Joseph,

I got this response today to my help request :

Dear Ron,

We appreciate your message.

We regret any frustration this issue might be causing. We are aware of the problems you are encountering with searching on Ancestry.com. Our programmers have been notified of the matter you have reported and hope to have the issue resolved shortly.

If there is anything else with which we might assist you, please let us know.

Jen
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