Ancestry.com's "mycanvas" thing only goes back seven generations, and a lot of my lines go back multiple times that, and rather than list format, it just does individuals and family sheets. Is there another site that I could export the GedCom to that would allow for creating a PDF that does the full ancestor printout (I forget the name of that specific form, where everyone is numbered and all the numbers refer to individuals in the list - as in person 1. then a list of kids, some kids have numbers if there is more info on them later in the list, etc. - so, not a pedigree chart).

My great great grandmothers records list her birthplace as Marienberg, Germany. Elizabeth Gorski born 26, September 1891. The problem is when I start looking up genealogy records I get multiple places by that name and I know the borders changed A LOT so knowing which province to actually look in is tough. There is a modern day Marienberg but would it be the same place? Any advice?

Unfortunately, it seems many generations ago someone in my family did the thing. I have a man whos 4X great-grandchildren got married. How do I make the ancestry.com tree reflect this?

I have never thought of my family as being particularly interesting. Middle class. Homogenous. Mostly close to center politically.

I was not expecting to find anything disturbing. I found out something sinister about a family member…like made the front of the newspaper kind of sinister. I’m just in disbelief that no one ever told me. Now I’m wondering, do others know? Is it wildly known?

Have others had similar experiences?

I created a group in Ancestry where people will talk together about the families and relatives of the Roman emperors

I'm the amateur researcher for my family. I've been building out my tree on ancestry.com for the past 10+ years and I'm pretty happy with what I have - but I know I'm still an amateur. I would love to find some training on a variety of topics like:

• Best practices for documentation
• Finding records that don't pop up in a standard Ancestry.com or My Heritage search
• Sources of information for Jewish ancestors

(Not an exhaustive list.)

Can anyone recommend any training classes they've taken? I assume everything would be online, and I'm fine with either instructor-led or self-paced. Thank you!

I saw on the FB group “Ancestry Users” when some posted about a photo app that would allow you to touch a person in a photo and it would create a text box with an arrow so that you can place a name for that person. The example that was shown was a group photo with every body tagged. It appears that the group admins took it down because they thought it was an advertisement. Does anyone know the name of this app and does it work with iPhones? I just want the names for the picture and not be creating name tags for all my other photos. I know there are also ways to create text boxes and draw arrows.

Would anyone be able to help me with a translation for this italian baptism record on familysearch? it is number 5 on the left page for Phillipa Currenti (Filippa Currenti)

It's the only document I can find on her so any information that you can extract from it would be amazing!

Her parents are Carmelo and Giuseppa Mazzaglia

Much appreciated.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZG-QC7D?cat=1165060&i=1358

My paternal grandfather is a dead end. I know when and where he was born in Poland, and I know his dad's name and mom's first name. But I can't find anything beyond that. His parents don't show up in any searches that I have done. He was an ethnic German, fought for the Germans in WWI, wasn't allowed back in Poland, and then moved to the U.S.

I have been able to essentially breakdown my whole family tree besides two of ancestor I have there names I have guesses in where the from but I'm wondering if anyone could maybe hint me to their origination or region there from Father: Johan Tretter Mother: Anne Kossner I have been assuming Austria but I'm not sure

My father’s family is from Appalachia if Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee primarily and his mother and father families are intertwined in multiple ways. I have individuals who are 1st cousins 4x removed on one side and then on the other they are 2nd or 3rd cousins x amount removed. It gets very confusing in keeping things straight, but my bigger question is when I am related to individuals on both sides but different amounts of removal how do I label this people? Do I follow the paternal or maternal or do I just go with the nearest relation?

I have two ancestors born in Italy who came over to the United States in the 1900’s (meaning the decade of 1900-1910). Their birth acts (in Italy) record their birthdays as Oct 2 1882 and April 27 1883, but in the states, their birthdays are each listed as 2 days later: Oct 4 1882 and April 29 1883. This seems like an odd coincidence! Is there something about calendar translation or the meaning of a birthday that was different between Italy and the United States that accounts for this difference?

I just gifted myself a 12 month All Access for $239.

Sale runs til Dec 3.

Does anyone know how to fix this problem: every time I select a person's photo and crop it the cropping does not work correctly. The photo in the person's profile ends up being an incorrect, tiny portion of the photo. Thanks for any help.

My 4th great-grandmother came from Portugal. Her name was Maria de Jesus Severa(?) da Costa Reis/Reys.

Given that she was Portuguese, and I am not, there is a language barrier and general lack of understanding when it comes to trying to do research. The family have attempted to do research of her in the past, and although it seems that she left Lisbon for Australia, the family suspects that she may have come from somewhere in the wine country in the East of Portugal. I don't know why there is this thought.

Some more information. She was born in about 1784. Her parents were possibly named Luís Reis and Maria da Costa. In about 1811, she married a Scottish man named William Wilson, and together they had three children. Joseph William Wilson (b. 1811) and Mary Elizabeth Wilson (b. 1813) were born in Lisbon, while the youngest, Henry Lewis Wilson (b. 1817), was born in England.

On a side note, if anyone finds information about William Wilson's life in Portugal, that would be a big bonus. Many thanks to anyone who assists!

Just found out that my ancestors were slave owners and Confederate soldiers

My husband said he would like an Ancestry.co

I found out recently from my grandad that my 2x great grandad changed his surname as he got into a feud with his family and didn’t want to be associated with them. Makes sense as to why I could not for the life of me find any records/info of him other than from what I’ve been told by family.

From what I know he was born in 1912 and maybe changed his surname in his 20s/early 30s and died in 1995. How would I go about finding his surname when no one in my family knows it (frustrated cause this side of the family is very hard to track with weird family feuds an dodgey behaviour)

My ancestor was born in Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany in 1896 according to draft cards, census, etc. I am unsure how to locate his hometown in the region (especially considering I do not speak any German). He moved to Pennsylvania in 1905 with his parents (according to census data). Any help or tips on this would be amazing!

His name was Anthony Schmaus, born in 1896 in Westfalen, Germany. He lived in Lycoming County, PA, and died there in 1951.

His mother’s name was Anna Reiprich, born in Germany in 1863 and died in PA in 1950.

His father’s name was also Anthony Schmaus, born in 1858 in Germany and died in 1940 in Northumberland County, PA.

He immigrated with his parents in 1905 through Ellis Island. I located the arrival document (found here https://imgur.com/a/Nst0xRe)

Thanks!