February 2020 Edition: What's New at Ancestry | Ancestry

Join Crista Cowan for an updated episode of “What’s New at Ancestry.” She will give a quick review of the genealogy events Ancestry will be attending this year. You'll also get a look at new features and tools now available on Ancestry that will help make your family history research easier and more fun. Then, Crista will review some of the the databases full of new content released recently and explain how they can help you find the stories of your ancestors' lives.

Introduction: 0:00-0:53
Events: 0:53-8:19
Site Updates: 8:19-20:12
New Records: 20:12-30:28

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February 2020 Edition: What's New at Ancestry | Ancestry

[RenieT]

Yay! Christa is back! I have missed your videos SO much! Please don't wait this long again.

[debskoff]

Absolutely love the lines leading from sources to family members that indicate evidence for relationships among family members!

[DevynDuffyOriginal]

ThruLines allow us to add a potential ancestor to our tree, but I still don't see a way to reject a proposed potential ancestor that I know is not an ancestor.

In my case, my great-grandmother was a single mother, then married a man ten years later who was not my grandmother's father. A few other people's trees just assume that this man was my grandmother's father, so ThruLines suggests him as a possible great-grandfather for me, even though I know that he wasn't. (I don't know yet who was, but I know it wasn't him.) The Evaluate feature would let me add him (erroneously) to my tree, but it doesn't allow me to subtract him as a suggestion. It would be nice if ThruLines would allow me to dismiss the proposed potential ancestor with "No, this is not an ancestor, " or even "I don't think this person is a potential ancestor, " so that the same false lead doesn't keep popping up over and over again.

[terridean]

Regarding the newspapers.com resource. I don’t have a subscription but thankfully I do my research. A distant relative was listed as having survivors Max and Turner. I eventually found the obituary and Max and Turner were her DOGS! She had never married. I have never seen an obituary listing animals as survivors so your subscribers should be extra thorough with their research after finding these hints.

[sarahsears]

I have missed you too! So glad you are back. I love your videos - easy to understand, follow, very helpful.

[caroldunk.]

Good to hear from you Crista. I do not understand why we have to have ANOTHER subscription for the Newspapers Obits. We pay for Ancestry, we pay for FOLD3 now to get the Newspapers Obit we have to pay for this as well. Why is this not Included in our Ancestry subscription?

[jofoth]

Every time your presentations are FANTASTIC! I look forward to trying all the new information that you share, thank you.

[MelFirestone]

Thank you Ancestry. I was contacted by a gentleman who was matched as a half sibling. I don't know if my dad knew about him or not as he was given up for adoption but I now have 4 half brothers❤

[mimime]

I would like a way to sort the photos and documents in my Gallery. Also a way to search photos in my gallery and other member's gallery. Thanks. Ancestry is my #1 site.

[tomzito]

Thank you Crista! I missed you too and am happy to see another video from you. One very frustrating aspect of ThruLines that remains is the inability to "reject" bad ancestor hints. I have worked with the non-private tree owners to correct their trees, but there are private trees that I cannot review which perpetuate the error causing the hint. I know everyone is busy there making improvements all the time and I hope that is on a list somewhere. Thank you.

[angelajachmann]

Great to see you back Christa, really missed your presentations.

[robertlidstone]

Thanks for another great video Christa. Re Relationship Sources - it's great to now see the family links to sources that are found on ancestry such as census etc. but is there any way to link source information (not photos) that we find and log under "other sources" to other family members where relevant. I seem to spend quite a bit of time copying and pasting headstone, and marriage source information to other records. Many thanks

[scGenMOT]

I really appreciate all you do by providing these video updates and more. Can you pass along another suggestion there--it would be so helpful if the All Hints page had sub-categories for each category. For instance, under Records, have sub-categories like Obituaries, Census's, Crew Lists, etc. Or also even allow us to be able to filter by cousin relationship or paternal/maternal side. Those would be HUGE timesavers. Thank you!

[coquiangel]

Even though, I haven't had the progress that I was hoping for, I do appreciate seeing members that I am related to. I was adopted and always wonder. So I thank you Ancestry.

[sandierossellinagy]

So good to hear you. Roots Tech was GREAT and full of info. Sure hope we will have one in 2021. Take care and see you

[sharonr]

glad you are doing the monthly updates again :)

[phxflyer]

Thanks for the video, Crista. As you mentioned sources, it made me realize that in my past, I might have added people without sources. Is there a way to search for individuals who have no sources attached? That would be nice so I could go back and get some, or reconsider why I added them.

[bethlillis]

Great to get an update from Ancestry again

[godisloveireland]

I have missed you too crista!! Lovely to hear your voice!!

[alyssaengberg]

So happy to hear from you after a time. :) I was a little worried about you. BTW, your audio sounds much improved. :)