Genealogy Research and Education
This chapter of our in-depth guide to Ancestry looks in detail at how Ancestry Tree Hints work. Many have a love-hate relationship with the green leaf hints, which can provide invaluable insight or be wildly inaccurate. This chapter looks under the hood at the engine that generates them. Understanding how the system works will help … Read more
This chapter is about connecting your Ancestry tree and DNA matches. Do you look at your thousands of matches and wonder why you don’t recognize any surnames in their pedigree? Marvel at how your great grandparents were all from the same town, but your DNA are cousins strewn across three continents? If you’re interested in … Read more
How do you send messages to DNA matches that are more likely to get replies? Why don’t Ancestry users respond to your messages about their trees? Ancestry don’t mention this in their marketing, but there is an unfortunate truth that is easily learned by reading social media forums. Out of the millions of Ancestry users, … Read more
“Ancestry Card Catalog Search” is chapter eight in this in-depth series on how to use the Ancestry website for your family research. This chapter takes a close look at a somewhat hidden tool in your Ancestry bag. Back in 2009, an Ancestry staffer was surprised that many hobbyists she met at a genealogy conference had … Read more
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Ancestry Name Guidelines” is Part 3 of an in-depth guide to Ancestry DNA. It covers how to enter names into your tree in ways that give you the most benefit from Ancestry. This is the current chapter list in the series: 1: The Essential Tree 2: Entering Dates in your Trees 3: Entering Names in … Read more
This is Part 2 of an in-depth guide to Ancestry DNA. I’m going to discuss how to enter dates into your tree in a way that gives you the most benefit from Ancestry. This is the current list of chapters in the series: Chapter 1: The Essential Tree Chapter 2: Entering Dates (this post) Chapter … Read more
