Genealogia Illuminatus

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 ...

What  makes a "Good Search" on Ancestry? by Geoffrey Slinker, Ancestry Employee The postings on this site are my own and do not reflect the views or opinions of Ancestry. The audience of this post is those that are new to searching, inexperienced, and those just learning.  If you have tried to find something and you didn't find what you are looking for have you considered: Do you know what you are looking for? Information of someone that is completely unknown, such as, I have no information about my great grandfather and I would like to find out his name. Information about someone that you know something about, such as, I know my great grandfather's name, but I don't know when he was born. Do you know where you are looking? What does this mean? Do you understand that when you are searching "Historical Records" you are looking for a "piece of paper" that has information on it matching your search? Are you searching for your ...