Ancestry

This article is about the best ways to enter place names in your Ancestry tree.. Conventions and guidelines aren’t about foisting annoying rules on tree owners. The purpose is to give: You a convenient and consistent format for noting facts in your tree Others the best chance at seeing common lines and co-operating with your … Read more

This article is on how to enter names into your tree in ways that give you the most benefit from Ancestry. Let’s start by saying that naming guidelines aren’t about foisting obscure and annoying rules on tree owners. It’s about giving: You the best chance of remembering how and why you noted facts in your … Read more

This article looks in detail at how to format dates in your Ancestry tree in a way that gives the most benefit to your family research. Are you thinking: do Ancestry date formats really need a full article? Well, yes if you’ve ever scratched your head at these situations: “Different census records show different birth … Read more