Are you a hint chaser? Let me explain. If your tree is on ancestry, do you only do the leaf icon (hints) that are at the top of the page? I was curious as I don’t look very often and never solely work on hints, but according to Ancestry, I have 84,670 hints. That is […]
One Little Hint Was Serendipitous to my Breakthrough Read More »
In my first post on this blog, I talked about why I started my tree in 2009 and how I needed a tree to figure out how I was related to my DNA cousins. You can say I learned genealogy and citing my sources on the fly. Do I cite like a professional genealogist? Probably
One of the nice things I like about Ancestry is how easy it is to personalize your tree with events. When the ancestor is fully opened in either “Facts” or “LifeStory” modes, you will see detailed information that will also include your personal touches. With the LifeStory, the photos you added are already included in
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In a previous post, I discussed how to add media to your tree, but what if you want to keep a record you find on Ancestry that you want to store on your personal computer and then re-upload to Ancestry. You are probably saying ‘huh’ to the re-uploading. I will explain it in my post,
Saving media From Ancestry to your personal Research is Easy Read More »
Do you have a lot of black and white photos in your tree and wonder what they would look like in color? Well, wonder no more with Ancestry’s new colorizing photo feature that lets you adjust an old photo to a look you will love! This feature does not take off the original black and
Ancestry’s New Colorizing Photo Feature That You Will Love! Read More »
So, you have taken the AncestryDNA® test and have a tree on Ancestry. What else can you do to help figure out how you are related to your DNA cousins? Just like with your tree, you can invite people and give them the right access level to help you figure out your DNA relationships. I
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Recently, while working on my tree, I realized I was a recipient of a random act of genealogy kindness, and I naturally passed on this kindness onto someone else. Sometimes these random acts are a genealogy breakthrough for the recipient. Which happened to me and, in turn, the person I helped. Here is what happened
Simple Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness Goes a Long Way Read More »
Sometimes my posts will have nothing to do with genealogy, so I think, but it ends up that anything that you do is genealogy. You might not consider it genealogy, but if you are living it, then someday maybe a family member will document it. In my case, I am going to beat my
Reading glasses, also known in the United States as “Cheaters”, are glasses one can buy over the counter make it easier to read without prescription glasses. You can apply the same strategy for transcribing ancestry documents. No, I don’t mean for you to buy “Cheaters”; what I mean is, here are six easy “cheaters” that
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Has this ever happened to you, where, based on the evidence, you think you have something spelled correctly, but it ends up being wrong. This happened to me recently and, if you know me, I had to go the extra mile to get my result. My result surprised me. Let me tell you about it
