tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post8656861768776943998..comments2023-04-20T12:46:11.858-06:00Comments on The Ancestry Insider: Monday Mailbox: Numbers Instead of Place NamesThe Ancestry Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-69686581347380600122014-09-24T22:07:54.842-06:002014-09-24T22:07:54.842-06:00pre ancestry.com there were actually other family ...pre ancestry.com there were actually other family research software (can't exactly remember what the one I used was but I think it was a DOS program (?)) anyway... the software assigned a number to the place name - when those trees where uploaded to ancestry I believe the numbers transferred and not the place name itself. This has been a problem ever since I can remember with ancestry and I have been using for a long long time - at least that is what I was told a long time ago (but it may all be a furfy lol)Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236344547882590960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-74588063897725374562014-09-22T22:49:53.780-06:002014-09-22T22:49:53.780-06:00Are the numbers perhaps the numbers of microfilm a...Are the numbers perhaps the numbers of microfilm at the FHL?Sheri Fenleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.com