There's a lot to keep track of with family trees, so we've compiled a list of articles to help.

Starting and sharing trees

• Learn how to start a family tree with Getting Started, Lesson 1: Starting Your Tree.
• Explore how to grow your tree with Getting Started, Lesson 2: Building Your Tree.
• Set the main person in your tree with Assigning a Home Person. 
• Learn all about the layout of family trees with Navigating a Family Tree.
• Learn how you're related to anyone in your tree with Seeing How People in Your Tree are Related to You.
• Share your tree with friends and family with Sharing a Family Tree. 

Deleting, merging, and splitting

• Remove people from your tree with Deleting People from a Tree.
• Permanently erase a family tree you’ve created with Deleting a Family Tree.
• Merge duplicate people together with Merging Duplicate People.
• Learn about splitting family trees with Splitting a Family Tree.
• Learn strategies for combining your trees with Merging Ancestry Family Trees.

Missing trees or people

• Find people missing from your tree with Restoring People Missing from a Tree.
• Find a missing family tree with Missing Family Trees.

Moving, uploading, and downloading trees

• Transfer a family tree to another account with Moving Trees Between Accounts.
• Upload or download a tree with Uploading and Downloading Trees.
• Give your family tree to someone else with Transferring Ownership of an Ancestry Family Tree.

Adding or removing photos

• Add your own photos to a tree with Uploading Photos or Documents.
• Attach photos to members of your tree with Adding Profile Photos.
• Collect photos from public family trees with Searching for Photos.

Adding or changing information

• Add and delete information about people in your tree with Managing Facts and Events.
• Write down facts, stories, tasks, or thoughts about people in your tree with Notes and Comments in Trees.
• Update a person’s gender, birthdate, and other facts with Editing Names, Birthdates, and Living Statuses in a Tree.
• Add labels to organize and filter people in your tree with MyTreeTags.
• Add people (including siblings, stepfamily, and adoptees) to your tree with Adding People to a Tree.
• Change the tree name with Changing the Name of a Tree.

Fixing tree problems

• Remove photos you’ve attached with Detaching or Deleting Photos from Trees. 
• Fix relationships between people in your tree with Fixing Relationships in Trees.
• Learn how to move Ancestry Hints to a different person with Ancestry Hints for the Wrong Person.

Privacy

• Learn how to make your tree public or private with Family Tree Privacy.