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To view a shared tree, your friends and family will need an Ancestry® account. If they don't already have an account, they can create a free guest account. If they don’t want to make an Ancestry account, you can ask them for help filling in the details about people in your tree.
- Navigating an Ancestry® Family Tree
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Open a tree to see most tree options. Along the left side of your tree, you'll see these buttons: Tree view: Choose whether to view your family tree horizontally, vertically, or in a fan shape, or see the tree’s facts and events placed on a map. (Read more about tree layouts .)
Search billions of records and discover your family story. Extend your family tree with help from a professional. Ancestry® helps you understand your genealogy. A family tree takes you back generations—the world's largest collection of online family history records makes it easy to trace your lineage.
- Why Would You Want to Share Your Tree?
- Have You Built Your Tree on Ancestry Yet?
- How to Share Your Tree on Ancestry with Someone Else on Ancestry
- How to Download/Export Your Ancestry Tree as A Gedcom File For Sharing
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A few months ago, my sister decided to do the Ancestry DNA test. Since both of our parents have already done the test, I don’t think that we will learn anything new – other than that she is absolutely, positively, my father’s daughter. Regardless, she has been very curious about which ethnicities will show up in her DNA. There is nothing quite like...
Are you still trying to decide whether Ancestry is the best place for you to build your tree? I love it, use it, and recommend it to all of my readers since it’s the best place to easily integrate online records into your family tree. You can also attach your DNA results to your family tree to get additional information about your DNA results, and ...
Do you want to keepownership of your tree, but allow your relative access within Ancestry’s website? Ancestry calls this “sharing” your tree. If you choose to do it this way, you will be able to control how much access they can have, and whether or not they can edit your tree and add new people. Additionally, you can specify how whether they can se...
Are you the super generous sharing type? If you think that your relative is interested in doing their own research, another good option is to actually give them a digital file. This gives them freedom to add/change/delete at-will. It keeps you out of it (you might not want to be involved). It’s also a good way to make sure that information gets pas...
I hope that this post helped you learn more about how the different ways that it is possible to share your family tree with a family member. Do you have any questions about these steps or any other aspect of sharing your family tree? Let me know here in the comments! Thanks for stopping by. Share the knowledge!
To view a shared tree, your friends and family will need an Ancestry® account. If they don't have one already, they can create a free guest account. You can change or revoke the level of access you grant to your tree at any time.
An Ancestry® membership gives you access to historical records to help you build and expand your family tree beyond what you already know. It's usually best to start your tree with yourself and work your way backward.
An Ancestry ® membership gives you access to historical records that can help you build and expand your family tree. It's usually best to start your tree with yourself and work your way backward, adding any names, dates or places you know about your parents and grandparents into your family tree.
