Ancestry Index feature?

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Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 2,822 Send Message	DazedConfused	Report	4 Apr 2014 13:18
	Was on there yesterday and the old system seems to be back, so much better. Was able to submit several 'transcription errors' yippee :-D
	Researching: We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,291 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	31 Mar 2014 15:28
	Ah, interesting! I've been in the habit of using Ancestry on Firefox, and the index tab has popped up when I hovered the cursor over the bottom left corner of the image screen - I was never aware of a green rectangle. Now the index tab doesn't appear, and there's no green rectangle either. However, I find if I use Internet Explorer, the green rectangle is there. Looks like I'll have to use IE for Ancestry from now on. Many thanks for all replies. LATER: Seems to be working again now, on Firefox. For the moment, anyway.
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 10,522 Send Message	Potty	Report	31 Mar 2014 12:47
	Working OK for me and I'm sure it was yesterday.
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 2,822 Send Message	DazedConfused	Report	31 Mar 2014 10:32
	I was on Ancestry yesterday and I noticed that when looking at original pages I could now no longer submit a correction. Did not notice the 'green' rectangle, but will look again later. I know I was quite miffed that I could not submit an amendment for a glaring transcription error, yet again!!
	Researching: We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	31 Mar 2014 09:54
	There is a little green rectangle at the bottom left of the screen that says index. Click on that and the tab pops up.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,291 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	31 Mar 2014 09:41
	No, this is the "Index" tab, and correctable list of people's details, which appears (or did until a few days ago) at the bottom of the screen when you're viewing a census image on Ancestry. However, from the number of views, but lack of replies, it looks as if nobody knows what I'm talking about! Thanks for your reply, Jax. Must admit I'd never noticed the "add alternate information" option, in spite of many years use of Ancestry - how unobservant am I? That would do, though not quite the same format, and it only shows when viewing the transcription. The "index" tab showed when viewing the image, when it was easier to see any mistakes/mistranscriptions. Maybe they've done away with the "index" tab in favour of "Add alternate information". I'll ask Ancestry. I'm off out now, so won't be back here until evening.
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 21,069 Send Message	jax	Report	31 Mar 2014 00:46
	What this? Page Tools Save record to someone in my tree Save record to my shoebox Add Alternate Information <<<<<<< Report Issue View printer-friendly If so then....No
	Researching: Nothing much
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,291 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	30 Mar 2014 22:15
	Has anyone else lost the Index feature on Ancestry, which allows corrections to be made when viewing census images? It's been missing for a couple of days now - or is it just my computer?
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

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