How To Fix Tiny screen prints and photos
Don’t you just hate seeing those tiny newspaper items on the family tree? I don’t mean tiny, as few words. I mean tiny as not cropped to fit the screen. I do not… Continue reading
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How To Add Custom Events to Facts column on a Profile Page
In Ancestry dot com you will sometimes get some Source boxes on a profile page but there are no Facts to go along with the Source. This may occur when you bring in… Continue reading
Peter O’Connell – Family Tree – Michigan
Before you continue I want you to know that you will be shown examples of how you should transcribe an obituary, how to label your files of items that you collect and finally… Continue reading
Keeping track of all your trees
My last blog post was: HOW TO DOCUMENT NEWS WORTHY INCIDENT THAT AFFECTS MANY FAMILIES – January 3, 2020 After I logged off for the night, I started thinking of other ways one… Continue reading
How to document news worthy incident that affects many families
On 21 Jun 1914 in Oswego, New York a boat crossing a canal capsized and twelve (12) people were drowned. The twelve (12) victims came from seven different families: Adams, Crane, Dainer, Mogg,… Continue reading
How to put relationship on a profile page
Ancestry dot com “How To” Slide 1 of 12 1. Start of Lesson 1a. Diane has a tree and wants to know how to identify the relationship between the various people on the branches;… Continue reading
How to point to a newspaper story when it has no highlight
How to point to a newspaper story when it is not highlighted. A highlight of an item in a newspaper is the way the system finds matches to the search command; therefore if… Continue reading
Census page – left side column numbers
I replied to a FB query with a detailed explanation and thought it would be a good “How To” blog post for my readers. Here is a mini lesson on what to look… Continue reading
How To delete a tree on Ancestry dot com
Here are eight (8) steps showing how to delete a tree on Ancestry dot com. You can only delete a tree that you have created. Click on the tree name. This is the… Continue reading
Direct Ancestor – tags on trees
I posted the following on FaceBook and got many comments on the topic; both pro and con, so I thought I would share it with a different audience. For my genealogy friends –… Continue reading
Obits found – Ida Jane Noel 03 Oct 1909, Gettysburg, Penn
Finding one obit in an old newspaper can lead to many more in the same newspaper. It can also lead one to another newspaper from the same town. I was working on a… Continue reading
List of People on a Tree – (Agostina Bolena Family Tree)
Many times when I am writing about my Ancestry dot com family trees, I mention the list of people on the tree. Some of you may not be familiar with the list of… Continue reading
How to share your Ancestry tree
If you have a family tree on Ancestry dot com, you can share it with a relative, to let them look at it or even work on it. You can share your tree,… Continue reading
HOW TO CREATE A CUSTOM FACT/EVENT 2
On this post you will learn how to create a “custom fact/event” for the profile page. A “Custom Fact/Event” is needed when you have the following problem: A source appears on the profile… Continue reading
How To work around a problem – Duplicate People on Tree
Problem: I get two images of the same person on my tree. Query: How do I fix this? This problem and query was posted on a FaceBook group page and Eva had some… Continue reading