10 Best Genealogy Research Tips on Ancestry and FamilySearch: Part 2

[@dianapocalypse]

Did you catch part 1 of this series? Tune in here for the rest of the episode! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWbOfmeAds54r7s

[@cindyhubbartt383]

Connie have you found a way to go without sleep? You always have such a thorough knowledge of the subject of each episode. Then you mention one of the other hundred things you do. Well I could go on and on. Instead I'll sum you up in one word or maybe a couple, about you - Amazing! Awe inspiring! I'm quiet sure I'm speaking for all your listeners when I say from this point of view - appreciation and gratitude for all you do?

[@GenealogyTV]

Wow. Thanks. Sleep is overrated. LOL. Just kidding. We need our sleep.

[@59kuphoff]

That cousins shared matches tip is a HUGE time saver! Thanks!

[@GenealogyTV]

Happy to help!

[@wilmessh]

Excellent! Thanks. I most appreciated copying and pasting census data (amazing) and multiple displays (always wondered but never researched thot).

[@lisaaneepeacock]

I enjoy all of your videos…. You have taught me so much!

[@GenealogyTV]

I'm so glad! Thanks for the kind words.

[@darlenesye1609]

My favorite in this episode was the multi-monitors. I've been using two monitors for about six or seven years. After watching your Workflow video the first time, I wish I could do three monitors. Having both my database and research notes available while I research would be amazing time savings but my current setup won't allow that. Nonetheless, I make do with two. While I watch your videos I view the episode research notes at the same time. I decided today, "why not extend to three monitors". My order will be in next week, Really Excited.

[@GenealogyTV]

Oh fantastic. I had my computer guy help me with mine. He set me up with a box that allowed multiple monitors pulled into one box then into my computer because I didn't have the right ports on my computer. I love it!

[@kathleenkelley1299]

Great top 10! I have watched many of them multiple times. The handouts are awesome

[@GenealogyTV]

Thanks Kathleen. I’m so glad they are helpful. Thanks again for your support.

[@em4steam896]

Great tips! I have Smith's in my family and for example if I have more then one John Smith in my tree. I put a star next to my direct ancestor to let me know this John Smith is my great grandfather. I have done the floating tree. It does help out. There is always something new to learn on genealogy and I have learned a few new things just from watching your videos! Thanks for your helpful videos! It's appreciated!

[@GenealogyTV]

Love that! Thanks for the compliments. Keep on...keep'n on!

[@debbeb4499]

Good refresher course, Connie. My worst tree mistake occurred when doing descendancy work where a grandfather and grandson had the same name. In one of those 2:00 a.m. flurries of activity, I merged them, turning the grandfather into his grandson. It took several hours (the next day) to put everything back. Slow and steady wins the race. 😊

[@GenealogyTV]

Love it. Yes slow and steady. Glad you were able to fix it. I think we all have done that at least once.

[@marilyncarey7957]

At one time I also had my grandfather as my husbands nephew! No idea how it happened but it was probably one of Connie’s videos that showed me how to change the relationships. Real relationships are getting wackier and wackier these days but still nothing that really suits my mother in law who was born three years after her father died 🙄

[@GenealogyTV]

LOL 😂

[@debbeb4499]

@@marilyncarey7957 Ooh. You win! 😄

[@marilyncarey7957]

Someone else on here mentioned putting stars next to their direct ancestors but I use capital letters for both first and last names of direct ancestors. Makes it much easier to pick out the direct one in a list of kids or when looking for someone in a tree search. (I have 23 John Suttons who lived in same area about the same time - bred like rabbits and named kids after siblings. We also had red, white and black Charlie Sutton’s in the same one room school at the same time so named for their hair colour). I also use capitals for last names that I’m interested in, for example I have three Robinson families, but only one that is real family, the rest married in or were second spouses.

[@GenealogyTV]

That's a good tip. I like that idea. Bred like rabbits... funny.

[@marilyncarey7957]

I’ve used a floating tree, since I saw your video, for a DNA match that we can’t quite connect - yet. Lots of missing records in 1760. She doesn’t have a public for various reasons so I rebuilt hers as a floating tree inside mine. Some day I might find a ‘duplicate’ person who is in both trees. Lots of the same names for different people, but I know they are in my cousins tree because there is no relationship listed in the profile. If there is, then I know they are in my tree. It’s also a good way to pick up people who have accidentally been disconnected, who may need merging or else completely deleting. .

[@GenealogyTV]

Yes. I use floating trees all the time. It’s a good tool.

[@kristinenorth9983]

I'm a member but can't find the handout for the episode on Floating Trees. I've looked and looked but must be doing something wrong? Thanks!

[@GenealogyTV]

I just reposted it in the Community Tab for you. kzbin.info/door/cvpi8XvOScBogIxmarmADwcommunity

[@GenealogyTV]

Thanks for your support!

[@kristinenorth9983]

@@GenealogyTV Thank you, I really appreciate it!

[@redf7209]

I think you have to remember when looking at trees in the shared matches list that the trees are not necessarily correct. The actual ancestor shared might not even appear in one of the trees and someone with a similar names does and you can assume they are the match but digging deeper find you can not in any way match your tree to the one listed via that person despite the DNA. In my own case there are also dna matches to lots of USA families for my UK tree with no shared names and although the DNA matches suggest fairly close ties, my family that close is all accounted for and we've never had anything to do with America or Americans within those recent generations, even though i've also mapped the families that married into our cousins etc.

[@GenealogyTV]

Good point.

[@jessicamalley6201]

When listing women, should we use maiden names. That seems to make sense to me.

[@GenealogyTV]

Yes!

[@tracylynn1461]

Any tips on finding info on American WW2 POW camps in the Texas and Oklahoma and Lousiana area? I havent had much luck and frustrated.

[@GenealogyTV]

My great uncle was in the Pearl Harbor attack and the University of Texas did a bunch of interviews with all the surviving sailors. I’m wondering if they might have something you need. Check with their library.

[@tracylynn1461]

@@GenealogyTV thanks will do.. seems most of the sites I find have been 404d and no longer exist. Thanks

[@GenealogyTV]

Try looking on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Those sites are likely still there.

[@tracylynn1461]

@@GenealogyTV thanks I will def try that!

[@MerryLucious]

Three monitors? What I want to know is how you connected three monitors into one machine? My machines are usually limited to two connections via the hardware on the back of my windows pc. So, to clarify... This is a hardware question, not the software.

[@redf7209]

There are often limitations in the PC card and graphics card so even if you have the connectors split you may be limited to the lower resolutions. An additional or upgraded graphics card may allow 3. A laptop may allow connection to two additional screens as well as its own. Having two monitors daisy chained in series may allow them to act as a single screen but this is can be annoying when a app maximises to fit both screens at once

[@MerryLucious]

@@redf7209 I was referring to using a pc box, not a laptop. Thank you for your comment.

[@GenealogyTV]

Yes... My computer guy set me up with some adapters to modify the multipin connector a USB connector. I do have a graphics card because of the video and photography editing that I do. Consult your favorite computer expert for your specific computer.

[@AncestryAimee]

I have three screens as well using a laptop and two other screens. The laptop has one additional screen port and then I use something that plugs into a USB port. I had to download software as well. It’s called DisplayLink. Hope that helps!

[@nancycyr4553]

When I created my tree I included my husband's tree with mine. Is there a way to separate his tree from my without loosing data?

[@GenealogyTV]

On Ancestry, yes and no. So there is a way to duplicate a tree. That way you could have one tree for you and the other for your husband. Then you could disconnect the husbands side from your tree, and your side from his. Personally, I would not do this (especially if you have children) but that's just me. Also know that if you have a DNA test for either you or your husband, then this would change things for your children too. I recommend that you contact Ancestry for help with this to ensure you get the best advice on duplicating the trees. The trick to calling Ancestry is to call right when they open to avoid long wait times. 1-800-615-6560 Seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. ET.

[@larryhb1]

I have found that ancestry site does not list EVERYBODY who shares dna with me and a specific match under their 'matches' list. I am not sure if they only show the ones who share the most cM? But I have found cousin A may have cousin B on his list of matches and when I look at cousin B's list of matches, I may find cousin C. When I look at cousin C's list of dna matches, I may find cousin A... even though cousin C was not on cousin A's list of dna matches??

[@GenealogyTV]

Larry... consider this. You may not share DNA with Cousin B or Cousin C. Remember that we only get 50% from mom and 50% from dad. So take that back a couple of generations then down to your cousins... you may only share say 10% with Cousin A... and nothing with Cousin B or C. This is what is great about drilling into the other DNA cousins match list.. .then searching for clues in their trees.. of people that you share ancestors with, but not necessarily DNA. It's a lot to wrap your head around, I realize.

[@jylromain6439]

Ancestry never seems to get my relationships right. My granddaughter is listed as my cousin and some relative's grandson was listed as much closer, I forget exactly what.

[@GenealogyTV]

I'm guessing you are talking about DNA matches?

[@marilyncarey7957]

I’ve done this too. My grandfather was my husbands nephew. Just go into edit in profile on someone who is wrong and on the drop down list there is an edit relationship button. Just keep changing anything that seems wrong. You can do it one by one, but sometimes just fixing one will unscramble the whole egg! Trick it so find the right one so just keep going one by one till you find it. I think mine happened in the good old days before I knew not to add people using ancestry’s automatic thing. Good check if I’ve missed anything but not much else and these I always have more genuine sources than they do.

[@bamafan62]

i'm trying to find out anything i can about my maternal Grandfather, he died in 1965 when i was only 3 years old and i have no memories of him and it breaks my heart. He was from Portugal and i have only found his siblings and his parents, but very very little about his parents. It's my understanding that they came to the United States with my Grandfather . I have run into BRICK walls and just don't have the know how to proceed. My Mom said i was the apple of his eye and i can't wait to one day hug his neck

[@GenealogyTV]

You need to connect with Mindy Silva on WikiTree. She specializes in Portuguese research. Go here to find her www.wikitree.com/g2g/687331/do-you-have-portuguese-ancestors?show=687331#q687331 You will likely need a free WikiTree account first.

[@bamafan62]

@@GenealogyTV yea i think i registered for a free account, but i'm not computer savvy and that sight was VERY confusing. i just closed it out