Genealogy Research and Education
Latest update 24 July 2020: Ancestry personnel have informed several users that the removal of matches will be delayed to early September late August starred matches will not be removed cM decimal places will be shown so you can tell which are below 8 cM My only sources for this are from Facebook groups. Ancestry … Read more Impact of Ancestry removing your DNA matches in 2020
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
I’ve been looking for a way to back up my Ancestry tree that is better than Ancestry’s export option, which leaves your uploaded photos and documents behind. Both the free and paid versions of RootsMagic 7 will download your Ancestry tree with the associated records, images, and documents. You can also upload your local RootsMagic … Read more Should you use RootsMagic to back up your Ancestry Tree?
Ancestry gives you the ability to download your Ancestry family tree to a GEDCOM file on your local computer. Not sure what a GEDCOM file is and what you can do with it? Are you aware that some photos and documents in your tree will not be exported? We’ll cover all that after this quick … Read more Download your Ancestry tree to GEDCOM – A Complete Guide
This chapter of tips for Ancestry hints follows on from the previous chapter on strategies to evaluate your hints. More tips for Ancestry Hints finishes a three-part mini series of articles on the Ancestry Hints system. So if you haven’t seen them, check out the other chapters with the links below. The In-Depth Guide chapters … Read more More Tips for Ancestry Hints – Part 13 of our in-Depth Guide
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 … Read more How to add photos to an Ancestry tree
July 2020 has been 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, and it is still down at the time of … Read more Security Breaches and DNA Testing Websites – July 2020
How do you share your tree on Ancestry.com? Can you give access to non-members, or do they need to pay for membership? Why don’t people receive your invites to share an Ancestry family tree, and what’s the most sure-fire way to ensure success? How to share an Ancestry family tree To share your Ancestry tree, … Read more How to share an Ancestry family tree
What is a linked and unlinked tree on Ancestry.com? You can build family trees on Ancestry.com without also taking a DNA test with AncestryDNA. But if you’ve taken the DNA test, you can link the DNA results with one of your family trees. You can only link your test to one tree at a time, … Read more How to link DNA results to an Ancestry tree
This question pops up every now and then, so this article gives a step-by-step guide on how to change the home person in your family tree on Ancestry.com. Changing the Home Person on Ancestry To change the home person on an Ancestry tree, go to the Tree Settings page. The first tab shows “Tree Info”, … Read more How to change the Home Person on an Ancestry tree
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 back and change the tree name on Ancestry.com. To change your Ancestry family tree … Read more How to change an Ancestry tree name
How do I create a new tree in Ancestry? This seems like it should be obvious, but it’s not. If you’ve been working for months on your main tree and decide you want to create a quick experimental tree for tentative research, you may be scratching your head looking for a big “create” button. It’s … Read more How to create a new tree on Ancestry