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'''Ancestry.com''' was founded as the publishing company '''The Generations Network''' in 1983. The company is now the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world and runs a network of genealogy and family-related websites.


== Ancestry  ==


==== [[Www.ancestry.com|www.ancestry.com]]  ====
== Personal Trees on Ancestry ==
Reasons for using Ancestry's personal tree feature:<br>
*No-one can change your personal tree
*Trees generate hints for sources, stories, photos, and media
*Ancestry.com has unique data search engine
*Ancestry.com helps you find relatives who also have trees, photos, sources, and stories about your ancestors
*Your personal tree allows you to transfer data between Ancestry.com and FamilySearch Trees


Most of Ancestry's naturalization records are found under the heading ''Immigration and Emigration''. You can access these records by the following methods:
== See also  ==


1)&nbsp; Ancestry Database Card Catalog--type the word naturalization in the Database Title Box. This will give you a listing of naturalization records.  
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2)&nbsp; Immigration &amp; Emigration--click on the Search tab at the top of the page, then scroll down to Immigration &amp; Emigration and&nbsp; click on that link. Search by first and last name. Note that the&nbsp;search results include naturalization and many other immigration records.&nbsp;
*[[Latter-day Saint Resources at Ancestry.com]]
*[[England, Using Ancestry.com and Ancestry.co.uk for English Research]]
*[[How to use ancestry.com]]
*[https://www.ancestry.com/dna/ AncestryDNA Shared Matches]


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Latest revision as of 12:59, 9 May 2019

Ancestry.com was founded as the publishing company The Generations Network in 1983. The company is now the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world and runs a network of genealogy and family-related websites.


Personal Trees on Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Reasons for using Ancestry's personal tree feature:

  • No-one can change your personal tree
  • Trees generate hints for sources, stories, photos, and media
  • Ancestry.com has unique data search engine
  • Ancestry.com helps you find relatives who also have trees, photos, sources, and stories about your ancestors
  • Your personal tree allows you to transfer data between Ancestry.com and FamilySearch Trees

See also[edit | edit source]

Wikipedia has more about this subject: Ancestry.com