When I was in elementary school, one of our school projects was to create a family tree. I taped together two poster boards and diligently drew lines between family members with black markers. I even colored in little flags representing where each person came from. Well, times have changed since then. You don’t need poster board and markers anymore. Now you can trace your family history with Ancestry.com.
About Ancestry.com
The Review
I looked at Ancestry.com almost like a treasure map that could help uncover more about my family’s history. To start the search, I had to create a family tree. This process is easy – you start with yourself (or someone else) as the root of the tree, making sure to fill as much information as you can about the individual.
As you continue to fill in more information about yourself, or your family, your family tree will grow as well. If Ancestry.com detects information in your family tree that is similar to another family tree or to one of the records in their database, then that person’s listing gets flagged with a leaf. Click on the leaf and you’ll be able to review the “Ancestry hints” to determine if the hint is the person in your tree or if you should ignore it. These leafs are immensely useful in helping to expand your tree quickly and easily. One leaf alone found 6 great-aunts and uncles for me.
If you’re stuck, then you can use their Search tool to hunt down additional family members. You can search by name, date, locations, travel documents, marriage certificates, and a number of other methods to help track down other members of your family. I was able to discover and track family members dating back to Europe in the 1700s, as well as see who immigrated to the US and where they went before I got to where I am today. No elementary school project could have shown me that.
As you can see from the tree above, I still have a few hints to explore, and I haven’t even touched my mother’s side of the family. There’s still a lot of information and family members to find and Ancestry.com certainly makes it easier.
If you are interested in learning more about your family tree and your family’s history, check out Ancestry.com. They are currently offering a 14-day free trial, and subscriptions start at as little as $12.95/month.
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The WiC Project Ancestry.com Giveaway
The Prize:
One winner will receive a World Deluxe Membership to Ancestry.com.
Disclaimer: This post consists of my (and/or fellow tester) opinions only. Your experiences may be different. No compensation was given for this review/giveaway. I did receive a free product from the manufacturer or their representing PR agency to use and test for the purposes of this review. This did not affect the outcome of this review.
I have not but am very interested in my ancestry!!
I have not but would really love to do so
Yes, only got back as far as great-grandparents because info ran out. Would love to have this and be able to go further
Sometime recrds get lost or destroyed but you never know wha will turn up.
I have not created a family tree, but other family members have on my mom’s side.
My parents have created family trees that go back three generations.
Ive never created a tree
My brother and I have currently been researching our family but have only gotten to our great great grandfather
I’ve been able to go 6 generations back and I’m still resdearching
I have never made a family tree. I want to
I have not
No I haven’t but my son has tried.
sflickinger at rocketmail dot com
My mother and grandmother have the family history back to the 1700s…I would love to win this so that I can continue their quest
I have done a family tree and I am to my great grandparents and now I could use some Ancestry.com help.
I have used Ancestry.com’s 2 week trial to trace back so many generations I cannot count them all! It’s such a great tool. I would love to have unlimited access to international records, too.
My mother did quite a lot of work on her family, but I’ve never tried to go back further than she did and I’d like to. We know very little about my dad’s family except for his parents and I’d love to see what I could find.
i havent yet, but i know ancestry has recently aquired records to mexicos census! so I cant wait to try this! Most of family are from mexico and the resources here in the US arent as great as ones from mexico!
I’ve started researching for a family tree in the past and would love to be able to delve into it more.
i havent but my dad has. its weird we can trace it back to the late 1700s but a weird chunk is missing in the middle.
I have actually used Ancestry.com in the past for my family tree, and I tracked down one ancestor going as far back as the late 1700s in Holland. I don’t remember how many generations it was though. I wasn’t able to trace very far back at all on my mom’s side though
I didn’t need to because my mom is into genealogy and has traced a lot of our tree. She has gone back several generations. I have traced by husband’s tree back four generations so far. This would really help me go further. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
I have never made a family tree but in my head I can go back only to my grandparents on both sides. I would love to find out my true history via winning this. Thanks for the chance.
My mom created a family tree and we add on as we discover more about of family.
I’ve used Ancestry.com before to make a family tree. I discovered some really cool stories from my ancestors. I’d love to have a World Deluxe membership so I can continue my research.
I have tried but it has been hard since my whole family is from Italy so this would be great!
I have a tree. I love this site.
I have not but I have always wanted to
I have not.
I have wanted to create a family tree for years now but I haven’t started yet. It is something I am looking forward to. Thanks for the awesome giveaway
Renee
fattybumpkins at yahoo dot com
I hadn’t but would sure love to
emmaspeel(at)gmail.com
my mom has alot of our family history she loves doing it
Traced it back to the late 1600s on my mom’s side.
I have never traced my family tree, but now that my Grandmother is 96 and starting to show signs of dementia, I would really like to try to before it’s too late.
I did start but only got back to my great grand parents…love to go full force though.
no i have not
ardelong2(at)gmail(dot)com
I have just recently started research. I only have a couple generations.
I’ve never created a “family tree,” but would love to get one started with my girls as a family project. Thanks for the chance.
I started to but after 3 generations, I wasn’t able to go back further.
Thanks for the great contest!
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I have never created a family tree.
I have never created one, but would be interested in trying!
trippyjanet at gmail dot com
Yes I’ve done a family tree and went back to a set of great great grandparents.
Thanks for the giveaway…we have researched back to about the 1840′s so far…
senorpiero [at] yahoo [dot] com
I haven’t created my family tree.
I have not done it myself, but my mom is pretty avid.
ezmerelda at mail dot com