tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post5537327427752040106..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: My New Test Case For Ancestry Member Tree IndexingRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-18390257519270722972018-11-15T10:09:32.205-08:002018-11-15T10:09:32.205-08:00Randy-
Thanks for the tutoring on this topic. So...Randy-<br /><br />Thanks for the tutoring on this topic. Something I've noticed, is that if a person in my tree has multiple Ancestry records, e.g. 3, 4, 5 or more, when I do a search on the individual, my own tree often comes up in the box at the top of the search. This allows a researcher to click that tree, or on the "More Like This" link. Clicking the former, brings up that person in a public tree, allowing you to look over the records on the person in that tree potentially showing you some you do not have already. Clicking the latter shows multiple trees that have that person (or someone with a similar name/profile) which can be explored for the same purpose. <br /><br />Is this a signal of the indexing that you are talking about? Or some other process that Ancestry uses to point researchers to more information on their ancestors? They are obviously doing something to link some individuals in my tree to searches by others.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Bill Greggs<br /><br />. Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241044841880129994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-27891492983744920032018-11-15T07:39:36.600-08:002018-11-15T07:39:36.600-08:00Thanks for covering this issue.
To answer your que...Thanks for covering this issue.<br />To answer your questions to readers: my Tree is Private but I allowed it to be included in indexing for searching. In over 6 years, I have never had anyone message me about an ancestor that they found in a search result. I have asked ‘cousins’ to search for two particular people in my tree – one had an Ancestry Source, one did not. Neither came up in search queries. Ancestry needs to change their algorithms to include all trees. BTW, most of the people in my tree do not have Ancestry Sources because I manually enter all my data in Family Tree Maker and then sync to Ancestry to share.Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355095016046985782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-90947663416657095392018-11-15T04:26:05.753-08:002018-11-15T04:26:05.753-08:00Thank you so much for this! My mom just did her DN...Thank you so much for this! My mom just did her DNA, and she's adopted. I'm trying to use it to help her find family, and it's more complicated than when I did my own. Thanks for the tip!Lisa Van Gemerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01385800028725484145noreply@blogger.com