End of Day Clean Up: Unlinked Citations in Source Groups

End of Day Clean Up: Unlinked Citations in Source Groups

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7B-DMkcCgg&feature=share

Continuing Back to Basics series - Where to Get HELP

Continuing Back to Basics series - Where to Get HELP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzJwrU1bcwQ&feature=share

FTM2014 - Back to Basics - Before "Sync Now"

FTM2014 - Back to Basics - Before "Sync Now"

My Best Practice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgGVUpx_20g&feature=share

FTM2014 - Back to Basics - My Best Practice for File Maintenance

FTM2014 - Back to Basics - My Best Practice for File Maintenance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxi7SoB0ojo&feature=share

Now here's an interesting interaction I had with the friendly folks atAncestry.

Now here's an interesting interaction I had with the friendly folks at Ancestry.com tech support. I've always had good luck with them. They answer within a reasonable amount of time and are consistent with their friendly, knowledgeable assistance. Until yesterday. Don't get me wrong, they were responsive but I managed to stump them.

It began with my Chapin family project. Someone asked to join my "Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin" Facebook page and I always check to make sure they are, in fact, a descendant of the Good Deacon.

When I tried to double check whether the Deacon was my own 8th or 9th great grandfather, I discovered, much to my surprise, that he was a 6th cousin 4 times removed of the wife of.....and on and on.

Curious to see how that happened literally overnight, I checked my FTM database and there he was correctly indicated as the 9th great grandfather as he should be. What happened between the last sync and the thousands of sync's I had done in the past.

Ancestry.com, I found out, doesn't have a category for "divorced" as FTM does. In a tree that I've had running for 16 or 17 years, suddenly I could only indicate "other." Since I've been a member since 31 Dec 1899 according to my profile (really...check yours out, too!) I can't believe that I missed this. So, I changed the status of my first wife from whom I was divorced in the mid-90's to "Other." Then the relationships that had been correct for the past 16 or 17 years suddenly fell into place

Two things: 1) Ancestry doesn't know why the relationships suddenly went berserk and 2) the tech support person who was assisting agreed completely that there should be a "Divorced" option in the relationship drop-down menu. After all, I told her, it's not a new concept! She said she'd put it into customer feedback/suggestions or something like that... We'll see what happens. At least I know that I am still the 9th great grandson of Deacon Samuel Chapin (1598-1675) and I can continue to be a member of my own Facebook page!

http://Ancestry.com

This is why I link to follow Shaky Leaf Hints in FTM2014 (or FTM-3)

This is why I link to follow Shaky Leaf Hints in FTM2014 (or FTM-3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycd2Qd5vUvk&feature=share

We offer condolences to our Cousin Russ.

We offer condolences to our Cousin Russ. His aunt passed away yesterday. This is the aunt for whom he made that large family history book.

https://worthy2be.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/frances-darlington-strode-1925-2016/