Searching for Records in User Contributed Trees
By Geoffrey Slinker, Ancestry Employee The postings on this site are my own and do not reflect the views or opinions of Ancestry. Searching for Records in User Contributed Trees User Contributed Trees are also known as Public/Private Member Trees or Family Trees. These are the trees that Ancestry users build. Users may or may not be correct in the data they enter. Finding records to support a birth date or some other event is important. To search the "public" member trees go here https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1030/ . I would like to find some records for Abraham J Lincoln. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1030/?name=Abraham_Lincoln&birth=1873&death=1890&count=50&father=Robert+Todd_Lincoln&mother=Mary+Eunice_Harlan&treePerson=28812485_12099156925 Consider the first result. Click the link "4457 trees" or the link "View all", either will go to the same place. Notice the