Most of the popular companies for genealogy and dna have made some announcements this week at the Rootstech Event, so go to those sites (Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, etc.) and get the news first hand. Or visit a blogger!
This bit comes from Ancestry.com's The Barefoot Genealogist, from her presentation at Roots Tech, today:
Really Big with Crista is the Card Catalog at
Ancestry.com
Crista Cowan
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Ancestry.com
Crista Cowan
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Utilize: Ancestry YouTube Channel and subscribe!
Ancestry Announcements
New products: Do you get lost in family tree? Hacks for this: Uploading images, of Quaker Oat Man. For ancestors who were Quakers. Pics of ships, etc. My tree tags available immediately!
New products: Do you get lost in family tree? Hacks for this: Uploading images, of Quaker Oat Man. For ancestors who were Quakers. Pics of ships, etc. My tree tags available immediately!
Tags: helps you find your way back to someone or something.
Gives info about that person
Person Card
Side Panel "workplace"
Notes are private!
Comments are public
My Tree Tags
Universal Tags
Relationship tags: DNA, died young, descendants, "had no children" (descendancy), never married, etc.
Tags for orphan, etc.
Research Tags: is info accurate? Allows you to tag research status: These may be relevant later. Hint system: Hypothesis maybe.
Actively researching tag. Helps you to get back on point.
Brick Wall!
"Complete" tag?
Reference Tag: military, royalty, nobility, etc.
Universal tag: DNA match or tag common ancestor or tag anyone along the path of DNA
Create custom tags!
Ways to identify the info or person. "Scoundrel" tag.
Updated Tree Option? Filter My Tree tags: Direct Ancestor. Helps you find things faster; helps you ?
15 Million people in DNA at Ancestry
45000 dna matches for average user at ancestry
Updated match list at ancestry.
Feature: Create groups and label and color them.
Ability to filter dna matches: Upper left hand corner
Filter your match list by groups. Stars, etc. Filter by relationship, By new matches.
Add groups or add a single person to any number of groups.
Ability to add a filter (blue dots); matches not reviewed yet
Filtered by Notes, Private link, Unlinked trees.
Ancestry trying to reach out to "new" genealogists who have only done dna.
We need "new" and we need you.
Who are our new matches? Common Ancestors?
Ancestry: actively looking for dna connections. You can evaluate connection.
Common Ancestors in other presentations
DNA Match List...New at Ancestry
"Through Lines": allows you to evaluate evidence (one to many) THRU lines.
What is possible? New Dna Matches for a week. Colored groupings. "Things to Discuss with Christa"; look at shared matches... Pick an ancestor... Photos and stories wanted!
Ancestry has free app for smart phones.
Christa Cowan on Instagram
Ancestry owns Findagrave: Volunteers; free; innovations; there is an app for that
Fold 3: owned by Ancestry: military records primarily
Newspapers.com is owned by ancestry
New at Ancestry: Newspapers and extract paragraphs of obits ongoing will be available
Ancestry Pro-Genealogists: specialists: Irish, Polish and other specific groups. Where it is online and offline. Ancestry needs feedback.
Gives info about that person
Person Card
Side Panel "workplace"
Notes are private!
Comments are public
My Tree Tags
Universal Tags
Relationship tags: DNA, died young, descendants, "had no children" (descendancy), never married, etc.
Tags for orphan, etc.
Research Tags: is info accurate? Allows you to tag research status: These may be relevant later. Hint system: Hypothesis maybe.
Actively researching tag. Helps you to get back on point.
Brick Wall!
"Complete" tag?
Reference Tag: military, royalty, nobility, etc.
Universal tag: DNA match or tag common ancestor or tag anyone along the path of DNA
Create custom tags!
Ways to identify the info or person. "Scoundrel" tag.
Updated Tree Option? Filter My Tree tags: Direct Ancestor. Helps you find things faster; helps you ?
15 Million people in DNA at Ancestry
45000 dna matches for average user at ancestry
Updated match list at ancestry.
Feature: Create groups and label and color them.
Ability to filter dna matches: Upper left hand corner
Filter your match list by groups. Stars, etc. Filter by relationship, By new matches.
Add groups or add a single person to any number of groups.
Ability to add a filter (blue dots); matches not reviewed yet
Filtered by Notes, Private link, Unlinked trees.
Ancestry trying to reach out to "new" genealogists who have only done dna.
We need "new" and we need you.
Who are our new matches? Common Ancestors?
Ancestry: actively looking for dna connections. You can evaluate connection.
Common Ancestors in other presentations
DNA Match List...New at Ancestry
"Through Lines": allows you to evaluate evidence (one to many) THRU lines.
What is possible? New Dna Matches for a week. Colored groupings. "Things to Discuss with Christa"; look at shared matches... Pick an ancestor... Photos and stories wanted!
Ancestry has free app for smart phones.
Christa Cowan on Instagram
Ancestry owns Findagrave: Volunteers; free; innovations; there is an app for that
Fold 3: owned by Ancestry: military records primarily
Newspapers.com is owned by ancestry
New at Ancestry: Newspapers and extract paragraphs of obits ongoing will be available
Ancestry Pro-Genealogists: specialists: Irish, Polish and other specific groups. Where it is online and offline. Ancestry needs feedback.
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