerned, to incorrect people in the tree.
4. There is far too much bias toward reults from USA. Realising the program originates from there, it would be nice if it could be restricted when required, to the country required in the search.
5. Without subscribing to the "Wholeworld" program, it is impossible to remove unwanted search items from other countries, principally USA. Therefore hints are shown continuously for unwanted hints.
In summary, I would recommend Ancestry.com to a friend.
