How Family Trees and Hinting Works on Ancestry.com: Q & A with Crista Cowan
In this episode we’re talking about how the hinting system and family tree algorithms work on Ancestry.com. This is a continuation from the Q & A with Crista Cowan.
Category: Ancestry
Mark Your Ancestry Trees with Emojis!
Mark Your Ancestry Trees with Emojis!
Obituaries & Marriages Indexed on Ancestry.com from Newspapers.com + Family Data Collection? One World Tree?
In this Q & A with Crista Cowan, we talk about the obituaries and marriages that are now indexing on Ancestry.com from images on Newspapers.com. Also I ask what is the Family Data Collection and One World Tree?
Ancestor Clean Up on Ancestry.com
Do you need to clean up your family tree on Ancestry?
Ancestry and FamilySearch, FindMyPast or MyHeritage: New Family Tree Trifecta Strategy
NEW! The Trifecta Strategy uses 3 to the Third Power to solve your brick walls. It uses Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org and one other genealogy repository of your choice (like FindMyPast.com or MyHeritage.com). Breakdown those brick walls with this new strategy. The Trifecta Strategy is designed to keep you focused on a path to solving your genealogical […]
AncestryDNA Cousin Matches: Next Steps
Learn how to take the next steps when using AncestryDNA Cousin Matches. This episode picks up where the previous cousin match episode, from a few weeks ago, left off. Now take your DNA cousin matches to the next level in combination with traditional genealogical research. Here we use a real example, a real brick wall, […]
Q & A from AncestryDNA and FindMyPast Recent Episodes
The last two episodes on Genealogy TV “AncestryDNA Cousin Matches” and “Upload to FindMyPast” had a huge response in viewers. As such, there were several questions and comments. In this video I answer some of the questions and comments from recent episodes about AncestryDNA.com and FindMyPast.com.
AncestryDNA: Using Cousin Matches for Your Genealogical Research
Learn how to use AncestryDNA Shared Matches to Solve Genealogy Research Questions. This technique is good for any just about research question, but is especially beneficial for those trying to find a missing line in their tree, missing parents, or adoptees seeking their biological families, etc. The best use of DNA for genealogical research comes […]
Ancestry.com Thrulines™ & Social Security Death Index Questions Answered Plus More!
In this video I answer some of the questions from a recent Genealogy TV episode called “Ancestry.com: ThruLines Explained” as well as from “How to Research the Social Security Death Index Online“, along with some other general questions about family history research. 1:53 Question: If a person shows up on Thrulines are you automatically related […]
How &Why to Download a Gedcom File from Ancestry.com (2020)
I get this question all the time, about how to download your family tree. Alternatively, I get the question… How can you download your family tree and upload it to another service? Lastly, why should you download your family tree from Ancestry or any other service? WHAT IS A GEDCOM FILE? Technically it stands for […]