How to Use Ancestry.com for Beginners w. Jakob | Ancestry UK

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[AncestryUS]

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[hotstick]

It can be very useful to be able to swap backwards and forwards in your tree by opening different tabs on your browser. e.g. to check a hint or hints attached to a person, first click on the person to select them, then, with your right mouse button, click on the Hint, this will open, what is known as a 'contextual menu', with various links showing, move your mouse onto the 'contextual menu' and select the first link with the left hand mouse button, 'Open Link in New Tab'. You will see that, at the top of your browser, you still have your original page open but have also opened the link attached to the hints, you can then swap back and forth from your tree to the hint attached to the person, this can be done a number of times and can be very useful.

[brucerider]

I've appreciated my businesses various techs. This was a wonderful way to put one face with a name. His suggestions about fixing mistakes was reassuring!

[bartbrown]

This was a good refresher for a previous member who has rejoined after a 4-5 year layoff. Much has changed and for the better.

[gloriagreen]

Thanks for showing how to filter through the catalog. I didn't appreciate how much it offered and am now looking forward to using it more.

[nancyb]

Thank you so much for this! I'm only at the stage of trying to get up my courage to try Ancestry. Jakob's video helps me see that there are friendly and knowledgeable people who are there to help.

[thebaron]

Useful thank you! Ancestry seems very intuitive when you start which is great but inevitably because Genealogy is such a complicated web you will encounter issues so this was helpful in becoming more efficient!

[AncestryUS]

We're thrilled to hear you enjoyed it Paula, good luck with all of your researching! 🌳😃

[samanthabusch]

I just got on ancestry I'm so excited thank you for your help!!!

[calbob]

Fair Warning. Recently, restarted my ancestry research and discovered other people researching some of my family members. The problem is they are entering incorrect information. They rarely respond to messaging about the errors.

[AncestryUS]

Hi, Samantha. We're so excited to hear that you'll be using Ancestry to do your family history research. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions. Best of luck to you.

[SarahS]

I’ve been on Ancestry for years and showing how to fix a broken tree was really helpful! Thank you!

[jovialbivouacker]

I’ve been using Ancestry since 2014, but just recently found this information. Thank you. And I believe your accent is from The Republic of Ireland or Welsh. 😊

[annaarnold]

Great tutorial tried everything. Your direction was so clear. Thanks

[Nephertiti]

in the future I would love to see a video on creating citations and transferring information to other sites. Thanks for great info.

[FlorinScience]

Great video! The giveaway about your "Swedishness" with the surname of "Vasa", . which of course a city there, and the Celtic overtones were there, too. Did not catch the British, though.

[laurawillson]

Thank you so much for showing us how to MERGE PROFILES! I thought I would go insane trying to figure that one out. Thank you.

[Patricia-tqwm]

I found the video very useful, and gave some interesting tips. My tree has got a lot of mistakes. I now look forward to attempting to correct it.
The use of the card catalogue is very helpful also.

[trevorwhittle]

Loved the video. Liked the ability to share with family members your tree even if they don’t have an account with Ancestry. Never really appreciated the role of the card catalogue. Do you recommend a sequence to follow for your other videos . Trevor

[brendascott]

How do you find out if you have living relatives in italy