Step Two for Building a Family Tree

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5 жыл бұрын

We talk a lot about steps one and three for building a family tree but we hardly ever talk about step two. Join Crista Cowan to learn more about what step two is and listen as she shares tips for the who, what, and why of making it work.
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@mistieferrell524 5 жыл бұрын

Wow!!!! This video brought me to tears!!!! As an adoptee, I have NO idea about my Biological Father! So, with that being said...when one is able to FIND out about the unknown is AMAZING!!!!❤️❤️❤️

@interghost 5 жыл бұрын

I normally skip through these videos a bit... but I loved that story at the start. Like you say, this is a great way to get talking with your living family!

@larrymorin 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. Just wanted to share that after my youngest daughter couldn't tell a friend what her father (I'm now retired) did for a living, I took a writing course and wrote my life story to share with my children and grandchildren. My sister wrote my mother's life story. Now I'm writing short stories about some of my ancestors based on facts I've gathered. I'm hoping my grandchildren will find those stories more interesting than looking at genealogy charts. Thanks again for all your KZfaq videos.

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

Good for you, Larry! I love that you are doing that. (~Crista)

@GarryVC 5 жыл бұрын

Great one Crista. The tips were correct. First you always talk to the still living, later on the rest. But keep in mind that what they tell you is not always correct but a mixture and regulate you get provided with wrong data. But again, this is the right way to start with. The death ones don"t run away. The most made error in genealogy is not talking with the ones who still are alive.

@rosannelytle6428 5 жыл бұрын

Very insightful Crista. I enjoy all of your videos.

@Musikat92 5 жыл бұрын

Another great video Crista!

@Siansonea 5 жыл бұрын

I think this might be one of my favorite videos that you've ever done. I like these personal stories and the connection of you just talking about these experiences. I like the more information-oriented videos with bullet points also, but I like this format a lot more.

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, Siansonea. I'll see if I can't work a few more in this format into the schedule in the coming months. I could maybe even upload some of them as a podcast this way. ;-) (~Crista)

@shawnamacdonald5197 2 жыл бұрын

@@AncestryUS If I delete aunts and uncles, their families would it mess up my tree. Should I only have my parents and all grandparents beyond. If you don't understand what I'm asking just message me

@CandaceJacallen 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your knowledge and instructions! Your videos are really helpful!

@margarethdykzeul5696 5 жыл бұрын

What a great resource our living relatives are. I just started my “interviews” by asking what might they be interested in sharing or hearing and seeing about my research. That started a huge sharing session that was so enjoyable. Thanks for sharing Christa

@margarethdykzeul5696 5 жыл бұрын

Sorry I spelled your name wrong Crista.

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

I love that idea, Margareth. That's a great question. (~Crista)

@TheJayjaytina 5 жыл бұрын

I gave my aunts and uncles a notebook full of random questions (I.e. favorite babysitter, first impressions of future spouses, fav/least fav sibling growing up) and then a few more in-depth ones like words you want to pass on. I also put in a couple story prompts to hopefully get that old story down, because some are really long!

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

I love that idea! Thanks for sharing.

@StokesCheri 5 жыл бұрын

You got my dry as dust night hostling at FedEx off to a good cry! Loving your new 'do too. Thanks for the holiday conversation starters. Happy holidays Crista!!

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Cheri! (~Crista)

@leahharvey3291 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!!!

@LNelson882 5 жыл бұрын

On certain sides didn’t know much in the past as never asked when around or just family never talked about. I even have one line where never meet my biological grandpa. Have asked and heard random conversations about him over the years from immediate family and heard how great he was. at times at extended family events his close friends we’re there and me and my cousins were there and they were excited telling us their memories. They were excited to see his grand kids but also their memories just came out and wanted to share. Also went to my grandpas sisters house and asked the many questions I had and again so many stories came out that would have been lost and not just about my grandpa and immediate family but her family she never meet over seas her mom told her. Guess long story short it is never too late to ask as before you know it will be too late.

@SFrosebud3 5 жыл бұрын

Inspiring to say the least! I hope that guy and his Dad were able to Re-Connect!

@wildchook745 5 жыл бұрын

I enjoy watching your videos, Crista. I love your tips. I am stuck with a family line I was following back. I got the information I needed from the birth certificate, but the parents didn't raise the child. The only family story I got from the oldies is that the child was raised by a relative. At one time, the child was in a Home and then back into the family. It was later when the child was in his 20s when he popped up on public records. The funny thing is, I have the answers at my fingertips but, I wanted to be sure that I am following the right line. So, I got my partner to do his DNA. I am hoping it will finally solve that mystery :)

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you are doing all the right things, Mary.

@lynda514 5 жыл бұрын

I just did what you suggested Sunday . We did a little "hen party" chicken lunch with the last surviving elder sisters (one 96 yo and the other 90 yo) I am not a blood relative but attended and clandestinely pulled out my android phone and recorded clips of their stories. The younger of the two was a sharp one and said "What are you doing there ? " (not in an angry way ;-) I'm her favorite neice - in - law)

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

Oh - I LOVE that you did this, Lynda. You could (should) save those audio files to the cloud (I use KZfaq and Google Drive, for example) and then you can link to them in the tree if you want them attached there.

@jculmer11 5 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. The downloadable PDF link didn't work for me on my phone, though.

@ashertargaryen7255 5 жыл бұрын

Love your hair! Great video as always!

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Arthur! (~Crista)

@ashertargaryen7255 5 жыл бұрын

Um I don’t watch your videos my mom does

@DoloresJRush 5 жыл бұрын

If somebody has an heirloom they can hold in their hand, it's a helpful tool to get them to tell the story surrounding that object -- we own quilts, my grandmother's first cookbook, their handwritten recipes, a teacup, a book that my grandmother was given from her parents for Christmas, genealogy books, my husband's grandmother's cookie jar, my husband's grandfather's vest he was married in, baby socks, postcards of historic buildings, tracings of their hands, toys, etc.

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

Great point, Dolores. Thanks for sharing.

@DoloresJRush 5 жыл бұрын

@@AncestryUS You are welcome! :)

@lynda514 5 жыл бұрын

I used to put a recorder in among st the food during family dinners ( when I was a kid) but sad to say I've misplaced the cassettes.

@davidmendes4629 5 жыл бұрын

Love your tutorials. One request: please ask Ancestry to include a chromosome browser. Surely Ancestry would rather introduce one than have customers choose every other major competitor that has one? ;) It'd help us figure out how we're related. Many people do not have trees, reply to messages and/or log in regularly.

@wannaberocker3057 5 жыл бұрын

Love your videos. In listening, it popped up a suggestion for Ancestry in my head. A person has a tree on ancestry. We click the user. It’s says something like “this person either has not done a DNA test or is not a match”. What would be more helpful would be to indicate if the person has a DNA test or not - definitively. Something like, “This user has not DNA tested”. Or “This user has DNA tested, but is not a match.”

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, we do not have that person's permission to share with others whether or not they have taken a DNA test. We only have permission to tell matches if they HAVE taken a DNA test.

@robinwallace426 5 жыл бұрын

Crista love the video. What do you do when older generations are deceased and the closest generations do not know any information.

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

You start digging into the records. My favorites to find stories are newspapers local to the area where your family lived. You'd be surprised what kinds of details were recorded back in the day. It's like the Facebook of the 1900s. (~Crista)

@robinwallace426 5 жыл бұрын

I have dug into records and have hit roadblocks in every way. I have only been able to find limited information on my paternal grandmother and father and no information on my maternal grandmother whose name I do not know. I haven't looked into newspapers so I will try that. Thanks Crista.

@Arielb6 5 жыл бұрын

There was going to be a video on endogamy a while back. Are you still going to cover it? It would be really helpful. Thank you

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for reminding me. I'll put it back on the list. (~Crista)

@Waradmirals 5 жыл бұрын

Quick question about Family Tree Maker 17; If I update my tree on ANCESTRY.com on say my ipad or phone, then hit sync now on family tree maker 2017 on my desktop, will the information updated on ancestry auto populate on FTM 17? I know it works FTM 17 to ancestry. Thanks!

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, Roberto. The FTM sync works both directions - from Ancestry to FTM and from FTM to Ancestry.

@tiggeer88 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, I am having trouble creating a tree. I add all family from my dna matches family tree to my family tree by selecting "Save to Tree" when I do add a new person into my tree. It does not show into my tree. When I click find person then at the bottom of the list it will say list of all people. I see everyone on that list but not appearing into my family tree. Its all blank. When I get hints and save those then nothing appears on my family tree. I am lost and don't know how to create or make all people to appear into my family tree. Thank You..

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

When you add a person to your tree using the "Save to Tree" feature, it creates a "floating" person. You then have to find that person in your List of All People, open up their profile, click on EDIT | Edit Relationships and connect them to their family members. Once you have the family members connected and have them connected to your common ancestors, you will see them in your family tree. Does that make sense?

@tiggeer88 5 жыл бұрын

Ancestry thank you. I have a questions when you receive hints and add those hints - does that mean they are really related to you? Once you add all the required hints it might say great grandparents or paternal grandparents? Just say I add anyone as my grandfather by choosing from the list to add into my family tree then afterwards it would say paternal grand parent after i added the hints. Are they my grand parents or not everything we might add not be related to those ancestors.

@psf513 5 жыл бұрын

I was watching Christa's video about Family Tree Maker (2013). I am using the 2017 version and have come across a problem which I have been unable to resolve. Maybe you can assist. I have a distant ancestor who was married twice and has 2 families. Somehow, I have created, unknowingly, 2 unknown spouses and have been unable to delete them. I have tried everything I know how and have managed to "damage" my lineage. The info is still there but not connected. Thanks in advance

@sbpierce9987 5 жыл бұрын

Pete Fortin Join the Facebook group for FTM 2017. They can be very helpful.

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

Pete - Delete the Marriage Fact for those two unknown spouses and that should remove them.

@lynda514 5 жыл бұрын

have you ever covered in any of your you tube videos the best "media" attachments to do on the ancestry dot com tree besides photographs. I haven't any.... can you attach audio only media in addition to video ?

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Lynda - There is currently no way to attach audio or video files directly to your Ancestry tree. I upload mine to a KZfaq channel and then create a Web Link to people in my tree that link to that file. Here are some other tips for using Media in your tree.: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pJZnfbmqmMqnaZs.html

@caroldunk.3481 5 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on how to split a tree. I have one Master I do all my research from. Now I would like to create a tree from my master for just my four fathers and mothers on both sides of my parents. How and can this be done?

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

Carol - I will say that everyone I have ever talked with who has split their family tree has later regretted it for various reasons. However, I have done a video on splitting and/or combining family trees. It is a little older but the basic principles are the same. You can find it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gdiUhLun2baUqXk.html

@Ratchet4647 5 жыл бұрын

Do you have a video on bullet Journalism as it relates to geneology? There's no way I'll be able to go to that conference.

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

I don't, Ratchet. But, they may be recording that presentation at the conference. If not, I'll see what I can put together for afterwards. (~Crista)

@christataylor7673 5 жыл бұрын

@@AncestryUS - I am extremely interested in this presentation too, but I am in Western Australia and definitely won't be able to go. I have been bullet journaling for nearly 3 years and doing family history for 20 years - I'd love to learn how to make my bullet journal help me focus my family history! Christa Taylor :-)

@magnetobrown 5 жыл бұрын

Quick question: Are the people on We're Related app, real family connections or just for fun?

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

The We're Related app is showing you possible connections based on family tree data found on Ancestry. You can research your family history yourself to validate the paths.

@Michael_Greenwood 5 жыл бұрын

how do I set my family tree in the pedigree view PERMANTELY?? I don't like the other view at all.

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

The family view versus pedigree view is a sticky setting controlled at a browser level by cookies. So, once you set it in your tree, it will always open up that way in the future. However, if you use a different browser or if you delete cookies, it will go back to the default, which is family view.

@Michael_Greenwood 5 жыл бұрын

thank you, I love your videos and I'm learning so much about geneology and my family from watching your videos! thank you so much.

@RoyPounsford 5 жыл бұрын

I don't need a life story, please just how to setup the tree and how to link the DNA.

@AncestryUS 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Roy, My weekly show is designed for people who love hearing stories as inspiration in their own family history journeys. If you are looking for brief how-to information, I would recommend using the HELP features on Ancestry. Here are instructions for setting up a tree: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Getting-started-on-Ancestry-Lesson-1-Starting-Your-Tree-1460088573376 Here are instructions for linking your DNA to your tree: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Attaching-AncestryDNA-Test-Results-to-an-Ancestry-Member-Tree-1460090082987 Hope that helps! All the best ~Crista

@psf513 5 жыл бұрын

I do not participate in Facebook. now what