Welcome to the New Ancestry Search
Thanks for taking the time to check out our new search. Your feedback will be invaluable in helping us fine-tune our search capabilities and improve the Ancestry experience overall. Whether you find a feature you like or something that doesn’t work the way you’d expect it to, we want to hear about it.
We assure you we’ll be reviewing every word of feedback submitted. Please note that we need your feedback soon to begin making changes to our search features.
Thank you again for helping us to create the best Ancestry possible.
Here’s how easily you can share your feedback from the new search:
- Perform some searches using the new search tools.
- Click the “Tell us what you think” link at the top-right of the search results page.
- Fill out the quick survey and click “Submit.”
What can you expect to see from our new and improved search?
Type-ahead tools
As you type information into a search field, Ancestry will forecast what you’re typing and fill in the remaining fields based on information already in your tree.
Image snapshots
View sections of newspaper and journal images highlighting your search terms to see whether a match is relevant.
Site-wide search
Search all of Ancestry at once without sacrificing a thing. Then narrow down to new and improved categories of information.
Contextual search tips
We’ll give you ideas to help you enter the best information possible.
Also...
- New, better organised content categories
- Advanced search filters
- New methods to easily browse titles
- A simpler, easier-to-read layout
- Record counts that tell you how many matches you have