Articles About Family Trees
Link Photos to Events in your Family Tree
We’ve recently added the ability to link photos (or other files like stories, audio, and video) to any fact or event you have for a person in your family tree. Adding photos and stories to your family tree can create a much richer history of your ancestors’ lives, and make it much more interesting when… Read more
Family Tree Maintenance Tonight (10 February 11:00 PM MST)
The Ancestry.com Family Tree Service will undergo scheduled maintenance tonight for a few hours beginning at about 11:00 PM Mountain Standard Time. During this time Ancestry Member Trees, OneWorldTree, some portions of My Canvas, the sections of the Home Page that are related to Member Trees, and the sections of MyFamily.com 2.0 that are related… Read more
Scheduled Family Tree Maintenance (28 January, midnight-1:30 AM MST)
Please be aware that the Ancestry.com Family Tree Service will undergo scheduled maintenance early Thursday morning, 28 January 2010, from 12:00 AM to 1:30 AM Mountain Standard Time. This tree service downtime will affect Ancestry Member Trees, OneWorldTree, some portions of My Canvas, the sections of the Home Page that are related to Member Trees,… Read more
Scheduled Family Tree Maintenance (21 January, midnight-3 AM MST)
Please be aware that the Ancestry.com Family Tree Service will undergo scheduled maintenance on Thursday 21 January 2010, from 12:00 AM to 3:00 AM Mountain Standard Time. This tree service downtime will affect Ancestry Member Trees, OneWorldTree, our new Tree To Go iPhone app, some portions of My Canvas, the sections of the Home Page that… Read more
New Ancestry.com iPhone Application Gives Access to Your Tree on the Go
You asked for an iPhone® application that gives you access to your Ancestry.com tree, and we heard you loud and clear. I’m excited to announce that we have launched the Ancestry.com Tree To Go iPhone app. Whether you’re scouring the research library or getting together to share family stories with relatives, you’ll never miss a… Read more
Updated Family Tree Preview
Today we updated the preview of our new family tree pedigree view. The updates are based on feedback our members have sent to us as they have experimented with the new view. In all, thousands of feedback messages have been sent and have been very helpful. Based on the feedback we’ve received we are making several… Read more
Video: Behind the Scenes at Ancestry.com
Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes at Ancestry.com? Take a look at the people and thinking behind our company and how Ancestry.com helps you easily discover your story online.
Scheduled Family Tree Maintenance (10 November 2009, 1-2 AM MST)
Please be aware that the Ancestry.com Family Tree Service will undergo scheduled maintenance on Tuesday, 10 November 2009, from 1:00 AM to 2:00 AM Mountain Standard Time. This tree service downtime will affect Ancestry Member Trees, OneWorldTree, some portions of My Canvas, the sections of the Home Page that are related to Member Trees, and the… Read more
Scheduled Family Tree Maintenance (13 October, 2009 from 11:00 – 11:30 PM MDT)
Please be aware that the Ancestry.com Family Tree Service will undergo scheduled maintenance on Tuesday, 13 October 2009, from 11:00pm through 11:30pm Mountain Daylight Time. This maintenance will support the continued growth in Ancestry Member Trees traffic. This tree service downtime will affect Ancestry Member Trees, OneWorldTree, some portions of My Canvas, the sections of… Read more
Preview of our enhanced pedigree view
Today we launched in “preview mode” a series of updates to the pedigree view of your family tree. The changes we have made are based largely on feedback we’ve received from members on their challenges using the current pedigree view. We’re excited to release these improvements and encourage you to give the preview a test… Read more
Here you will find informational, and sometimes fun, posts from the folks behind the scenes here at Ancestry.com. We hope you’ll notice just how passionate we are about family history and about the products we’re building to help connect families over distance and time.
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