When Ancestry Hints show up for the wrong person in your tree, you can save them to the right person.

 

Saving Ancestry Hints to someone listed in the hint

  1. Open the hint you want to save to someone else.
  2. On the record detail page, select the right person.
    Can’t select the right person? Skip to the next section.
  3. Select Save and choose Save to someone in your tree.
  4. If they’re in your tree: select a tree > start typing their name and select it from the drop-down menu.
    If they’re not in your tree: choose + Add this to a new person > make any necessary changes > Save.
  5. Select Attach.
  6. Compare the hint to your tree, checking boxes next to any facts or people you want to add.
    • NEW: facts not yet in your tree.
    • DIFFERENT: record facts that don’t match your tree.
  7. Select Save to your tree.

 

Saving Ancestry Hints to someone not listed in the hint

  1. Open the hint you want to save to someone else.
  2. Write down any information from this record about the person you want to save it to.
    Optional: Submit a record correction for any incorrect or missing details—this improves our records and can make this record easier to find.
  3. Above the hint’s details, select the record collection title or locate that record collection using the card catalog.
  4. Search using the information you wrote down and open the matching record.
  5. Select Save and choose Save to someone in your tree.
  6. If they’re in your tree: select a tree > start typing their name and select it from the drop-down menu.
    If they’re not in your tree: choose + Add this to a new person > make any necessary changes > Save.
  7. Select Attach.
  8. Compare the hint to your tree, checking boxes next to any facts or people you want to add.
    • NEW: facts not yet in your tree.
    • DIFFERENT: record facts that don’t match your tree.
  9. Select Save to your tree.


 


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