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

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0:00 Intro
1:44 Handout Information
3:13 Family Trees
5:22 DNA Matches in the Tree
5:42 Tree Icons
6:01 Family Tree Settings and Navigation
8:55 All People in the Family Tree
13:25 Tree Views
16:29 Profile Page
23:53 Hints or Shaking Leaves
26:30 Explore - New Feature
27:08 Search the Family Tree
27:23 Record Searching with Profile Information
29:05 Record Searching - Clean
30:49 Account Settings & Features
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[sm_makai]

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!

[lawrente]

Fantastic video, Aimee! Needed information. ❤

[bakerwannabe]

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

[dwanehoughtaling]

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.

[patranye]

Fantastic job covering all that information!

[TannisBurnett-hh]

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.

[SwampCat]

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

[ShirleyStephens-xt]

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

[adrianreyes]

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

[tammyaingworth]

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

[richardpaz]

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

[nanfrostsfashionfocusstyle]

I wouldn't pay more for explore. Haven't found it useful yet.

[Amanda-cddm]

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