How to Use Ancestry.com (+ Tour of Features)

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@AncestryAimee Ай бұрын

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@sm_makai 10 ай бұрын

This is perfect for those of us who've been looking for an up-do-date guide to Ancestry we can recommend to others - an up-to-date, comprehensive "tour" of the site, complete with printed guide. Thanks so much!

@AncestryAimee 10 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

@dwanehoughtaling419 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great video. Very informative. This is making me rethink using Ancestry to build my tree. Do you have a video comparing Ancestry, FamilySearch, MyHeritage, Should I decide to switch to Ancestry, are you a member of Ancestry's Affiliate Program? A couple points not addressed here: What happens if my subscription lapses ? Is the tree locked, deleted or something less draconian? Can I invite someone without an account to view an Ancestry tree? Can I give someone without an account "authority" to edit a tree? Thanks.

@AncestryAimee 10 ай бұрын

So glad this has been helpful to you. I'm not part of Ancestry's affiliate program (and not an employee of Ancestry). Great questions! If your subscription lapses, your tree is there and you can view it, but when you click on a source or record, you can't view the image. You can add information manually to the tree even without a subscription. You can invite someone to view your tree and they will have the same limitations - no subscription, they can't view the document images. I'm honestly not positive about the authority to edit without an account. I think it's the same again, they can make changes manually, but not view the images of sources. Thanks for asking these questions, I'll bet others have similar questions.

@AncestryAimee 10 ай бұрын

I haven't done a video where I compare those in detail, but this video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGqaeqSNpsujf7c) does discuss pricing. FamilySearch is free but the tree you build is a community collaborative effort so others can change the tree and that irritates some folks. My recommendation is add to the tree for free records and then buy a program that syncs with FS to download your information so it stays secure (Rootsmagic works well with FS).

@ShirleyStephens-x8t Ай бұрын

How do you get the leaf back on a person in your tree? The leaf on mine vanished.

@AncestryAimee Ай бұрын

I’m not sure what you mean

@bakerwannabe4435 7 ай бұрын

Great video. I’ve been using Ancestry for 20 years and I learned some things today. Thank you

@AncestryAimee 7 ай бұрын

Wonderful! So glad to hear that!

@lawrente 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic video, Aimee! Needed information. ❤

@AncestryAimee 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thank you!

@adrianreyes4702 5 ай бұрын

Awesome. How do you see the Ethnicity % Round Pie Chart at a glance, on both the phone app, and desktop?

@AncestryAimee 5 ай бұрын

On your phone go to dna and origins and scroll down. On the computer it’s the same. The only pie chart they have is by parent. Hope that helps!

@TannisBurnett-h4h 10 ай бұрын

This was a great refresher course for those of us who have been at genealogy for awhile. It's always great to look at my tree with a beginner's mind every so often to clean up, polish, find newly released records, fix errors (especially ones from when I began years ago) and to learn new tips and tricks. Thank you! I love that you add coloured hearts in the suffix field to denote DNA matches. I've got several DNA matches that tested on MyHeritage and FTDNA but not Ancestry and I wanted to have an easy-to-see visible marker on my Ancestry tree for them. Bingo. Thanks for that brilliant idea. I've started adding coloured hearts to those cousins. Question - I notice that you don't extend your hearts beyond your great grandparents - I assume the heart colours correspond with your Ancestry colour dot system (?). Is there a specific reason for not extending to greats grands beyond that? Thanks so much, Aimee.

@AncestryAimee 10 ай бұрын

I actually stole that heart idea from Crista Cowan! 😃 I just mark the grandparent lines for simplicity. I further divide dna matches in additional colors but they all are a variety of those and there aren’t alot of choices for emojis. Just the colors of the rainbow basically.

@TannisBurnett-h4h 10 ай бұрын

@@AncestryAimee Thanks for stealing the idea from Crista and passing it on. 😁 After I left my comment I started adding more hearts and quickly realized the variety of colours weren't as plentiful as I thought. D'oh! Maybe I'll slide in some other symbols to make up for the lack of emojis. Thanks, Aimee. Cheers, Tannis

@SwampCat96 10 ай бұрын

Enjoyed even though I am not a beginner. Wishing the new year brings an answer from Crista.

@AncestryAimee 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@tammyaingworth7374 3 ай бұрын

Can’t seem to join Aimee’s crew. Help!

@AncestryAimee 3 ай бұрын

If you click this: Join this channel kzbin.info/door/_Xc7ATShOd-8odaTDhO7GAjoin on an internet browser you’ll see the option to select supporting the channel or Aimee’s crew. Please let me know if you have further problems. This handout isn’t available free to the crew now as it is a few months old. You can find it at Etsy, but the livestream library will be available to you and this month’s handout.

@Amanda-cd6dm 2 ай бұрын

Why does the tree icon at the bottom left handish side have a 0 on it?

@AncestryAimee 2 ай бұрын

I don't know what you're referring to - I went back to look but didn't see it - email me a screen shot and I can tell you.

@patranye 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic job covering all that information!

@AncestryAimee 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@richardpaz1919 10 ай бұрын

I see you have the family search Icon on your account how did you get that?

@AncestryAimee 10 ай бұрын

My account for Ancestry is linked with FamilySearch because I’m a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I wish that they would allow that for everyone and have talked to both FamilySearch and Ancestry about it but it doesn’t look like it’s in the works.

@richardpaz1919 10 ай бұрын

@@AncestryAimeeI see thanks for the info !