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SPRUCE UP YOUR Ancestry tree

In this Family Tree guide, we’re going to explore some of the nuts and bolts of building and maintaining our family trees on Ancestry.

Online trees sometimes get some bad rap for inaccuracies, lack of source citations, and a sense of a ‘copy and paste’ or ‘smash and grab’ approach to tree-building.

The online tree-building sites are tools that generations of genealogists before us could have only dreamed of, however. To ensure that our trees are beyond reproach, let’s take a look at how we can go about making the most of the Ancestry site tools and so create family trees that accurately reflect the determination and dedication that we put into the tracing of our ancestors’ lives.

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