From the main menu, hover over Search and from the drop-down menu select Genealogies.Īt the foot of the Genealogies page there is a Submit Tree button. You need to set up an account if you don’t already have one. You can upload your tree to the free database site Family Search.

Now you’ve downloaded your GEDCOM file, you have some options.

This will download the GEDCOM file onto your computer. So, this is why it makes sense to download your online trees on a regular basis.įinally, click on Download tree. I look at this in more detail in a previous post: Stop Relying on Online Family Trees. What if a database site is hacked or there is an algorithm change that causes a loss of data? I lost one of my trees on a database site for a week once after a software upgrade. There is always the possibility that Ancestry’s terms will change again in the future and members with expired subscriptions will no longer have any access to their trees. This has now changed and although you can still access your tree after an expired subscription, you can’t now view attached records. You just couldn’t use the site to find new records. Until a couple of years ago, even if your subscription had expired, you could still access your Ancestry tree and view the attached records. Subscriptions are expensive, so it’s often not feasible to pay year after year. According to Family Tree Magazine, Ancestry alone has more than 34 million member trees on its site. Online trees on the subscription sites, especially Ancestry, have become the most common way for people to research and keep their findings. The large database sites allow subscribers to create their own online family trees for researching. In the last few years, the increased availability of online records has meant that genealogy has become a popular pastime for millions of people. Other sites have similar methods for downloading GEDCOMs I look at Ancestry as well as Findmypast. So, this post looks at how you can easily download an online tree using a GEDCOM file. I’m often asked how to save an Ancestry tree onto a computer.

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