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Author: Margaret O’Brien
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11 Best Tips For Ancestry Hints
We’ve put together our top tips for getting the most out of hints in your Ancestry family tree. Want advice on separating the wheat from the chaff? Or do you actually want more hints? We cover a lot of bases in this article. (1) Skip Recent Hints “Recent Hints” are shown from the leaf dropdown…
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How To Add Photos To An Ancestry Tree
Have you got photos of your great-grandparents that you want to add to your Ancestry tree? Would you like a picture to be displayed as your ancestor’s profile image in the tree? Have you spotted an image in other members’ trees that you would like to copy in the right way? This step-by-step guide will…
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Security Breaches and DNA Testing Websites – July 2020
July 2020 was a bad month for security hacks and breaches in the world of genealogy and DNA testing websites. On 19th July 2020, GEDmatch (owned by Verogen) announced a security breach on their Facebook page. They took their website down to address the issues. It remained unavailable for a number of days. A major…
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How To Share An Ancestry Family Tree
How do you share your tree on Ancestry.com? Can you give access to non-members, or do they need to pay for membership? This article gives a step-by-step guide to providing access to your Ancestry family tree. How To Share An Ancestry Family Tree You can share your Ancestry tree through: a unique shareable link that…
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How To Link DNA Results To An Ancestry Tree
You can build family trees on Ancestry.com without also taking a DNA test with AncestryDNA. But you get massive benefits for your family research when you link your DNA to your Ancestry tree. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to attach DNA results to an Ancestry tree, and the benefits you get from doing…
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How To Change The Home Person On An Ancestry tree
This question pops up now and then on forums. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to change the home person in your family tree on Ancestry.com. A Quick Guide To Changing the Home Person on an Ancestry Tree To change the home person on an Ancestry tree: Open the Tree Settings page. A house…
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How to Change an Ancestry Tree Name
Do you want to change your family tree name on Ancestry? Did you name it something like “my family tree”? When you first created your tree, you may not even have noticed how it was being named. Here’s how to go change the tree name on Ancestry.com. How To Change An Ancestry Tree Name To…
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How to Create a New Tree on Ancestry
It seems like it should be obvious how to create a new tree on Ancestry. So you may be scratching your head and looking in vain for a big shiny “create tree” button. But it’s oddly hidden away from the main menus. This article will show you exactly how you create an Ancestry tree. How…
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Impact of Ancestry removing your DNA matches in 2020
FINAL UPDATE 1st September 2020: Ancestry will no longer display DNA matches below 8 cM. This article discusses techniques to preserve low matches before this change. These techniques are now obsolete. Latest update 24 July 2020: Ancestry personnel have informed several users that the removal of matches will be delayed to early September late August…
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How to Check If Your Ancestry Tree Is Public Or Private
If you’re new to Ancestry, you probably started your family tree with a few clicks. It’s important to know that your Ancestry tree is public by default. Are you sure that’s what you wanted? If not, here’s how to check if your Ancestry trees are public. How Do I Know If My Ancestry Tree Is…