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Why don't I exist, personally, on ancestry.com?

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Re: Why don't I exist, personally, on ancestry.com?

1nceaShawley  (View posts) Posted: 5 Jul 2009 8:16AM GMT
Classification: Query
I almost NEVER EVER use the 'Exact' box. Learned the hard way. Reason. Because almost all records have something wrong on them. Try typing in the information again, and not checking the 'exact' box.

I generally only use the "exact' box when I am searching under a mis-spelled name. i.e., for my Gentry family, it is often spelled Gentery, so I may check 'exact' for that spelling. I've been updating/annotating about 4,000 Gentry records, and this is one way I find the mis-spelled ones.
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
madelynmae012... 23 Jun 2009 7:36AM GMT 
madelynmae012... 23 Jun 2009 7:47AM GMT 
mbmjlm 23 Jun 2009 2:11PM GMT 
mbmjlm 23 Jun 2009 2:22PM GMT 
gratop 23 Jun 2009 6:53PM GMT 
lakebay 23 Jun 2009 11:36PM GMT 
1nceaShawley 5 Jul 2009 8:16AM GMT 
   

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