Can you download your family tree from FamilySearch.org? Can you upload your FamilySearch tree to Ancestry.com? Can you sync your family trees between Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org? I get these questions a lot. I also get questions about how to sync your family tree between Family Tree Maker software and FamilySearch. Continue Reading
Today we’re talking about what is a centimorgan (cM) with regard to your DNA results, about DNA Painter, and how all of this can help you with your genealogy research. CLICK SHOW MORE! ??DNA Painter ?? SHARED cM TOOL Version 4 ?? Connie recommends Ancestry DNA Kits (affiliate) ?? Ancestry DNAContinue Reading
In this video we’re talking about online digital books and publications (most available for free genealogy research) at the Internet Archive, Google Books, HathiTrust, JSTOR, and the Wayback Machine. These locations might just have your ancestors in them and here’s where you can find them in archives and libraries online. Continue Reading
In this video I answer some of the questions from a recent Genealogy TV episode called “Ancestry.com: ThruLines Explained” as well as from “How to Research the Social Security Death Index Online“, along with some other general questions about family history research. 1:53 Question: If a person shows up onContinue Reading
I get this question all the time, about how to download your family tree. Alternatively, I get the question… How can you download your family tree and upload it to another service? Lastly, why should you download your family tree from Ancestry or any other service? WHAT IS A GEDCOMContinue Reading
Ancestry.com has a brand new feature called StoryScout™. In this episode I’ll demonstrate this new beta feature. StoryScout™ is a trademark property of Ancestry.com due to be released to all members in June 2020.Continue Reading
I’m super excited to announce that I’m now able to offer memberships to Genealogy TV on the YouTube platform. All the perks of membership are in the video above. To Join, you first need to be a Subscriber to the Genealogy TV channel, then you should be able to seeContinue Reading
This “footnotes” episode is an interview with Dr. Eurie Hong, Vice President of Genomics at Ancestry. This video explores how Ancestry is asking it’s DNA customers to answer a survey to help provide DNA data that might help contribute to solving the Covid 19 Pandemic. With the largest family historyContinue Reading
In this episode I explain exactly how Ancestry.com’s ThruLines works, where it gets its data, and how it can help you with your family history research. Links discussed in this episode… Other Links discussed in this video and THRULINES Videos ? Thrulines™ Q&A with Crista Cowan ? Ancestry’s ThruLines(TM) QContinue Reading
Here are 10 tips about the U.S. Census Records and how they can help you with your genealogy research. As you work on your family history, you’ll come to realize that census records can be the backbone of your genealogical journey. While they were created to help count the peopleContinue Reading