Ancestry app for Android is among Google’s Best of the Best of 2012
Every year Google reviews thousands of apps and selects their top picks—we’re pleased to share that our Ancestry app for Android is one of Google’s top picks of 2012! A recent update to the Ancestry app for Android introduced hints so members can make new family discoveries from the convenience of their phone or tablet. The… Read more
Ancestry App for Windows 8
Have you ever wanted a quick and easy way to view and share your family tree right from your desktop? Announcing Ancestry for Windows 8 which was released into the new Windows Store on November 30th and was subsequently updated on December 12th. The Ancestry app provides an attractive and innovative way to experience and… Read more
Caring.com: Make a Challenging Visit Great With Storytelling
Contributed by Paula Spencer Scott, Caring.com senior editor Worried about how to keep a conversation moving along when visiting an older adult in a nursing home or assisted living? Sometimes it’s helpful to focus not on what you should say but on *how to encourage stories* instead. Storytelling can be a wonderful, no-pressure way to… Read more
Kris Williams: The Genealogy Grinch
Over the years, I find two enjoyable aspects to researching my family are meeting distant cousins who are also into genealogy, and getting the chance to trade our research. I have been surprised by how close genealogy can bring two people together who would otherwise just be considered strangers. Research has brought many amazing people… Read more
The Great, Great, Great Grand Adventure: Counting Numbers in Dallas
Days like 12/12/12 make us feel like life is all about the numbers. Since we embarked on this adventure six weeks ago, we have been consumed by numbers like miles per gallon, time and distance to our next destination, exit numbers, entrance fees, opening and closing times, travel time and of course counting to make… Read more
The Great, Great, Great Grand Adventure: Broken, But Not Beaten in Little Rock
Before we began this adventure, we talked to a number of seasoned travelers about our plans to go across the country in a motorhome as a family. We were surprised to hear in response from these road warrior veterans a number of warnings about the challenges of hitting the road. After our visit to Little… Read more
Using Ancestry.com Like a Detective – in your own research and on CSI!
Ancestry.com solves mysteries! At least that’s what it did on tonight’s episode of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” as detectives dove into a family tree to see which clues the subject of one investigation had already uncovered about members of her family. Curious how you can search Ancestry.com detective style? You can learn the tricks to… Read more
Dinosaurs and Descendants: 200-Year-Old Museum Seeks Family
Throughout 2012, America’s oldest natural history museum celebrated its 200th birthday. Sitting proudly in center city Philadelphia, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University was founded in 1812 and stands today as a museum and center of scientific research. Through its two centuries of existence, many of the men and women who have walked… Read more
Ancestry.com Featured on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Attention CSI fans, on Wednesday, December 12, tune in to the CBS hit, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”. The episode features the CSI team using genealogy to figure out why an airplane crashed, killing five people. Read more about the episode here and don’t forget to tune in!
Member Trees: Merge Duplicate People
A lot of people have asked over the years how to clean up duplicates in their Ancestry Member Tree. If you are one of the people who discovered that your mysterious distant cousin Mary was really the same person as Uncle George’s wife Mary, then you’ll be happy to learn that we have a solution that… Read more
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