Ancestry.com’s Card Catalogs
One of Ancestry.com’s hidden gems is its card catalog. Today we’ll look at how to get to the card catalogs, old and new. In later posts we’ll explore them in more detail. From the Ancestry.com home page, first click on the Search tab.
Ancestry.com’s old search and new search implement completely different card catalog experiences. We’ll try them both and you can see what you think.
Old Search
The upper-right corner of the old search interface looks like the example below. You’ll know it is the old search if there is a message on the upper-left (not shown below) that says “Try out the New Ancestry Search” and two links on the right-hand side labeled “Try It”, which you can click to try the new search and new catalog, and “Tour”, which you can use to learn about the new search.
To use the old search card catalog, look for the Search Resources box on the right-hand side and click the top link, “Card Catalog.”
New Search
The new search interface looks like the example below. You know it is the new search because of the message near the upper-left that says “Thanks for trying the New Ancestry Search.” Should you wish to switch back to the old search, click the link towards the upper-right labeled “Switch back to old search experience.” To use the card catalog, in the Featured box on the left-hand side, click on “Go to the Card Catalog.”
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