tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post5329490777939191846..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Ancestry.com: "You don't even have to know what you're looking for..." - Post 2Randy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-58436112033309660512020-12-09T15:26:20.949-08:002020-12-09T15:26:20.949-08:00Your Catherine Buntin is my grandmother - Catharin...Your Catherine Buntin is my grandmother - Catharine Buntin. If you want to fill out that section of your tree more I have info.CathyLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394141378551039612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-55135349997108895102011-07-30T09:05:47.659-07:002011-07-30T09:05:47.659-07:00I add notes under Timeline as "Add a Fact&quo...I add notes under Timeline as "Add a Fact" then "Custom Event". It is usually the info on the Census or conflicting info from other trees. I note the tree source and info I'm not sure is my ancestor yet.<br />The other thing I do when starting a new person, I don't immediately add their death unless I do it under Custom Event. This keeps other trees from copying info that I have not verified yet. You know, once they copy it, it won't be deleted from their tree. <br />You can check it out: Samuel McCauley B: 1821 D: 12 Feb 1888 on Bergeron of Lakeside tree.<br />I'm not sure if this method is approved by Ancestry as it adds a lot more info on their Overview page.Tanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12383468406962000486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-5761071219074058972011-07-29T22:58:29.528-07:002011-07-29T22:58:29.528-07:00"...I could find no way to Add an Unrelated P...<i>"...I could find no way to Add an Unrelated Person to my family tree on Ancestry.com. Hmmm, have I missed something?"</i><br /><br />I have several unrelated people and family groups in my family tree, but they usually come from going through records and having a gut feeling they might be a relative, but I need to look for more proof first. To keep things organized, I use the record I found them in and click on 'add this to my tree', but I always choose 'add to a new person'. This lets me create a new person in my tree without any former connections, so I can have the information in there, but not connect it to anyone until I have my ducks in a row. One just needs to remember when doing that with census records to 'remove' the record after creating the person and then 'readd' it to the person so that it shows up properly in the timeline. Otherwise, it will be attached, but not show in the timeline.Danahttp://www.justfolks.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-28443762409523831072011-07-29T19:02:54.110-07:002011-07-29T19:02:54.110-07:00My "trees" are full of unrelated people,...My "trees" are full of unrelated people, because I do migration and surname research. To add new person: search, open a document, "add to new person" in the tree and then remove the doc link, if it was not a real match.Kaisa Kyläkoskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06600668662158114014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-81972838623909686092011-07-29T15:07:39.715-07:002011-07-29T15:07:39.715-07:00"One lesson I learned was: if there is more t..."One lesson I learned was: if there is more than one Ancestry Member Tree in the hints, work with them one tree at a time. And do not click on the "Save" button too early - review all of the data for that tree match before you "Save" to your tree. The reason is that once you have saved data from an Ancestry Hint, it is very hard to find (and then perhaps capture) data that you didn't save but might want to save. I checked four trees for one person, and was unable to "capture" the children when I clicked on "Save" to "capture the parents."<br /><br />Actually it is quite easy to find and capture data that others have saved but you have not.<br /><br />Click the 'member connect' tab on a person's profile page. If you have copied this person from a tree, that person's version will be listed in the "connections" tab; when you click it, you can see what is connected in that tree but not in yours. The other tab lists other trees' versions of what the tree software thinks is the same individual, and what citations other tree owners have saved to the same individual that you have not.<br /><br />The horrid thing about Member Connect is that it all too easy to attach a citation without looking at the actual item to verify that it is indeed ~about~ your particular tree individual. It is part of the Ancestry Spreading Wrong Connections Virus whose core is copying from trees.Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-18377468060791064512011-07-29T14:04:04.170-07:002011-07-29T14:04:04.170-07:00"I wanted to just add information to one test..."<i>I wanted to just add information to one test family tree (my Isaac Seaver tree), but I could find no way to Add an Unrelated Person to my family tree on Ancestry.com. Hmmm, have I missed something?</i>"<br /><br />Nope, you didn't miss anything. If you search their help pages, they explain the only way to add an unrelated person is to add them as the parent, spouse, or child of somebody, then disconnect the relationship. It works, but it's a bit of a hassle. Seems kind of a silly way to operate to me. I've had to add many unrelated people in a tree I'm constructing for a One-Name Study.MNFamilyHistorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07219791448054464725noreply@blogger.com