Leon might be able to explain better, This is a feature of Legacy Deluxe......make sure to read the help on "Create Custom Internet Search"
If you go to Internet>Search Internet for current person> the name of the current person will appear in several field boxes for data. Some of these data fields can be sent along with the "search string" when requesting the database search, to save you time in having to enter that data. Ancestry.com is usually one of the 'default sites' that displays in the popup box. If you click on "Customized Searches" and then on Select next to Ancestry name, select Ancestry.com from the list and click edit, you can "edit' the search string that gets set out to ancestry. Simply enter the string Leon sent to me..... http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_r_f-2_s&gsfn=[GivenNames]&gsln=[Surname]&msbdy=[BirthYear]&uidh=g1k Close the box and back out to the family view page. Now, click on Internet>Search for current> make sure the radio button is selected for ancestry and click search. The first name of the persons will be automatically filled into the [GivenNames] the last name into the [Surname] and the year of birth into the [BirthYear] thereby narrowing your search from the start... You dont need to worry about the other info, its just data needed for the search string to process quickly thru ancestry. Hope that helps.... Jay On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Howlanddavisii <howlanddavi...@aol.com>wrote: > Jay & Leon: > > For those of us who are not as technically proficient as you, could > you explain what the search strings do and do you fill in some spaces such > as given name and surname and, if so, what goes in the ROOT_CATEGORY if > anything? And what about the items in black such as [ ]=[%20] > > Howland Davis > -----Original Message----- > From: Jay 1FamilyTree <1familytree....@gmail.com> > To: LegacyUserGroup <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> > Sent: Thu, Aug 29, 2013 10:12 pm > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] search String for Ancestry > > Thanks Leon > > Your ancestry string works MUCH better than the one I had... Thanks! > > Jay > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Leon Chapman <chap...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Jay: >> >> Here are a couple you can try: >> >> *Ancestry.com * >> >> http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_r_f-2_s&gsfn=[GivenNames]&gsln=[Surname]&msbdy=[BirthYear]&uidh=g1k >> [ ]=[%20] >> *Ancestry.com - Legacy 8* >> >> http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_r_f-2_s&gsfn=[GivenNames]&gsln=[Surname]&msbdy=[StartYear]&uidh=000 >> [ ]=[+] >> ___ >> Leon Chapman >> chap...@gmail.com >> ----- >> >> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Jay 1FamilyTree < >> 1familytree....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> It's about time that I update my custom search strings so that they work >>> better. >>> >>> For a long time, most have just taken me to the web site where I either >>> have to add additional info or add everything. >>> >>> The priority is Ancestry.com >>> >>> Does anyone have any suggestions for anything better than >>> >>> >>> http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&gsfn=[FirstName]&gsln=[Surname] >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. >>> >>> Jay at 1familytree.com >>> >>> >> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
