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Learn how to build your family tree using Ancestry Hints®
Learn how to build your family tree using Ancestry Hints®
Ancestry Hints® and family trees work together to help you explore your story.
Everything you add to your tree becomes a clue for us. We search our collections of billions of records to find Ancestry Hints® that match information in your tree. Keep building your family tree, and soon enough, you’ll see little leaves popping up on your tree. These are hints pointing the way to more of your story.
Ancestry Hints® and family trees work together to help you explore your story.
Ancestry Hints® and family trees work together to help you explore your story.
Everything you add to your tree becomes a clue for us. We search our collections of billions of records to find Ancestry Hints® that match information in your tree. Keep building your family tree, and soon enough, you’ll see little leaves popping up on your tree. These are hints pointing the way to more of your story.
Tips on growing your tree
Tips on growing your tree
Start with what you know.
Add all the details you can—names, dates, birthplaces, and more—and we’ll search for Ancestry Hints® that match.
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Ask your family.
Your family is one of your best resources—you never know who may remember something you forgot. And, of course, your story is even better when shared.
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Search our collections.
Explore our billions of records to find fascinating details that match your family members. Then, simply attach the records to your family tree.
1 Start with what you know.
Add all the details you can—names, dates, birthplaces, and more—and we’ll search for Ancestry Hints® that match.
2 Ask your family.
Your family is one of your best resources—you never know who may remember something you forgot. And, of course, your story is even better when shared.
3 Search our collections.
Explore our billions of records to find fascinating details that match your family members. Then, simply attach the records to your family tree.
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Start with what you know.
Add all the details you can—names, dates, birthplaces, and more—and we’ll search for Ancestry Hints® that match.
2
Ask your family.
Your family is one of your best resources—you never know who may remember something you forgot. And, of course, your story is even better when shared.
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Search our collections.
Explore our billions of records to find fascinating details that match your family members. Then, simply attach the records to your family tree.
The more you add to your tree, the more hints you get. And the more hints you get, the clearer your story becomes.
Make even more
discoveries with your DNA
Make even more discoveries with your DNA
AncestryDNA® works together with your family tree so you can discover your story in all its rich, unique detail. Explore migration paths your family may have taken, surnames and family birthplaces you share with DNA connections, and the life stories of new relatives.
AncestryDNA® works together with your family tree so you can discover your story in all its rich, unique detail. Explore migration paths your family may have taken, surnames and family birthplaces you share with DNA connections, and the life stories of new relatives.