Genealogy Research and Education
If you’ve started using MyHeritage after working with other genealogy sites such as Ancestry.com, you may find the privacy settings to be confusing. Worse than that, you may not realize that the default MyHeritage privacy settings are different from other family tree websites. MyHeritage is more generous in giving other people access to your trees … Read more
You can widen your family tree research by putting your DNA onto several different DNA websites. Some of your DNA matches will have done the same, and it can be really useful to have information from two sites to analyse them. This article details four ways to find your Ancestry DNA matches on MyHeritage and, … Read more
These twelve tips for using Ancestry Thrulines follow on from the previous chapter about the underlying systems that generate them. As ThruLines are based on other people’s family trees, some will be accurate and some will be garbage. This chapter is on the best strategies and tips to identify the most useful Thrulines for your … Read more
Step 1: Install RootsMagic and download your Ancestry tree The free version (RootsMagic Essentials) will complete this task. There is a step-by-step pictorial guide in this article on using RootsMagic to back up your Ancestry tree. Alternatively, this video is a step-by-step walkthrough: Step 2: Copy the RootsMagic media folder You will rename the media … Read more
This chapter of our guide to Ancestry looks in depth at how Ancestry Thrulines work. It’s the start of a mini-series of articles on using Thrulines. Before we look at ways to evaluate your Thrulines and use them to maximum advantage, we look under the hood at how they are generated. A deeper understanding will … Read more
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
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
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
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
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