U.S. Content Update: New U.S. City Directories Database
Tuesday we released the new U.S. City Directories database on Ancestry.com. While we’ve had thousands of city directories on the site for some years now, many of these databases contain no page images, and the ones that do mostly contain bi-tonal black and white images (not grayscale). This new release adds tremendous value to our… Read more
See the people in your tree on a map
Ancestry.com now helps you visualize where important events occurred in the lives of your ancestors by placing their events on a map. How do I use it? We’ve updated the family tree so that just about anywhere we show a place, you can click on that place and see the link on the map. When… Read more
Thank you for joining us!
To the people who joined us for this evening’s webinar, thank you! We enjoyed having the opportunity to answer some of your questions. If you didn’t have a chance to join us live, the webinar will be available in a few days at http://www.familytreemaker.com/About/Webinars.aspx As a follow-up, I’d like to clarify something I mentioned in… Read more
Share family memories all year long with custom photo calendars
My sister Christel has never been comfortable using a computer. An experienced pediatric nurse, she works in the neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital that handles the toughest cases in a five-state region. She can resuscitate a two-pound preemie without breaking a sweat, but she doesn’t know how to use Google. Occasionally she calls… Read more
Getting Help
Many resources are available to help you effectively use Family Tree Maker 2009. Here are some commonly asked questions and their answers. Q. I’m new to Family Tree Maker. How do I get started? Here are some options for becoming acquainted with Family Tree Maker 2009. Option 1: The Family Tree Maker Getting Started Guide… Read more
We Would Love Your Feedback on a New Tool
Recently, we released the Ancestry.com World Archives Project – our new community keying tool that gives you the opportunity to help create free indexes at your leisure. We would love to hear what our members and the community thinks of the idea and of the new tool. We’re interested in feedback from people who have used the tool, as… Read more
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