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The Common Room / Re: A plaque for an ancestor - how do I find decendents?
« on: Wednesday 12 November 25 19:32 GMT (UK) »
Does the cemetery have anyone on file as the owner(s) of the plot? That might be a good starting point.
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The Common Room / Re: "Possible networks found" on Ancestry trees
« on: Tuesday 11 November 25 20:44 GMT (UK) »
I suspect you're right, David Nicoll.
I have coughed up for Pro Tools recently, and it's been worth it for me, because it has enabled me to identify the probable fathers of my grandmother and my great-grandfather (different lines). It has also enabled me to identify the probable father of a distant cousin.
This new feature doesn't appeal to me, however.
I have coughed up for Pro Tools recently, and it's been worth it for me, because it has enabled me to identify the probable fathers of my grandmother and my great-grandfather (different lines). It has also enabled me to identify the probable father of a distant cousin.
This new feature doesn't appeal to me, however.
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The Common Room / Re: "Possible networks found" on Ancestry trees
« on: Tuesday 11 November 25 17:41 GMT (UK) »
My impression is that Pro Tools now includes a "private workspace" for figuring out the "networks," which seem to be comprised of our relatives' neighbours.
But if you stop paying for Pro Tools, you won't be able to access anything that you've put into that private workspace: unless you've also saved it to your home computer, it will be hidden from you.
This might be fine with people who put their tree(s) only onto Ancestry and who do most or all of their research (clicking yes or no on Ancestry's hints) within Ancestry -- perhaps this is, or will be, the case especially for people who primarily use their phone rather than their laptop or a desktop computer.
I don't see how it would help with Biggles50's search (or mine, for that matter). Perhaps the networks will appeal to people who are more interested in the social history of a location during a specific time frame.
Maybe, over time, people who use it will let us know if/how it was helpful to them.
But if you stop paying for Pro Tools, you won't be able to access anything that you've put into that private workspace: unless you've also saved it to your home computer, it will be hidden from you.
This might be fine with people who put their tree(s) only onto Ancestry and who do most or all of their research (clicking yes or no on Ancestry's hints) within Ancestry -- perhaps this is, or will be, the case especially for people who primarily use their phone rather than their laptop or a desktop computer.
I don't see how it would help with Biggles50's search (or mine, for that matter). Perhaps the networks will appeal to people who are more interested in the social history of a location during a specific time frame.
Maybe, over time, people who use it will let us know if/how it was helpful to them.
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The Common Room / Re: "Possible networks found" on Ancestry trees
« on: Tuesday 11 November 25 15:38 GMT (UK) »
Those are interesting points; thank you.
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The Common Room / Re: "Possible networks found" on Ancestry trees
« on: Monday 10 November 25 22:18 GMT (UK) »
I suspect you're right. I'm not interested in the neighbours of everyone in my extended family tree.
Many years ago, before the census records were indexed, I went through specific cities page by page, looking for family members. Then I'd have to do it all over again, because what I'd learned sent me backwards or forwards in time.
It did give me a sense of which extended family members lived nearby, and that can be interesting, but it's really only do-able in a small village, town or city. Imagine trying to track all the Reillys in Boston and then trying to figure out if any of them were related to me -- what a colossal waste of time that would be (for my purposes, anyway).
Many years ago, before the census records were indexed, I went through specific cities page by page, looking for family members. Then I'd have to do it all over again, because what I'd learned sent me backwards or forwards in time.
It did give me a sense of which extended family members lived nearby, and that can be interesting, but it's really only do-able in a small village, town or city. Imagine trying to track all the Reillys in Boston and then trying to figure out if any of them were related to me -- what a colossal waste of time that would be (for my purposes, anyway).
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The Common Room / "Possible networks found" on Ancestry trees
« on: Monday 10 November 25 15:39 GMT (UK) »
I was looking at the tree I have up on Ancestry and noticed at the bottom right a rectangle labelled "Networks BETA - Possible networks found - View."
When I clicked on it, I got a pop-up section inviting me to "Create my own" network. Without knowing what this is for, it just seems like busy-work to me.
Has anyone used this? If so, has it been useful or helpful to you, and why?
Thanks in advance.
When I clicked on it, I got a pop-up section inviting me to "Create my own" network. Without knowing what this is for, it just seems like busy-work to me.
Has anyone used this? If so, has it been useful or helpful to you, and why?
Thanks in advance.
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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry Home Page - Potential Ancestors
« on: Tuesday 04 November 25 14:32 GMT (UK) »
You're welcome, Pheno.
You're right: I haven't used it.
I keep most of my research on my computer. I decided to put this one tree up on Ancestry because it's based on DNA results and I wanted to see where other descendants would show up in ThruLines vs. where I thought they might belong. I was also hoping some descendants might see it and contact me out of curiosity, but no luck so far on that front. I'll take it down eventually.
You're right: I haven't used it.
I keep most of my research on my computer. I decided to put this one tree up on Ancestry because it's based on DNA results and I wanted to see where other descendants would show up in ThruLines vs. where I thought they might belong. I was also hoping some descendants might see it and contact me out of curiosity, but no luck so far on that front. I'll take it down eventually.
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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry Home Page - Potential Ancestors
« on: Monday 03 November 25 18:11 GMT (UK) »
Yes, it's from another tree. Hopefully my attachment will work and you'll be able to see what it generates.
The banner on my page is lower down and not large, so I hadn't even noticed it before seeing this thread.
Edited to add: scroll my image to the right to see the whole thing.
The banner on my page is lower down and not large, so I hadn't even noticed it before seeing this thread.
Edited to add: scroll my image to the right to see the whole thing.
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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry Home Page - Potential Ancestors
« on: Monday 03 November 25 17:21 GMT (UK) »Thanks. Tried that = I am the home person but there are absolutely no hints against me in my Ancestry tree.
I just don't know where to find them.
It does the same thing for me but then to the right of my tree there's a large box showing a "Potential Mother" for an ancestor in my tree. It also says what tree the hint is taken from and has boxes for me to tick to indicate whether or not that's the right potential mother.