UK & Ireland Genealogy: Family
Trees: World Family Trees
Ancestry World Tree
Ancestry
World Tree
: The Ancestry World Tree contains more than 200 million names
worldwide (including 25 million UK & Ireland names) in family
trees submitted by users. The Ancestry World Tree is the largest
collection of its kind on the Internet.
Why participate in the World Family Tree? For one
thing, when you contribute your tree you give people who share
your family history a chance to find you. In genealogy research,
it's important not to underestimate the value of researchers
working together. You can share notes, photos, leads, and
more.
Also, while we encourage you to regularly backup your research, contributing your tree is a convenient way to protect your family data. Each tree will be preserved online and on CD as part of the World Family Tree.
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One World Family Tree
OneWorldTree
OneWorldTreeSM
What can you do with OneWorldTree?
Search for your Ancestors.
This unique, powerful research tool saves you time by consolidating
information from member-submitted family trees into one big
searchable community tree. You get to access the work of hundreds
of thousands of fellow researchers — all in one place.
Build your family tree.
As you enter family tree information, OneWorldTree searches
for probable matches within the larger community tree. If
OneWorldTree matches someone in your tree with someone in
the community tree, you can add branches to your family tree
instantly.
Get helpful research tips.
OneWorldTree can guide you to source records (e.g., census,
immigration, military, birth, marriage and death records)
on Ancestry that can tell you more about your ancestors. In
addition, you can attach these records to your ancestors in
OneWorldTree.
What exactly is OneWorldTree?
It’s one big community family tree.
OneWorldTree takes family trees submitted by Ancestry members
and "stitches" them together with family trees and
historical records from other sources. OneWorldTree identifies
probable name matches between these sources and displays consolidated
results in a worldwide family tree that can help you with
your family history research.
It’s a great place to find hints.
OneWorldTree can give you hints about your family history
— but not necessarily facts. There are a number of sources
consolidated in OneWorldTree and it’s impossible to
know if there are errors in member-submitted family trees.
Also, occasionally the computer algorithms in OneWorldTree
can incorrectly link people with similar names.
In addition to the overall community tree, OneWorldTree also maintains the original family trees and source records submitted. See original source information for any person in a tree on the "edit person" page. Use the "connection service" if you want to anonymously contact the Ancestry member who submitted a family tree or record.
It’s a way to simplify your research.
OneWorldTree is a sophisticated system that processes hundreds
of millions of names, dates and places from family trees and
census records. It finds and merges probable matches between
these sources. Keep in mind, OneWorldTree can at times run
into contradictory details along the way. How does OneWorldTree
decide what information to display to Ancestry members? When
members add family tree information to OneWorldTree, they
essentially "vote" for that information. The information
with the most "votes" is what OneWorldTree recommends.
At the same time, your view of your family tree in OneWorldTree
will always show the information you originally entered.
Is everything in OneWorldTree available to all members?
Certain information is never shared.
OneWorldTree never shares information about living family
members born after 1930. Any information in your family tree
regarding living people born after 1930 will show up on your
personal family tree but will remain hidden from other Ancestry
members.
Your personal privacy is always protected.
OneWorldTree was created to let Ancestry members benefit from
the combined research efforts of the community. Even so, your
personal identity always remains private unless you choose
to share it with other Ancestry members on your own.
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