 Ancestry's New Explore Feature in Storymaker Studio Ancestry's New Explore FeatureExplore the times your ancestor lived in, through media! Ancestry has a new Beta feature they’re testing out to help enhance your family history and genealogy, Explore, in the Storymaker Studio. This feature lets you explore images that other members have in their public trees, that may have to do with either a particular ancestor of yours or a certain place and time period that you may be researching. How to get to the Explore Feature
 How to Get to the Explore Feature in Ancestry Storymaker Studio- Step 1  How to Get to the Explore Feature in Ancestry Storymaker Studio- Step 2 Ways to Explore
 Way to Explore with the Explore Feature in Ancestry Storymaker Studio- Example 1  Way to Explore with the Explore Feature in Ancestry Storymaker Studio- Example 2 Exploring a Particular Ancestor in Ancestry Storymaker Studio Exploring a Particular Ancestor in Ancestry Storymaker Studio- Example 1  Exploring a Particular Ancestor in Ancestry Storymaker Studio- Example 1-2 Exploring a Particular Place and Time in Ancestry Storymaker Studio Exploring a Particular Place and Time in Ancestry Storymaker Studio- Example 1  Exploring a Particular Place and Time in Ancestry Storymaker Studio- Example 1-2 I find that “exploring” an ancestor is the same as the image hints you get for that ancestor, under the hints on an ancestor’s profile page, but you cannot currently search for places and times under the hints, so this adds to that capability. Keep in mind that exploring places and times does not necessarily mean it actually has to do with that place and time, it may just be more public ancestor Images of a person who also lived in that place. More Ancestry and Genealogy Resources: Learn about more Ancestry updates, tips, tools, and features and other family history and genealogy resources under the Genealogy Resources category and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page.
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 Ancestry's New AI Family Tree and DNA Features Ancestry's New AI Features for Your Family Tree and DNA Ancestry seems to be on a major roll right now, consistently churning out new features one on top of the other! They have just released 2 new AI features to enhance your family history and genealogy, 1 for your family tree, and one for your DNA! These new features are in BETA mode, which means not all may have it; they could tweak it, add to it, delete some of the questions or features; or they may decide to delete it all together. AI to Enhance Your Ancestor’s StoryLearn about your ancestor in a fun, engaging, and educational way with the new AI feature for your family tree! With the new feature, you can learn about birth, marriage, death, and residence events during your ancestors’ lives. Categories and Questions:
AI Ancestor Birth Questions Samples
AI Ancestor Marriage Questions Samples
AI Ancestor Death Questions Samples
AI Ancestor Residence Questions Examples
How to get to AncestryAI for Your Ancestor
 How to Get to AncestryAI Feature for Your Family Tree *Note: Be careful using this info in a story, as some of the information is general for the area and not the specific period or vice versa. 😉 AI to Enhance Your DNA Story You can also learn about your estimated ethnic regions in a fun, engaging, and educational way with the new AI feature for your AncestryDNA! With this new feature, you can learn about daily life, common foods, notable historical figures, climate and geography, population movements, population, the people, and family life in each of your estimated ethnic regions! Categories and Questions:
How to Get to AncestryAI in AncestryDNA
 How to Get to AncestryDNA's AncestryAI Feature Go in and see if you have these 2 new AI features; if you do, then have fun with it! More Ancestry, AI, and Genealogy ResourcesLearn about more Ancestry updates, tips, tools, and features; AI in genealogy, and other family history and genealogy resources under the Ancestry.com, AI in Genealogy, and Genealogy Resources category and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page.   Ancestry’s New Fan View Feature for Your Family Tree! Ancestry’s New Fan View Feature! Ancestry has just updated the way you can view your trees, with their new Fan View feature! See and work from your family tree in an aesthetically colorful fan view, making it fun to work on your family history and genealogy! This feature is still in BETA mode, so it may not be available to all yet. It also means they may tweak it or add more to it. 😉 Fan View Settings/Tools
Family Lines Fan ViewThe Family Lines View setting for your Ancestry family tree is a colorfully aesthetic family tree view that is the default view. From here, you can get to the Fan View Settings and change the fan view, or the generations shown.  Ancestry's Family Lines Fan View and Fan Settings Hints Fan ViewThe Hints View setting for your Ancestry family tree is color coded with a gradient color that shows how many hints you have from the least to the most, for each ancestor.  Ancestry's Hints Fan View Photos Fan ViewThe Photos View setting for your Ancestry family tree is also color coded with a gradient color that shows you how many photos you have for each ancestor from least to most, helping you see who you need some or more photos for.  Ancestry's Sources Fan View Sources Fan ViewThe Sources View setting for your Ancestry family tree is, once again, color coded with a gradient color that shows you how many sources you have for each ancestor from least to most, letting you see where you are lacking.  Ancestry's Sources Fan View How to Get to Fan ViewIt's easy to get to Fan View! Just toggle the view switch to Fan View!  Ancestry's Fan View- Family Tree Views Toggle This chart is also printable! I absolutely love looking at the view and seeing where I lack photos and sources, but I’m not sure how I feel working from it. If you’re lucky enough to have this BETA tester at Ancestry.com, check it out! More Ancestry and Genealogy ResourcesLearn about more Ancestry updates, tips, tools, and features and other family history and genealogy resources under the Genealogy Resources category and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page.
 Ancestry's New Right Click Tools Feature! Ancestry’s New Right Click Feature! Ancestry has just come out with a new feature, at the beginning of this week, to help make it easier to add, edit, and work on your family tree, helping you to save precious time while working on your family history, Right Click! You can right click on any person in your tree, or tap and hold, to work faster! Ancestry seems to be Keeping up to date and following the lead of others. As in most programs and browsers, right clicking will bring up quick actions. Ancestry has followed suit with a toolbox of quick actions you can take on a person in your family tree right away, just by right clicking on them. Hopefully they’ll add this feature to the family in profile pages as well. 😉  Ancestry's Right Click Feature- Pedigree View  Ancestry's Right Click Feature- Family View Right Click Feature Tools The new Ancestry Right Click feature has 10 quick tools that can be easily accessed.
To be honest, the "delete person" makes me a little nervous being a quick action in this feature. 😉 More Ancestry and Genealogy ResourcesLearn about more Ancestry updates, tips, tools, and features and other family history and genealogy resources under the Ancestry.com and Genealogy Resources category and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page.   AncestryDNA New DNA Communities Story Feature & Updated DNA Story AncestryDNA New DNA Communities Story Feature & Updated DNA Story! Ancestry has been upgrading their DNA Story this past week with lots of new updates! As mentioned last week, in Ancestry DNA Updates: New DNA Community Record Collections Feature!, they added a new DNA records collections feature to DNA communities, along with new ethnicity updates, and have now revamped it with a new look, while adding animation, stories, and more! What’s New at AncestryDNA
New Background Color Toggle & Ethnicity Colors New AncestryDNA Background Color Toggle & Ethnicity Colors Example 1  New AncestryDNA Background Color Toggle & Ethnicity Colors Example 2 New Animated DNA Communities Maps & Timeline Stories New AncestryDNA Animated DNA Communities Maps Example  New AncestryDNA Timeline Communities Stories Example  New AncestryDNA Animated DNA Communities Maps & DNA Stories Example 1  New AncestryDNA Animated DNA Communities Maps & DNA Stories Example 2 More Ancestry, DNA, and Genealogy ResourcesLearn about more Ancestry updates, tips, tools, and features and other family history and genealogy resources under the Ancestry.com, Genetic Genealogy and DNA, and Genealogy Resources category and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page.   New Ancestry DNA Community Record Collections Feature! Ancestry Updates: DNA Community Record Collections Feature!Going into Ancestry the other day, I noticed that not only did Ancestry update DNA ethnicity estimates again but added a new feature in AncestryDNA as well, DNA Community Record Collections! Right now, by going through the long list of DNA that I manage, it seems to just be for African American and Irish communities. I’m sure many more will come soon, as I just noticed it on the 25th of July, and it was not there the day before! So, if you are a beginner and have African American or Irish ethnicity, along with DNA communities as part of your AncestryDNA results, you will have some cool helps to get you going on where to look! Did you know there are over 400 African American and Afro-Caribbean communities and 203 Irish communities for AncestryDNA members? I’m not sure all the communities for these 2 ethnicities are included in this new feature yet, but below you’ll find the ones that are included in the long list of DNA that I manage for family, friends, and clients. African American DNA Community Record Collections
Irish DNA Community Record Collections
How to Get to DNA Community Record Collections
 How to Get to Ancestry DNA Community Record Collections More Ancestry, DNA, and Genealogy ResourcesLearn about more Ancestry updates, tips, tools, and features; DNA; and other family history and genealogy resources under the Ancesty.com, Genetic Genealogy and DNA, and Genealogy Resources category and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page.
 Ancestry Tips: Why You Should Organize Your Managed Trees! Ancestry Tips: Why You Should Organize Your Managed Trees! Do you have a long list of managed family trees on Ancestry? That list can get fairly long with more than just your personal family tree; you may have DNA match trees, client trees, test trees, family trees for friends, and volunteer case trees, and more! If so, it may be time to start organizing them! Organizing your managed trees on Ancestry may be a lot more important than you may think. If your managed trees aren’t organized, you may not be able to use some of the tools and features on Ancestry with them. Some Ancestry Tools/Features That May Not Work
 Ancestry's Save a Person to Another Tree Feature  Ancestry's Save a Record to Someone Else Feature If you have more than 100 trees, you may not be able to use these features for some of your trees. Ancestry cuts the drop-down lists (shown in the above examples) for these features off at 100, so any trees after the first 100 will be affected. My main/personal family tree starts with an “S”; therefore, it was near the end of the list, and I couldn’t use the “save a record to someone” else feature, which was very frustrating and time consuming. This feature is meant to make things easier and save valuable time. You will want to make sure that any trees that are no longer important, such as archived clients, etc., are moved to the bottom of the list. You can think up any clever naming/labeling system that works for you. I quickly chose a temporary system, for the meantime, that allows me to use these features for the trees that I need to use them on. It is simple, but not only does it let me use these important features, but it also helps me stay organized, by knowing what types of trees they are. I may need to give it a lot more thought in the future. 😉 My temporary Naming/Labeling system
All my personal trees are scattered between, but still fall in the drop-downs. Where to Change Tree Names
 Ancestry's Individual Tree Settings-Example 1  Ancestry's Individual Tree Settings-Example 2
 Ancestry's Create & Manage Trees Example 1  Ancestry's Create & Manage Trees-Example 2 *Note: Your labeling system can be changed at any time, as well as removing a name for syncing or reports, then renaming again. *Note: You can also do this for any trees shared with you, as editor. More Ancestry, Organization, and other Genealogy ResourcesLearn about more Ancestry tips, tools, and features; organization; and and other family history and genealogy resources under the Ancestry.com, Organization, and Genealogy Resources categories and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page.
 Ancestry Updates: New Info Request Feature! Ancestry Updates: New Info Request Feature!Ancestry has a new, much anticipated feature that was mentioned at RootsTech! This feature sets collaborating at a whole new level! As mentioned in Ancestry 2023 Updates: New Genealogy and DNA Tools and Features, they have tons of new tools and features coming out as part of their new updates for this year. As of yesterday, May 25th, they released their new Info Request feature (well, at least I have it), with it’s own icon, where you can request info on a family member! You can get help by asking family, by messaging an Ancestry member, or from the Ancestry Community! This makes collaborating with others so much easier, while getting any info you may need even from outside the Ancestry community! How to Get to Info Request:
 Get to Ancestry's New Info Request in Quick Profile View from Pedigree"/"Horizontal" View  Get to Ancestry's New Info Request from the Ancestor/Relative Profile page  Ancestry's New Info Request Feature Ask Family for Help: Ask family for help with a particular ancestor or relative, by emailing them a link to that person that includes fields to suggest name, birth, and death info!
*Note: I have tested it out multiple times, but I cannot figure out where you can find the suggestions that are made; I have checked anywhere and everywhere so far. Since this just came out yesterday, they may be working out any kinks in it or still working on that part. When they were talking about this, they were thinking it would go straight into your tree, but I am not sure that is the case. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. I’ll update this post when they have figured that portion out. 😉 *Update 5/28/23: This morning I was able to find the emailed suggestions under my notifications. Hopefully they will come up with alternate ways to find them, to make it easier, maybe with a notification icon for those suggestions on the person's profile page or quick view profile in Family Tree View.  Ancestry's New Info Request Feature: Ask Family for Help Option  Ancestry's New Info Request Feature: Family Suggestion Input Email  Ancestry's New Info Request Feature: Family Suggestions Under Notifications  Ancestry's New Info Request Feature: Family Suggestion Review Message an Ancestry Member: Takes you straight to your Ancestry messaging center, where you can search your contact list or message them on their profile, etc.  Ancestry's New Info Request Feature: Message an Ancestry Member Option Get Help from the Ancestry Community:
 Ancestry's New Info Request Feature: Ancestry Community Option  Ancestry's New Info Request Feature: Ancestry Community, Public Member Trees  Ancestry's New Info Request Feature: Ancestry Community, Member Directory-1  Ancestry's New Info Request Feature: Ancestry Community, Member Directory-2  Ancestry's New Info Request Feature: Ancestry Community, Message Boards Thoughts about the New Info Request Feature: I’m still not sure about using a question mark icon for this feature yet; maybe they’ll come up with a better one for it, while they are working out the kinks. 😉 This seems like a great way to collaborate and even get help from outside Ancestry! Maybe one day they’ll even ramp it up so that you can have others see an entire ancestor’s or relative’s profile page without having to make your whole tree public or share your whole tree, to request info. If so, that would be an extremely fantastic feature that is much needed! More Ancestry and Genealogy ResourcesLearn about more Ancestry features and other family history and genealogy resources under the Ancestry.com and Genealogy Resources categories and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page.
 Ancestry Updates: New Comments Activity and Icon Feature! Ancestry Updates: New Comments Activity and Icon Feature!Ancestry has just made it a whole lot easier to collaborate! As mentioned in Ancestry’s New Tree Edit History Feature and Tool Icons and Ancestry Updates: BETA Family Tree Views and Toolbox Icons, Ancestry has been testing their family tree views and toolbox icons, along with the placement of icons, as part of their new updates for this year. You can learn more about some of their new and upcoming features and tools in Ancestry 2023 Updates: New Genealogy and DNA Tools and Features. They are trying to make it as easy as possible to find everything you need and to be able to collaborate! As of 2 days ago, on May 12th, they released their new comments activity icon that you can now find (or choose to show) in your family tree views! This makes collaborating with others so much easier! Guests, whether for a public or private family tree, and Contributors and editors to a private tree, can now make or see a comment on someone in a tree quickly, while in family tree view! You can also share important comments for public view as well. Comments Activity and Icon:
Where to Find the New Ancestry Comments Activity Icon:
 Ancestry's New Comments Activity Icon in "Pedigree"/"Horizontal" View  Ancestry's New Comments Activity Icon in "Family"/"Vertical" View  Ancestry's New Comments Activity Icon on "Profile Page" How to Get to Ancestry Updated Comments Activity:
 How to Get to Ancestry Updated Comments Activity-1  How to Get to Ancestry Updated Comments Activity-2&3 How to Turn Off the Ancestry Comments Activity Icon:You can toggle your “Family Tree View” icon either off, if you find it annoying or an eyesore, or on if you find it useful to see new comments right away from your tree as a whole.  How to Turn Off the Ancestry Comments Activity Icon in "Pedigree"/"Horizontal" or "Family"/"Vertical" Views More Ancestry.com and other Genealogy ResourcesLearn about more Ancestry features and other family history and genealogy resources under the Ancestry.com and Genealogy Resources categories and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page.   Accestry Features and Tools Updates: BETA Family Tree Views and Toolbox Icons Ancestry Updates: BETA Family Tree Views and Toolbox Icons Ancestry is at it again. As mentioned in Ancestry’s New Tree Edit History Feature and Tool Icons, Ancestry has been testing their family tree views and toolbox icons as part of their new features and tools updates for this year. You can learn more about some of their new and upcoming features and tools in Ancestry 2023 Updates: New Genealogy and DNA Tools and Features. In the past 6-8 weeks or so, I have gotten multiple BETA versions of how their family tree view and toolbox icons, and placement, may look soon. My family tree view has gone back and forth between different BETA versions and the current version. There was one particular version that let you change the background color of your family tree view, but they just changed the BETA version again, yesterday, and it is no longer an option; therefore, I will not be able to include a screenshot of that feature. Family Tree View and Toolbox Icon Versions:Ancestry's Current family tree view and toolbox icons for the majority, and my standard view until recently.  Ancestry's Current Family Tree View and Toolbox Icons Ancestry's BETA family tree view and toolbox icons version 1  Ancestry's BETA Family Tree View and Toolbox Icons Version 1 Yay, I was back to the current version for about a week or so, then Ancestry's BETA family tree view and toolbox icons version 2 popped up. This was just an ever so slight change. Can you spot it? Only the toolbox icon buttons in the top, upper right changed a wee bit.  Ancestry's BETA Family Tree View and Toolbox Icons Version 2 Then I was back to the current version again for about another week, then Ancestry's BETA family tree view and toolbox icons version 3 popped up, yesterday.  Ancestry's BETA Family Tree View and Toolbox Icons Version 3 Family Tree View and Toolbox Icons Version Poll: To be honest, I prefer the current version (first image). The versions with the white border are too much of an eyesore and takes away from the view space, along with looking like just that, in BETA mode. However, I do like the idea of the "tree search" icon button being changed to "find", along with there being a "create a keepsake" button. Overall, I like the current version. I like the look of the view and the look and navigational ease of the toolbox and icons. I would love to get your feedback on which version, thus far (there may be more coming until they settle on a new version), you prefer.
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