I would really love to see the “also known as” at the top, where it would be useful. Oddly enough, I used to see something similar at the top, but haven’t been able to replicate it.
Re: side panel... love it ... yes easier to view & compare info without leaving the person’s profile page. Also not having to flick from tabs to tabs while comparing information. 💕
Re: Side panel hints-I didn’t like them at all until you explained how to make them wider. What I really like on them is that, if you “edit all” you can add descriptions to every line and clean up place names. Especially useful on census, because I track addresses. I open the actual doc in a separate window (and monitor :-) ) and I can glean lots of info without going back and forth. The downside is that relationships are not added, like from the census. My current issue is when adding new people from documents, they often come up gray. Would be nice if they could add a gender button on that page. Thanks for the improvements!! :-)
I love the side panels, it’s nice to still be able to look at everything on the person’s profile while editing data entry and you just have to open the record image which is fine. If they could add a pop up option (if they don’t have it already) that would be awesome.
Yes to all the comments. I think it is a matter of getting used to the side panel. Once you understand how it works, it's not bad at all... especially for researchers using one computer screen.
I would love to see an update to the media in an ancestor’s profile on Ancestry. I have old videos of a few of my ancestors, that I would love to add to my tree. It would also be interesting if you could assign which person is which in each photo. Thanks for a great video!
Thanks Vincent. Video.. that's a good idea. What you could do is create a free TH-cam channel and the add a URL link in the Ancestors Profile on Ancestry. I like this idea... Might have to do a video about this one.
😫 I missed this "Live".💔 I am subscribed and have the bell set, but I didn't get a notification! 🤔 Do you do them on a specific day? It seems, after some research 🤨 that you mainly do them the 2nd Saturday of the month? The only thing is I can't figure out the time! I signed up for the newsletter today, so perhaps you notify us that way? I don't want to miss another one. Thanks for everything you do! 😊
This was prerecorded. I have stopped doing live shows for now. They are fun but viewership is never as good as prerecorded. Getting Crista on the show is challenging enough between our schedules, without asking her to be at a specific place at a specific time. Thanks for the feedback.
@@GenealogyTV what green? When I look at searches for a particular person, I see all my own records and photos before seeing any other records that might pertain to my search.
@@sandyd-h9563 she means going into the search bar and typing their stuff in instead of going to their profile and hitting the magnifying glass. Does that help?
@@xochxrry6857 magnifying glass? Are we in the same program? When I look at an ancestor and click search I see all my own research before scrolling down to find new items I haven't seen before. Sometimes I have to get past the second page before seeing new doctments.
Another suggestion would be to somehow blur out or make slightly invisible to records you’ve already seen. I’m alway selecting censuses or marriage records I’ve seen already. And also a pop up feature on a search result page similar to the hint page with the sidebar that way you don’t leave the results and have to go back and reload. In the hints page, the doc pops up if you select the photo and your still on the hint page. Not sure if explaining well.
Interesting ideas. The side bar has had a lot of, let's say, less that happy campers using it. I'm getting use to it. I think the idea of a side bar for the hints is good. I never thought about it since I use multiple screens, but for those with one screen, I can see how that would be a huge help.
@@GenealogyTV I should add that Find My Past has a different search method. You probably know, but when search results come up, they are in the form of a list of hyperlinks arranged from earliest to most recent (if I remember correctly). Once you've selected a hyperlink and reviewed the document and returned to the list, the hyperlink changes from blue to purple. If you leave the site and come back to the same search, the new list will still have those links you visited in purple, so you know where to resume your review of records. You can still revisit the old links as they are still listed, just marked as seen. I don't know what Ancestry's hurdles will be, but I thought Crista looked uncomfortable and a little defensive with this question. She seemed to imagine that the link to the documents might disappear and not come up for review again, but that shouldn't be the case. The documents don't go anywhere after they're seen. Sorry to be so long.
I’d like to see more q&a videos like this. It’s nice. I have a suggestion For the photo option. Why not just add a tag feature to the photos. Simple and quick. And work on the more complex search features after. A question of mine I would love for her to answer would be is there going to be a toggle on off feature for hints. The leaf is enticing and it’s one reason people go astray lol. I have a load of people who are just in-laws and I have no desire to go any further into that line bc there’s no bloodline connection. It’s be nice to have a toggle switch for certain surname groups or individuals
Where can I find this feature of adding media gallery items to messages in the messaging system? Was it covered sometime earlier? I can't find that option in my message center.
Gayle, See this video... th-cam.com/video/QpJr1w6g-Kc/w-d-xo.html Specifically at about 9:00 in the video. However, while I said it is not available on desktop yet, I have found it. Look for the little picture icon at the bottom of the message you are about to send.
I don't like the side panel. I did see the May video but was not convinced. After using it for a few months, I would prefer to be able to turn it off. It seems we are getting it whether we like it or not.
My issue with the side panel is that it doesn't tell me if I have already attached a hint/source to another profile. ie: someone with the same name who may be living in the same town, etc. Is there a way to determine if I have already attached the hint/source to another profile?
Not sure if it is just me, but I when I click on a tree hint I have a heck of a time getting back to my tree. I have to select a new hint, or go to my own tree from the drop down. The back button won't work. Frustrating. Am I doing something wrong?
In the upper left corner, just under the Ancestry logo, you can see a green icon that looks like a tree. Try clicking that to get back to the tree you had last selected. What I do is I keep my tree open in the left most tab. Then, when I go to click on a hint, instead of just clicking, right-click and choose "Open in a New Tab." That way your tree is always in the left most browser tab and your other stuff is in browser tabs to the right. You can open several browsers at once, then work one at at time, and when you are done, just close that tab (preserving the tree on the left tab). You may need to refresh your tree (left most tab) once in a while if you add people to your tree, so you see the updates. I hope that makes sense? In short, use Right-Click and "Open in a New Tab," instead of just clicking on a hint.
It will be nice if Ancestry can make a way for us label people in our family tree by race, nationally and ethnicity. It makes things easier in my opinion. Even though I identify as African American, I have white ancestors also specifically (Cajun and Ashkenazi Jewish)
Try using Tags. I use them all the time. For example, if I am working on a particular branch and I don’t have time to add parent and/or Children, I have tags for that. For example, if I added a husband and wife, but don’t have time or the information isn’t ready available, but I know that the wife had parents and siblings, I will add a tree tag named “Add Families”. Then I can use the tree search filter function to search for those records tagged ‘Add Families’ . The search will display all records that were tagged ‘All Families.’ Tags can be found on the notes side panel.
If there was an option to open the original record image in the side panel that would be a really helpful feature, perhaps with the same expand and contract buttons to best suit a specific record type. For example, you click on the thumbnail previewed in the side panel to display the record image next to it or you can have the option as well to open it in a new tab with a green on-screen “open in new tab” button or the normal functions like tap and hold, right click, etc.
There’s like 5 lines from my great great grandparents I don’t know if I will ever be able to figure out due to the countries that they were from and the specific town in Italy were 2 of my great great grandparents were from don’t have records going back far enough, I’ve tried to contact websites that can help me go an extra generation from the records in Italian but they stopped replying to me, it might be because of my ancestors last name, but sure.
Crista...Love your shows. How do I get an incorrect entry changed on Public trees. For instance there is a mistake in your Arkansas Chaney/Shipman line with the entry of John Dennis Chaneys family. His son Francis Marion Chaney shown in the 1860 Osage, Carroll County, AR Census born in about 1846 . He is listed as being married to a Martha Ann Welch. This is incorrect. She is married to a Francis Marion Chaney (son of Richard Chaney) but he is from KY and born about 1837. The one you have listed as Martha Ann Welch husband died in 1860 i Johnson County, TX as shown in the 1860 Texas Mortality Schedule as dying from Head disorders. . The whole Chaney/Shipman family are in Johnson County, Tx in the 1870 Texas Census. Is there any way to get this simple change made in your Public Tree on Ancestry. I would really appreciate this change because I feel that some people will see your tree and think this entry is correct. Thanks.
@@GenealogyTV Connie, Thanks for the info but Christa has not answered 3 messages on Ancestry so I saw her on your show so I figured I would not try to get her to do something that way. Every time I see her on a show I copy and paste the same message with no response. On one show, she did say Thanks for the Heads up but no results.. Must be on her own show with Ancestry. I have been researching my Chaney line for about 55 years and at the beginning I made this same . That was before Genealogy on TV. This does not seem like a big problem but I have taken it personal and I have been looking for people with this mistake and ask them to check it out. Most will change it after given the info but some will not and new researchers see it and copy it and it all starts again. Thanks for replying to this. Just wanted to tell you that I really like your show and think it is one of the best. Thanks again and Keep up the good work. Lynn Chaney
Thanks Lynn. Just FYI. I know that Crista gets hundreds of emails and comments every week. I know from my own experience here on GTV it becomes impossible to answer all of them after a while. I would not take it personally. There are only just so many hours in a day. At some point one needs to just stop and enjoy life a little bb
@@GenealogyTV Connie Thanks. I did not mean to take up all of your time either. One suggestion for a show some dat. Over the last few years, I have taken DNA test with 5 different companies. (Ancestry, 23amdMe, My Heritage, Living DNA, and CRIgenetics. I was puzzled by the fact that I did not receive one match to my Chaney Surname. Then I tried Family Tree DNA test including the Big Y DNA test which passes from father to son. When the results came in, still no matches to a single Chaney. When I run a search on my matches from FTDNA, I get mainly Erwin, Irwin, Irvine, Ervine, and Irving with very very many in the 0-3 GD. I even joined the Irwin Clan Surname Project and they helped me understand what could have happened. One of my Erwin Ancestors may have been adopted or taken in by a Chaney family. All of my paper research of my “Chaney” Ancestors over the last 50+ years takes me back to 1740 in Kentucky which I feel is 100% accurate with sources for all my records. Only problem is I have Erwin DNA and Chaney Paper Research line. Thanks and keep of the good work.
One of ancestry's rivals already flags search results as you look at them so you can see straight away in a subsequent search that you have looked at these. It wouldn't be a big deal to be able to prioritize order in any new list on that basis. I would just be happy for ancestry to stop providing results that are outside the search criteria I've set. Particularly geographic criteria.
I wish there was an area to add different names someone has had, and also titles. Maybe their job description at the top. Also, researching before 1800's gets hard sometimes due to the hints showing after 1800's. The pictures should just have people's names and birthdates to make it easier to find.
You can add another “name” fact or an “also known as” fact. I encourage you to do so. just make sure that you use their birth name as the primary name. Other names will show as alternates.
Humm... Are you in the U.S. It should be available by now for most of the U.S. Try logging off and logging in again, too. If you are outside of the U.S., then it might not be available yet.
I don't like how she side-stepped your question about how to send a photo in messaging without looking through them all. She said to go to that person's tree. But to my knowledge, that does not allow you to send a photo throught messaging. I appreciate that you called her on that. And she said Story Scout is being rolled out in Canada. I'm in Canada and don't have it. I understand that her hands are tied because she wants to keep her job, but we are not getting the real picture from her.
I see comments on some of the Facebook threads asking if there is any way to turn off the "Possible Marriage Record" box that pops up and which requires dealing with it whether one knows if that individual ever married. Perhaps ancestry could create a toggle on or off for that feature.
My ancestry account profile makes me look like I'm not active and possibly dead. This question is probably for Crista, but on ancestry why does it say that I last signed in 3-11 months ago when I'm on there every day? I wonder about other members when I see this on their account too.
Likely because you have not signed off of Ancestry. If you log out and log back in again, then go to your profile, it should update with the last login as today.
OH MY GOODNESS. I deleted a key person in my tree which, in turn, deleted half my tree. I've been trying to recover the information but it is proving very difficult. Is there a way to "reset" my account to the previous day?
Sorry to hear that. Go to your tree and search for those people that you thought you lost. You likely only deleted one person. The rest are likely still there, but just disconnected. You can add the person you deleted back... then from that profile add a relationship that you know is related but instead of adding a new person, click "search for someone in my tree". Then add that person back. You basically created a floating tree by accident when you deleted that key person. Here are two video you should watch before doing anything. How to Create a Floating Tree on Ancestry th-cam.com/video/9PPaHCZjqIQ/w-d-xo.html and Fixing Mistakes on Ancestry Trees th-cam.com/video/GVvmoOoLR4w/w-d-xo.html
I used to be able to download and open a document/photo. That is no longer possible. Now I have to save the document to my computer and then open it on my computer. If it's not the right person I now have another piece of trash do remember to send to trash.
I know the answer is probably no but i have to ask to make sure.. Is it possible for me to share a 8th great grandmother with someone if we only share 11 cM across 1 segments? Their tree is built out pretty good and her tree has a lot of different countries that I don't have so I already can limit a lot of lines in her tee.
I'm no pro, but here's my understanding of the realities of relationships in the 11cM range. The amazing thing would be you share any cMs at that distance! Reality #1: it is mathematically possible to share 0cM with a 2C1R - so at that distance, 8th ggm, it's like throwing dice with 1000 sides. So - reality #2: this could (theoretically) be a 3C2R, or a "genetic throwback " to10 generations ago, & obviously anything in between. Have you looked at WATO - "What Are The Odds" - using DNA Painter? Sometimes I like to have it on another screen when I'm befuddled, trying to figure out what relationship I might have with a tree. It's very good for seeing possibility, & probability , of ranges of numbers of cM. Don't give up! ( I also dig a lot down in that cM range.. It can clarify things, or take you nowhere. Good luck! )
Interesting ideas Barbara Bird raises. So my take on this is that at 11cM we're getting down to the edge of viability. Ancestry no longer provides DNA matches less than 8cM because the odds of false matches are greater. If it were me, is I'd study the shared matches you might have with that 8cM cousin to see if there are any better matches to help confirm your hypothesis. Also, upload your DNA everywhere else so you can possibly find more DNA cousins along that line. Lastly, do the traditional genealogy research to see if the 11cM match connects to you through the paper trail. That's the real key.
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I would really love to see the “also known as” at the top, where it would be useful. Oddly enough, I used to see something similar at the top, but haven’t been able to replicate it.
Yes the request has been made!
Great To See You And Crista! You Guys Are Two of My Favorite Genealogists! 😁
Thank you
Re: side panel... love it ... yes easier to view & compare info without leaving the person’s profile page. Also not having to flick from tabs to tabs while comparing information. 💕
Agreed
Re: Side panel hints-I didn’t like them at all until you explained how to make them wider. What I really like on them is that, if you “edit all” you can add descriptions to every line and clean up place names. Especially useful on census, because I track addresses. I open the actual doc in a separate window (and monitor :-) ) and I can glean lots of info without going back and forth. The downside is that relationships are not added, like from the census. My current issue is when adding new people from documents, they often come up gray. Would be nice if they could add a gender button on that page. Thanks for the improvements!! :-)
New stuff... No-one likes change right? But the side panel is fantastic. Much better and you still have the option of using the old way.
I love the side panels, it’s nice to still be able to look at everything on the person’s profile while editing data entry and you just have to open the record image which is fine. If they could add a pop up option (if they don’t have it already) that would be awesome.
Yes to all the comments. I think it is a matter of getting used to the side panel. Once you understand how it works, it's not bad at all... especially for researchers using one computer screen.
@@GenealogyTV Do you now prefer it? You say it's "not bad". I don't like it.
@@KarenNewtonCanada you can still use the other if you want
I would love to see an update to the media in an ancestor’s profile on Ancestry. I have old videos of a few of my ancestors, that I would love to add to my tree. It would also be interesting if you could assign which person is which in each photo. Thanks for a great video!
Thanks Vincent. Video.. that's a good idea. What you could do is create a free TH-cam channel and the add a URL link in the Ancestors Profile on Ancestry. I like this idea... Might have to do a video about this one.
I'm doing a video about your question. It will be out in a few weeks. Just FYI
😫 I missed this "Live".💔 I am subscribed and have the bell set, but I didn't get a notification! 🤔 Do you do them on a specific day? It seems, after some research 🤨 that you mainly do them the 2nd Saturday of the month?
The only thing is I can't figure out the time! I signed up for the newsletter today, so perhaps you notify us that way? I don't want to miss another one.
Thanks for everything you do! 😊
This was prerecorded. I have stopped doing live shows for now. They are fun but viewership is never as good as prerecorded. Getting Crista on the show is challenging enough between our schedules, without asking her to be at a specific place at a specific time. Thanks for the feedback.
TBH, I like the past "Lives" with just you! 😉
My pet peeve is the leaf hints. I wish it would show you the oldest first so you can work them off.
Yeah... I just tried to see if you can sort by the oldest in "All Hints" and I don't see a way to do that.
I'd really love to be able to STOP seeing my own results in the search feature. When I click hints, I see the first ~20 are from my own tree.
If it is in the green then those are the records you already have. You can minimize that window.
@@GenealogyTV what green? When I look at searches for a particular person, I see all my own records and photos before seeing any other records that might pertain to my search.
@@GenealogyTV You're looking at a different thing. Do a regular search and you get all the stuff you have saved to your own tree.
@@sandyd-h9563 she means going into the search bar and typing their stuff in instead of going to their profile and hitting the magnifying glass. Does that help?
@@xochxrry6857 magnifying glass? Are we in the same program? When I look at an ancestor and click search I see all my own research before scrolling down to find new items I haven't seen before. Sometimes I have to get past the second page before seeing new doctments.
Another suggestion would be to somehow blur out or make slightly invisible to records you’ve already seen. I’m alway selecting censuses or marriage records I’ve seen already.
And also a pop up feature on a search result page similar to the hint page with the sidebar that way you don’t leave the results and have to go back and reload. In the hints page, the doc pops up if you select the photo and your still on the hint page. Not sure if explaining well.
Interesting ideas. The side bar has had a lot of, let's say, less that happy campers using it. I'm getting use to it. I think the idea of a side bar for the hints is good. I never thought about it since I use multiple screens, but for those with one screen, I can see how that would be a huge help.
Find My Past has a feature that identifies records users have already viewed.
touche
@@GenealogyTV I should add that Find My Past has a different search method. You probably know, but when search results come up, they are in the form of a list of hyperlinks arranged from earliest to most recent (if I remember correctly). Once you've selected a hyperlink and reviewed the document and returned to the list, the hyperlink changes from blue to purple. If you leave the site and come back to the same search, the new list will still have those links you visited in purple, so you know where to resume your review of records. You can still revisit the old links as they are still listed, just marked as seen. I don't know what Ancestry's hurdles will be, but I thought Crista looked uncomfortable and a little defensive with this question. She seemed to imagine that the link to the documents might disappear and not come up for review again, but that shouldn't be the case. The documents don't go anywhere after they're seen. Sorry to be so long.
And it is extremely useful.
I’d like to see more q&a videos like this. It’s nice. I have a suggestion For the photo option. Why not just add a tag feature to the photos. Simple and quick. And work on the more complex search features after.
A question of mine I would love for her to answer would be is there going to be a toggle on off feature for hints. The leaf is enticing and it’s one reason people go astray lol. I have a load of people who are just in-laws and I have no desire to go any further into that line bc there’s no bloodline connection. It’s be nice to have a toggle switch for certain surname groups or individuals
Good idea, toggle on toggle off. Thanks for the compliments on the Q&A. It's really hard to get time with Crista. She is very popular and busy.
Where can I find this feature of adding media gallery items to messages in the messaging system? Was it covered sometime earlier? I can't find that option in my message center.
Gayle, See this video... th-cam.com/video/QpJr1w6g-Kc/w-d-xo.html
Specifically at about 9:00 in the video. However, while I said it is not available on desktop yet, I have found it. Look for the little picture icon at the bottom of the message you are about to send.
I don't like the side panel. I did see the May video but was not convinced. After using it for a few months, I would prefer to be able to turn it off. It seems we are getting it whether we like it or not.
Understood.
My issue with the side panel is that it doesn't tell me if I have already attached a hint/source to another profile. ie: someone with the same name who may be living in the same town, etc. Is there a way to determine if I have already attached the hint/source to another profile?
Stephanie, That's a good question. I'm don't think so. The side panel is so new, that I have not run into that one.
Not sure if it is just me, but I when I click on a tree hint I have a heck of a time getting back to my tree. I have to select a new hint, or go to my own tree from the drop down. The back button won't work. Frustrating. Am I doing something wrong?
In the upper left corner, just under the Ancestry logo, you can see a green icon that looks like a tree. Try clicking that to get back to the tree you had last selected. What I do is I keep my tree open in the left most tab. Then, when I go to click on a hint, instead of just clicking, right-click and choose "Open in a New Tab." That way your tree is always in the left most browser tab and your other stuff is in browser tabs to the right. You can open several browsers at once, then work one at at time, and when you are done, just close that tab (preserving the tree on the left tab). You may need to refresh your tree (left most tab) once in a while if you add people to your tree, so you see the updates. I hope that makes sense? In short, use Right-Click and "Open in a New Tab," instead of just clicking on a hint.
It will be nice if Ancestry can make a way for us label people in our family tree by race, nationally and ethnicity. It makes things easier in my opinion. Even though I identify as African American, I have white ancestors also specifically (Cajun and Ashkenazi Jewish)
Try using Tags. I use them all the time. For example, if I am working on a particular branch and I don’t have time to add parent and/or Children, I have tags for that. For example, if I added a husband and wife, but don’t have time or the information isn’t ready available, but I know that the wife had parents and siblings, I will add a tree tag named “Add Families”. Then I can use the tree search filter function to search for those records tagged ‘Add Families’ . The search will display all records that were tagged ‘All Families.’ Tags can be found on the notes side panel.
Yes what Katie said. Create a custom MyTreeTag.
If there was an option to open the original record image in the side panel that would be a really helpful feature, perhaps with the same expand and contract buttons to best suit a specific record type.
For example, you click on the thumbnail previewed in the side panel to display the record image next to it or you can have the option as well to open it in a new tab with a green on-screen “open in new tab” button or the normal functions like tap and hold, right click, etc.
Good idea Wyatt
There’s like 5 lines from my great great grandparents I don’t know if I will ever be able to figure out due to the countries that they were from and the specific town in Italy were 2 of my great great grandparents were from don’t have records going back far enough, I’ve tried to contact websites that can help me go an extra generation from the records in Italian but they stopped replying to me, it might be because of my ancestors last name, but sure.
You might be interested in this episode I did about "Get Started with Your Italian Family History Research" th-cam.com/video/J6lPsSFVteY/w-d-xo.html
Crista...Love your shows. How do I get an incorrect entry changed on Public trees. For instance there is a mistake in your Arkansas Chaney/Shipman line with the entry of John Dennis Chaneys family. His son Francis Marion Chaney shown in the 1860 Osage, Carroll County, AR Census born in about 1846 . He is listed as being married to a Martha Ann Welch. This is incorrect. She is married to a Francis Marion Chaney (son of Richard Chaney) but he is from KY and born about 1837. The one you have listed as Martha Ann Welch husband died in 1860 i Johnson County, TX as shown in the 1860 Texas Mortality Schedule as dying from Head disorders. . The whole Chaney/Shipman family are in Johnson County, Tx in the 1870 Texas Census. Is there any way to get this simple change made in your Public Tree on Ancestry. I would really appreciate this change because I feel that some people will see your tree and think this entry is correct. Thanks.
I'm not sure Crista reads these comments. I would suggest you message her through her tree on Ancestry.
@@GenealogyTV Connie, Thanks for the info but Christa has not answered 3 messages on Ancestry so I saw her on your show so I figured I would not try to get her to do something that way. Every time I see her on a show I copy and paste the same message with no response. On one show, she did say Thanks for the Heads up but no results.. Must be on her own show with Ancestry.
I have been researching my Chaney line for about 55 years and at the beginning I made this same . That was before Genealogy on TV. This does not seem like a big problem but I have taken it personal and I have been looking for people with this mistake and ask them to check it out. Most will change it after given the info but some will not and new researchers see it and copy it and it all starts again.
Thanks for replying to this. Just wanted to tell you that I really like your show and think it is one of the best.
Thanks again and Keep up the good work.
Lynn Chaney
Thanks Lynn. Just FYI. I know that Crista gets hundreds of emails and comments every week. I know from my own experience here on GTV it becomes impossible to answer all of them after a while. I would not take it personally. There are only just so many hours in a day. At some point one needs to just stop and enjoy life a little bb
@@GenealogyTV Connie Thanks. I did not mean to take up all of your time either.
One suggestion for a show some dat. Over the last few years, I have taken DNA test with 5 different companies. (Ancestry, 23amdMe, My Heritage, Living DNA, and CRIgenetics. I was puzzled by the fact that I did not receive one match to my Chaney Surname. Then I tried Family Tree DNA test including the Big Y DNA test which passes from father to son. When the results came in, still no matches to a single Chaney. When I run a search on my matches from FTDNA, I get mainly Erwin, Irwin, Irvine, Ervine, and Irving with very very many in the 0-3 GD. I even joined the Irwin Clan Surname Project and they helped me understand what could have happened. One of my Erwin Ancestors may have been adopted or taken in by a Chaney family. All of my paper research of my “Chaney” Ancestors over the last 50+ years takes me back to 1740 in Kentucky which I feel is 100% accurate with sources for all my records. Only problem is I have Erwin DNA and Chaney Paper Research line. Thanks and keep of the good work.
Next update for South America please ?
I'm sure they are reading this thread, so I assume, they're getting the message.
for records, they can put last viewed on date and time. Just like Google does.
Oh... I like that!
One of ancestry's rivals already flags search results as you look at them so you can see straight away in a subsequent search that you have looked at these. It wouldn't be a big deal to be able to prioritize order in any new list on that basis. I would just be happy for ancestry to stop providing results that are outside the search criteria I've set. Particularly geographic criteria.
Great feedback.
I have also been frustrated by Ancestry's ignoring the search criteria. It is so hard to narrow a search effectively.
I hope there are Community updates coming for Black Americans lol
Me too
@@stephaniejames4940 what's your African American communities
Yeah... I have no idea. They keep that information about all of their updates very quiet until they are released.
@@ivamcole2304 Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas
Make it possible to ignore certain trees in the hints. I often get results that are not the person in my tree.
Yeah I would like a filter like that where I can turn it off and on.
I wish there was an area to add different names someone has had, and also titles. Maybe their job description at the top. Also, researching before 1800's gets hard sometimes due to the hints showing after 1800's. The pictures should just have people's names and birthdates to make it easier to find.
You can add another “name” fact or an “also known as” fact. I encourage you to do so. just make sure that you use their birth name as the primary name. Other names will show as alternates.
I do not have the new hints side panel on my Ancestry program. WOuld love to have it. How do I get it updated from Ancestry? Have I missed an update?
Humm... Are you in the U.S. It should be available by now for most of the U.S. Try logging off and logging in again, too. If you are outside of the U.S., then it might not be available yet.
I don't like how she side-stepped your question about how to send a photo in messaging without looking through them all. She said to go to that person's tree. But to my knowledge, that does not allow you to send a photo throught messaging. I appreciate that you called her on that.
And she said Story Scout is being rolled out in Canada. I'm in Canada and don't have it.
I understand that her hands are tied because she wants to keep her job, but we are not getting the real picture from her.
To be honest story scout is not a help at all your really not missing out on that. But when it comes to the messages with the photos I agree with you
I think they are working on a way to search the images in messaging. I have not tried doing it from the profile yet, just haven't had the need.
I see comments on some of the Facebook threads asking if there is any way to turn off the "Possible Marriage Record" box that pops up and which requires dealing with it whether one knows if that individual ever married. Perhaps ancestry could create a toggle on or off for that feature.
Good idea Bill. It would be nice to turn that off.
My ancestry account profile makes me look like I'm not active and possibly dead. This question is probably for Crista, but on ancestry why does it say that I last signed in 3-11 months ago when I'm on there every day? I wonder about other members when I see this on their account too.
Hmm, maybe it has to do with signing out and signing back in again. Ha, ha guess I'm always signed in. Definitely alive.
Likely because you have not signed off of Ancestry. If you log out and log back in again, then go to your profile, it should update with the last login as today.
OH MY GOODNESS. I deleted a key person in my tree which, in turn, deleted half my tree. I've been trying to recover the information but it is proving very difficult. Is there a way to "reset" my account to the previous day?
Sorry to hear that. Go to your tree and search for those people that you thought you lost. You likely only deleted one person. The rest are likely still there, but just disconnected. You can add the person you deleted back... then from that profile add a relationship that you know is related but instead of adding a new person, click "search for someone in my tree". Then add that person back. You basically created a floating tree by accident when you deleted that key person. Here are two video you should watch before doing anything. How to Create a Floating Tree on Ancestry th-cam.com/video/9PPaHCZjqIQ/w-d-xo.html and Fixing Mistakes on Ancestry Trees th-cam.com/video/GVvmoOoLR4w/w-d-xo.html
why not that change the color of the items that we had already seen it, if it's blue for fresh, but make it red for read. 7:50 markish
Yeah... I think they are getting a lot of feedback on this issue.
The side panel adds one more click. Hate it.
Fair enough
Where did the NAME FACT disappear to
And where di I complain about that
Robert. I still see it under the + Add fact button in the profiles. If you want to contact someone about it, click on the Help tab and then Support.
@@GenealogyTV The name & gender fact used to appear above the birth fact on the facts page
I used to be able to download and open a document/photo. That is no longer possible. Now I have to save the document to my computer and then open it on my computer. If it's not the right person I now have another piece of trash do remember to send to trash.
Humm…. I’ll have to try that again. It’s been a while.
When is ancestry going to have descending trees
You can change the view of the tree in the left menu where there are two little tree icons. One is a descendants view.
@@GenealogyTV I use my ipad extensively and do not see a descendants view only a vertical and horizontal ancestors view; am I missing something?
OK THru line says for my 2nd Great grand fathers that his DNA is 32 and 51 CM wife says 10 and 1700 does this mean he is not my 2nd great grand father
Go to dnapainter.com/tools/sharedcmv4 to learn all the different possible relationships for any given cM range.
I know the answer is probably no but i have to ask to make sure.. Is it possible for me to share a 8th great grandmother with someone if we only share 11 cM across 1 segments? Their tree is built out pretty good and her tree has a lot of different countries that I don't have so I already can limit a lot of lines in her tee.
I'm no pro, but here's my understanding of the realities of relationships in the 11cM range. The amazing thing would be you share any cMs at that distance! Reality #1: it is mathematically possible to share 0cM with a 2C1R - so at that distance, 8th ggm, it's like throwing dice with 1000 sides. So - reality #2: this could (theoretically) be a 3C2R, or a "genetic throwback " to10 generations ago, & obviously anything in between.
Have you looked at WATO - "What Are The Odds" - using DNA Painter? Sometimes I like to have it on another screen when I'm befuddled, trying to figure out what relationship I might have with a tree.
It's very good for seeing possibility, & probability , of ranges of numbers of cM. Don't give up!
( I also dig a lot down in that cM range.. It can clarify things, or take you nowhere. Good luck! )
Interesting ideas Barbara Bird raises. So my take on this is that at 11cM we're getting down to the edge of viability. Ancestry no longer provides DNA matches less than 8cM because the odds of false matches are greater. If it were me, is I'd study the shared matches you might have with that 8cM cousin to see if there are any better matches to help confirm your hypothesis. Also, upload your DNA everywhere else so you can possibly find more DNA cousins along that line. Lastly, do the traditional genealogy research to see if the 11cM match connects to you through the paper trail. That's the real key.