New Ancestry Updates + Tips, Tricks, & Answers February 2025

?? Discover the latest features on Ancestry.com, including the new AI-generated record summaries, plus get step-by-step solutions for your most common genealogy challenges! In this guide, learn how to: Whether you’re new to Ancestry or a seasoned genealogist, this video will help you navigate the platform more efficiently. Plus, stay tuned until the end for […]
Feb 19, 2025, Q&A Replay Available
Hi Academy Members! The Q&A Session from February 19th is uploaded and available for replay on the Academy Dashboard. Chapter markers will be added soon. Be sure you’re logged in and use this link: Q&A 2-19-25 – Genealogy TV
Aimee’s Story

This video is uploaded and linked to the Academy under the 2025 YouTube Videos. My BFF Aimee Cross (of YouTube fame) came to visit, and we recorded a couple videos swapping our favorite family history stories. They are juicy stories you don’t want to miss. Connie’s story on Aimee’s channel https://youtu.be/jbR-epZLRY4 Aimee Cross on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@ancestryaimee
Aimee’s Story

My BFF Aimee Cross (of YouTube fame) came to visit and we recorded a couple videos swapping our favorite family history stories. They are juicy stories you don’t want to miss. Connie’s story on Aimee’s channel The video for my channel: https://youtu.be/jbR-epZLRY4 Aimee Cross on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ancestryaimee
Genealogy Master Plan 2025

Learn how to follow the Genealogy Master Plan in 2025. This episode will show you the path and a real case study about Hill Kiah Winslow and how the master plan resolved conflicting evidence. Discover: • The Trifecta Strategy – a powerful method for finding elusive records • The Knox Research Notes Method – proven […]
Organize Family History Records into Genealogy Research Notes

Follow along as I work on organizing my great great grandmother’s records into Research Notes to help learn what records are correct and which ones are not.
Social History with Lisa Lisson – Replay Available with Chapter Markers

Replay of the live classroom presentation with Lisa Lisson on Social History in Genealogy Research is now available on the Academy dashboard. Use this video link to watch the replay and be sure to grab the handout. Social History with Lisa Lisson – Genealogy TV
Using AI for Genealogy Research – GTV2 Episode

Follow along as I research the next Danish ancestor in my family tree, trace their emigration records, and use AI properly to help with several aspects of my research and to help make my Research Notes come together much faster.
Genealogy TV 2 Videos Now Available

Academy Members – You spoke, and we listened! Episodes from the Genealogy TV 2 channel are now available on the Academy dashboard. If you’d like to watch these episodes, be sure to login to your account then scroll down the page to find the course you’re looking for. Enjoy!
FILE NAME HACK – GTV 2 Episode

This quick episode shows the power of sourcing your documents. In this case I sourced the records directly in the file name saving me when a website URL was no longer there. Because I sourced the information in the file name, I was able to find the newspaper articles again.