What problem does Add Keyboard Navigation to Search solve?
When running searches on Ancestry, often times we are searching across many pages of results for the record we’re looking for. Add Keyboard Navigation to Search allows you to quickly switch pages using only the arrow keys on your keyboard, helping to make navigation faster and simpler.
How does Add Keyboard Navigation to Search work?
With Add Keyboard Navigation to Search, on any Ancestry search results page you can use the arrow keys to move between pages. Pressing the left arrow will move you back a page and pressing the right arrow will move you forward a page.
How do I use Add Keyboard Navigation to Search Trees?
- Ensure Add Keyboard Navigation to Search is enabled in the Genealogy Assistant pop-up panel.
- Run a search for a person or keyword from the Ancestry search page.
- When viewing the results, use the right arrow on your keyboard to move forwards one page.
- Use the left arrow to move backwards one page in your search.
Add Keyboard Navigation to Search is a feature of the software Genealogy Assistant.
Genealogy Assistant is an extension for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge which supercharges your family history research by adding over 100 custom features to popular genealogy websites like Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA and more. You can watch a full video walkthrough on YouTube.
Install Genealogy Assistant for Google Chrome | Install for Mozilla Firefox | Install for Microsoft Edge