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Recently a webinar at Ancestry.com taught how to use their family tree section of their website. The teacher encouraged the attendees to guess at the dates and places and relationship of the people in their pedigree charts. He went on to explain that the purpose of the family tree section was to assist you in finding out more information about your ancestors. When you upload the information that you have, either by gedcom or by simply typing it into the website itself, the search engines on the site will start searching for matching records for you to look at. Then you can look at the records and correct your family tree. This seems like a wonderful tool and the fun news is that you don't have to be a paid subscriber to upload your tree; however, you do have to subscribe if you want to look at the records it finds for you. Another reason they suggest that you upload your tree even if it isn't correct is that there is a place where other users can comment on the tree and give you correct information if they have it. A third reason to upload your tree is to share with others the information that you have already found. The teacher went on to warn that these trees are meant to be used by others only as stepping stones to assist them in their search for their ancestors. There are many sites where you can upload your family tree and several of them are free. <br> | Recently a webinar at Ancestry.com taught how to use their family tree section of their website. The teacher encouraged the attendees to guess at the dates and places and relationship of the people in their pedigree charts. He went on to explain that the purpose of the family tree section was to assist you in finding out more information about your ancestors. When you upload the information that you have, either by gedcom or by simply typing it into the website itself, the search engines on the site will start searching for matching records for you to look at. Then you can look at the records and correct your family tree. This seems like a wonderful tool and the fun news is that you don't have to be a paid subscriber to upload your tree; however, you do have to subscribe if you want to look at the records it finds for you. Another reason they suggest that you upload your tree even if it isn't correct is that there is a place where other users can comment on the tree and give you correct information if they have it. A third reason to upload your tree is to share with others the information that you have already found. The teacher went on to warn that these trees are meant to be used by others only as stepping stones to assist them in their search for their ancestors. There are many sites where you can upload your family tree and several of them are free. <br> | ||
== | ==Sites where you can upload your family tree== | ||
*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Submitting_to_the_Pedigree_Resource_File Pedigree Resource File] | |||
[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Submitting_to_the_Pedigree_Resource_File Pedigree Resource File] | *[http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/wcsubmit1.html Rootsweb or World Connect] | ||
*[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/sub-faq.html World Family Tree] at Genealogy.com, a subscription site | |||
*[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com], a subscription site | |||
== '''How to use the information found on Online Family Trees'''<br> == | == '''How to use the information found on Online Family Trees'''<br> == | ||