Apart from the missing categories list, my UK-based search seems to work fine without any workaround, so it's obviously not affecting everyone the same way, which may be one reason why they haven't managed to fix it yet. For example, a default search for someone in my tree with all four options ticked gives me 1,892 matches in FTM, and a fairly similar 1,792 in Ancestry. I haven't checked them all individually of course, but the results look similar and are all relevant. Narrowing down e.g. by selecting Exact on the name also works correctly in either system, giving me 5 matches. The missing categories bug is a nuisance though.
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