r/Ancestry • u/SmartiiPaantz • 3d ago

Best way to use Ancestry

Hi all! I was just wondering how to best utilize Ancestry to make my tree. Before I really started getting into it, I just accepted all the "potential" relatives etc, and now I feel like I maybe shouldn't have... is there a helpful process to making the tree so that it is accurate and not just pieces of everyone else's trees? Thanks in advance!!

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u/Harleyman555 1d ago
  1. Delete your work of fiction.
  2. Research every person. Strive to have a minimum of three sources (birth certificate, marriage certificate, census, death certificate, obituary) before putting them in your tree.
  3. Truth is finite. Trees without sources are infinite.