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   knuttle to Geoff   
   Re: Ancestry message folders Incoming Me   
   26 Mar 20 12:15:29   
   
   From: keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On 3/26/2020 10:20 AM, Geoff wrote:   
   > I received an email today saying that Ancestry are removing the folders    
   > on the Message Centre page.  Yet another backwards step!   
   > I'm sure others, like me, get messages from various contacts and it's    
   > the best way to keep them in some sort of order.  I presume that in    
   > future they will only be saved in the way that Ancestry wants us to have    
   > them.   Some years ago, we used to be able to create on the home page,     
   > "favourite links" to records that we used frequently.   That went!   
   > It seems that if it is useful, then they remove it to add something    
   > else. Does anyone else feel that Ancestry is moving away from its    
   > original concept of genealogy, i.e. searching and recording?   
      
   I am glad to hear that you can download your old messages, and I have    
   downloaded all of my old folders.  However it seems like the inbox    
   folder is gone for good.   
      
   Is there a way to download the current messages that you send receive?   
      
   I thought I could trust Ancestry to keep the messages, but .....   
      
   SO:  Now I will have to archive my messages on my computer, like I do    
   for all documents I need from Ancestry to support my research.   
      
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