Hi from Australia, I've just joined the crew. Ive only been doing this for just over a month. Luckily im off work due to ankle surgery, so I've been forced to rest and what better way to spend time. Im now obsessed. I love how you explain everything so it makes sense, as there is so much to learn. I've made some major breakthroughs, and I found the maiden name of my G grandmother which no one in my known family knew ..and more. 🫶

I can never remember how to share on Ancestry. Thank you for the video Aimee!

Hello. I only have 10 trees showing but i know i have been invited to more. where are they. thanks

This is great!!! Thank you so much!!!

Thank you! I never remember how to do this.

Oh wow thanks Annie!

SS5 (copy of application for SS): I want to point out that you need to take the information regarding parents names with a grain of salt. These can be just as faulty as any other record. EG my maternal grandfather and his 2 siblings (totaling 3 people) provided 3 different names for their shared father! While they can be correct, just as often they are not. I have come across quite a few that were in error.

I was able to prove that Margaret Wilson Poff was the mother of Wilson Poff using a deed I found on FamilySearch. Wilson Poff married a woman who was also named Margaret, so when his mother sold him some land, the deed specifically mentioned the women as Margaret Poff, mother of Wilson Poff and Margaret Poff, wife of Wilson Poff every time the women were mentioned.

I download my Ancestry tree about once a year, so that it's up to date with the new entries.

Thank you SO MUCH! I have been frustrated over this! When I first researched something, the image was there and it solved one family mystery. BUT when I went back to it, it was gone. You have just solved another mystery... greatly appreciated!

Do you have a book and can I buy it and have you autograph it?

Hi Aimee, Oh My goodness I am pulling my hair out here. I am from UK. My husband's mother Doris was fostered from Cork in Ireland in 1922 age 4. THAT is the only official evidence we have that she was ever born. She always wanted to know before she died her parents names and if she had family. Sadly she passed away at 97 years old never finding out in spite of my over 20 years looking! She did not even know when her birthday was. My husband did his DNA in the hope that we find out (I promised her I would keep looking). I wish I could afford to pay someone to search for us but we are both old bodies/pensioners. Are there any hints or any help you could point us to please? I really would love to sort this now for my husband.

What about invitee account requirements- guest, contributor, or editor? Is an Ancestry account required, and what kind, paid or free, and for each role? I aim to create an online family file and invite family members to view it, but some may want to contribute. Thank you for explaining how to do this.

I have seen this episode before but maybe I had it on the TV and didn't pay as much attention. Now I'm really listening and I Like It! Thank You Aimee 🤩

Wow! I learned something new today. And so valuable, too. Thanks for explaining this.

I always felt like it would great to hear from the software developers themselves. Like what were they thinking? And Why are the search results often out of order or don't make any sense as to why they are there.

Hi Ms. Aimee, I took a DNA Test and got a result based on DNA we're father/child matched we shared the same DNA but there's a problem the last time he open his ancestry account was over a year ago, I think he lost his access on his account. How can I find his contact no. or address so I can reconnect with him. I hope you can help me re this matter. Thanks much!! Ronald

Wow! Thanks for such valuable info!!

Searching for location - give us more custom tags!

I clicked on the map square on both of my records and the map did nothing...? Ohio records 1819 and 1829

Does anyone know how to find *some* record, any record of a woman who died in Tennessee in 1836 or '37? The state didn't have death certificates that early. I know the family was in either Maury County or Marshall County. I think she died in childbirth but it may have been an illness since two other relatives died the same summer, her mother and a sister. It seems like there would have been a newspaper, or a church record. Unfortunately their church may not have been recognized by the Presbyterian Church although they were called Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The family story my aunt got decades ago was that they moved south to Hardin County and she died there. I find a land purchase there, and one for her brother. But there are court records of her husband working on roads in Lewisburg in 1836. And their youngest son believed he was born in Lewisburg in 1837. So either he was wrong about the year, or she was alive until 1837 and it was recorded in the family bible wrong. Can anyone give me some direction with this? I've been trying to find anything about her life or death for over a decade. I would greatly appreciate any help at all. I will pay if necessary, but I have helped others find documents and answers without charging.

Q. When adding a record do I cite the source for individual data pieces that are incorrect? Example: if I already have the correct birthdate and a new record has Abt. 1840, I wouldn’t check the box to overwrite the full date, but do I uncheck cite source for birthdate but cite source for new information? Or am I citing the source because it belongs to my person? Thanks for great start. I have cleanup to do from accepting other’s trees and incorrect hints without thorough research. 😬 😆

Great stuff Aimee! My wife & I use a lot of your tricks to look for people, I just started up a channel & I & my wife or just me video document the cemeteries here in mid Tennessee, & while documenting one I found my 3'd great grandpa on my mom's side that was said to be buried in Missouri cause the story goes after my 4'th great grand parents passed the kids all moved to Missouri except for one that went to another state but I wasn't expecting to find my 3'd great grandpa. I have a lot more cemeteries to go too, but you do good work that has helped us out way before I planned to start up my own channel. Thank you!!

Hi Aimee! Because of your video on how to sort DNA matches I found my mom’s biological father, half brother and niece. Thank you so much, mom finally knows for sure now. ❤

Helpful. Thanks!

Great explanation about sharing and settings, thanks.

I would never share my family tree. People aren't right these days!

That's good information to know. You never know who you might want to share your tree with!

Does the person you are sharing with have to be an Ancestry subscriber?

Thank you, Aimee! Huge help!

I would add: BE CAREFUL! Make sure there is no information in your tree that you do not want others to view (adoptions, illegitimacy, LGBTQ status, etc.) You also want to make sure any living people's information is share-able, because the viewer will see living information. I've heard too many horror stories of people whose private information was shared without their knowledge or consent, simply because someone shared an Ancestry tree and forgot the information was there, or didn't realize the living info could be seen by a visitor.

Thank you for this video. I have only used Family Search a few times and never really explored everything on it. Now I'm going to spend some time going over everything you've suggested. Again Thank You!!

Really helpful with no excess talking! So great. Just subscribed.

I am a Canadian and records are more restrictive. Do you have any tips tricks that are not US based?

Is there a way to connect a dna match to a great grandparent? I have a ggrandmother that has very few records before marriage. She had a surname that was spelled differently in different records. She also has been listed as born in at least 3 different locations. Her birth mother was an inmate in NY Poorhouses. So difficult to break this brick wall. How can I use dna to help? Thank you

This is awesome and am having a hard time tracking records. Anxiety overload 🤷‍♀ Thank you for clarifying and making this so easy to understand!

Thank you so much . Amazing help

Getting an image is so important to verify indexing. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve found indexing mistakes and corrected them, or found more information on the image. Family Search seems to be reducing access to images when you review a record hint, which I find unfortunate.

Thank you so much!!! What a beautiful smile you have!

We want the summer 2024 ETHNICITY UPDATE though

Using your strategies today I found an image of a Virginia marriage document from 1831 that verified the name of the bride’s father. I also found a document that verified that a third great grandfather was born in Dutchess County, New York in 1807. Up to now that had been a hypothesis. It also mentioned where he was residing on June 30, 1886. Very exciting and useful information.

Good video. Thanks for the tutorial, Aimee.

Hi Aimee, When I click the map button nothing happens.

All geneolgists are historians (or should be), but not all historians are genealogists.

Don’t do it. FBI get those results too. Your DNA is in their files.

This was helpful! Thank you!

Yes, ancestry has ruined every site they’ve got their hands in.

I'm pretty sure I was subscribed to your channel since I watch it all the of time but I just had to resubscribe. I don't think I've had that happen before. But then, I could be wrong. lol Thanks for always having such good content!