Genealogy Research and Education
If you want to split your MyHeritage family tree, you won’t be able to do it easily on the MyHeritage website. You could copy people one-by-one into a new tree, but this would be very tedious. This article is a step-by-step guide to separating a MyHeritage tree using free software. A Common Scenario – Splitting … Read more
Do you want to split your Ancestry family tree? You may have started one tree for yourself and your spouse, and now would like to separate it into two. Or you may wish to split a branch into a new private tree while you’re looking for supporting records. Ancestry.com does not have an online feature … Read more
It can be difficult to delete a family tree or even a single individual from Geni. In some circumstances, you will not be able to remove every tree profile that you added to Geni. This depends on whether your tree is isolated or if it is shared with other Geni members. This article goes through … Read more
The GEDCOM standards are designed to allow the exchange of family trees between different software and websites. But few platforms conform strictly to the guidelines. A GEDCOM validation tool will warn you about potential issues in your GEDCOM files. This article is a review and comparison of two free GEDCOM validation tools. I’ve also got … Read more
If you have DNA results on the FamilyTreeDNA website, you can research DNA matches on Geni.com. You don’t need to have purchased a DNA kit from FamilyTreeDNA, because it accepts DNA results from companies like Ancestry and 23andMe. This article walks you through getting access to Geni DNA matches by using your DNA results from … Read more
If you’ve tested with 23andMe, you can download your 23andMe DNA results from the website. It’s good practice to keep a local copy of your DNA data in a secure place. This article will take you step-by-step through the process. You can also upload the file to websites that accept DNA results. We’ll give you … Read more
Geni offers five types of GEDCOM export, and each type includes a different set of your relatives. This article explains the differences, and which option to choose for what you want to achieve. We also cover the limits on what you can export. And no, you can’t download the entire Geni World Tree! How To … Read more
Uploading a GEDCOM file to the Geni website is trickier than with other sites. You may have some extra work to do to ensure that the import of your family tree completes successfully. It will save you time and headaches if you know about the challenges and pitfalls in advance. This article shows you what … Read more
I wrote an article about ways to find and research famous relatives on Ancestry and other websites. One of those websites was Geni.com. I was intrigued by this collaborative family tree site, and I wanted to take a closer look at the Geni World Family Tree. The Geni.com website was a little tricky to figure … Read more
RootsMagic 7 runs on many, but not all, Mac operating systems. Mac users don’t get every RootsMagic 7 feature available in Windows, but the missing few may be of no interest to you. This article describes these features, and some simple workarounds to get the same benefits on a Mac. Both Windows and Mac users … Read more
