In-Depth Guide – Part 7 – Ancestry Category Search

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“Ancestry Category Search” is chapter seven in this in-depth series on using the Ancestry website to further your family research. This chapter dives into a a type of Ancestry Search also known as Filter by Category. Ever feel overwhelmed by thousands of results coming back from your Search? And decide that you’d be better off … Read more In-Depth Guide – Part 7 – Ancestry Category Search

In-Depth Guide – Part 6 – Ancestry Global Search

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“Ancestry Global Search” is chapter six in this in-depth series on using the Ancestry website. This chapter looks in depth at this powerful type of Ancestry Search. The series chapters to date are: 1: The Essential Tree 2: Entering Dates in your Trees 3: Entering Names in your Trees 4: Entering Locations in your Trees … Read more In-Depth Guide – Part 6 – Ancestry Global Search

In-Depth Guide – Part 5 – the Ancestry Search Engine

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“The Ancestry Search Engine” is chapter five of an in-depth guide to using the Ancestry website. This chapter looks under the hood of the Ancestry Search Engine to explain some of the more crazy-looking search results, and how to get the best outcomes from your searches. This is the series list to date: 1: The … Read more In-Depth Guide – Part 5 – the Ancestry Search Engine

In-Depth Guide – Part 4 – Ancestry Location Guidelines

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“Ancestry Location Guidelines” is Part 4 of an in-depth guide to Ancestry. This chapter is about entering place names in your Ancestry tree.. This is the current chapter list in the series: 1: The Essential Tree 2: Entering Dates in your Trees 3: Entering Names in your Trees 4: Entering Locations in your Trees (this … Read more In-Depth Guide – Part 4 – Ancestry Location Guidelines

In-Depth Guide to Ancestry – Part 1 : The Essential Tree

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This is Part 1 of an in-depth guide to Ancestry DNA. We aim to take you from beginner to advanced use of Ancestry’s features. The series of tutorials will help you understand and master topics including: Ensuring you have an effective tree on Ancestry Making the most of your Ancestry DNA Matches Understanding DNA to … Read more In-Depth Guide to Ancestry – Part 1 : The Essential Tree

Pedigree Thief – Downloading Ancestry Matches

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Pedigree Thief is a free chrome extension that will download your DNA matches and shared matches from Ancestry and MyHeritage. The application is built for other purposes and does other things, but this review focuses entirely on the Ancestry download feature. What else does Pedigree Thief do? The tool allows you to transfer pedigree data … Read more Pedigree Thief – Downloading Ancestry Matches

How to Search a Shared Match Network Graph

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Take a look at our YouTube channel for a quick video on how to search a shared match network graph in the Boyne Analytics Match Graph application.This article gives a pictorial tutorial. Must Have Search! This feature was specifically requested by a customer who had over 100 thousand matches. She told us: “On the big … Read more How to Search a Shared Match Network Graph

A Comparison of Tools to Download Ancestry Matches

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Are you wondering how to download your matches and shared matches from Ancestry? This article compares and contrasts differing tools to download Ancestry matches. DNA Match Manager from Heirloom Software (Free) This desktop application is free, fast, easy to use, and it works. In February 2020 I downloaded 2,800 matches in just under three minutes. … Read more A Comparison of Tools to Download Ancestry Matches