What problem does Darker Styled Look and Feel solve?

Many Ancestry users spend long hours researching their family trees, which can strain the eyes, particularly when working with bright, high-contrast interfaces. The Darker Styled Look and Feel feature provides a visually softer and more comfortable dark mode for the Ancestry website, making it easier on the eyes during extended research sessions.

How does Darker Styled Look and Feel work?

With Darker Styled Look and Feel, a high-contrast dark theme is applied to the Ancestry website, replacing the default bright whites with darker tones. This styling is applied consistently across all pages of the website, including the homepage, profile pages, and search results.

How do I use Darker Styled Look and Feel?

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What problem does Advanced Research Tools solve?

Ancestry’s default research tools are limited to a few standard links that only work within your own family tree, which can be insufficient for users who need more comprehensive tools for in-depth research. Advanced Research Tools expands the functionality of Ancestry’s research tools, providing a customizable set of quick-access links that streamline your workflow and extend their use to other users’ family trees. With this tool you can also use keyboard shortcuts to quickly access important items.

How does Advanced Research Tools work?

With Advanced Research Tools, the existing research tools menu is enhanced with a more extensive list of links, including options like Save to Tree, Quick Edit, and Edit Relationships. These links are fully customizable, allowing you to...

What problem does Quick Search solve?

Searching the Ancestry Card Catalog for specific record collections can be time-consuming, requiring users to navigate to the catalog page and manually search through numerous options. Quick Search provides a faster, more efficient way to search for record collections from anywhere. Often times when researching we need to cross reference the FamilySearch Wiki, which can be done in a flash with Quick Search.

How does Quick Search work?

With Quick Search, you can open a search prompt by pressing the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + / (Windows) or CMD + / (Mac). This prompt enables you to quickly search for record collections in the Card Catalog using keywords, such as census years, locations, or record types. Results are displayed immediately, and...

What problem does Add Select All Link When Saving to Tree solve?

Adding multiple individuals from another user’s family tree to your own on Ancestry can be a tedious and time-consuming process, requiring you to manually click each checkbox for every person you want to add. Add Select All Link When Saving to Tree streamlines this process by allowing you to select or deselect all individuals on a page with a single click. This feature is particularly useful when working with large family groups or building DNA trees from multiple matches’ family trees.

How does Add Select All Link When Saving to Tree work?

With Add Select All Link When Saving to Tree, a new button titled Select all people is added to the top of...

What problem does Add Select All People Link to Hints solve?

When saving information from hints in your Ancestry family tree, it’s important to also attach the record to others that are named on it at the same time. Add Select All People Link to Hints enables you to automatically select all of the additional people connected to the record with a single click.

How does Add Select All People Link to Hints work?

With Add Select All People Link, a button titled Select all people is added to the sidebar popup when reviewing hints at Step 3: Add people. Clicking this button allows you to automatically select all of the people connected to the record with a single click.

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What problem does Add Select All People Link to Records solve?

When saving information from records to your Ancestry family tree, it’s important to also attach the record to others that are named on it at the same time. Add Select All People Link to Records enables you to automatically select all of the additional people connected to the record with a single click.

How does Add Select All People Link to Records work?

With Add Select All People Link to Records, a button titled Select all people is added to to the top of the Add new information to your tree page. Clicking this button allows you to automatically select all of the people connected to the record with a single click.

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What problem does Add Basic Search Button to Profiles solve?

When viewing profile pages of a person in an Ancestry family tree there is a Search button at the top of the page. Clicking this button runs a search including every detail attached to the person, which can sometimes lead to obscure and inaccurate results. Add Basic Search Button to Profiles adds a new button Basic Search, that when clicked runs a more broad search which can yield better results.

How does Add Basic Search Button to Profiles work?

With Add Basic Search Button to Profiles, a new button is added to profile pages of a person in an Ancestry family tree titled Basic Search. Clicking the button allows you to perform a basic search...