Data entry in RootsMagic - Ancestry.com
Last Updated: 2025-02-19
Contents
Ancestry collection as a source
Ancestry member tree as a source
Source Fields
Citation Fields
URL formats at Ancestry
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Ancestry collection as a source
TODO
Ancestry member tree as a source
Consider member trees to be a Research Report created by the tree owner. This is not primary data, but instead, a person's conclusions drawn from sources, sometimes shown sometimes not.
Source Fields
Source Type
The source template _RR Family Tree Data
version: 2024-12-18
See: ST_info_RR Family Tree Data.md for details about the template and an example of how to use the fields.
Source Name
RRdb ANC Mem-Tr [tree name] BY [tree owner user ID]
Example names RRdb ANC Mem-Tr Urcia Family Tree BY brianrikio RRdb ANC Mem-Tr Viltz Family Tree BY g_cloud1
NameService
The name of the website.
NameTree
The name of the member tree Include all characters
NameOwner
The name of the member tree's owner. Usually a user ID at the website.
Date Source last updated
Date source created or last updated Not some date from the online repo, just the last time the RM record was changed. This is also in the UTCModTime column in the database, but that is not visible to the use.
Other Standard Source Data
Source Text
Free form text formatted as:
Tree Owner User Name:
Tree Owner Real Name:
Owner Email:
Owner Location:
Tree Name:
URL: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/
Status: public/private
Families of interest:
example: Source Text=
Tree Owner User Name: John Schwab
Tree Owner Real Name: John Schwab
Owner Email:
Owner Location:
Joined: 16 Aug 2016
Tree Name: Schwab Family Tree
URL: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/103144899
Status: public
Families of interest:
Schwab
Source Comment
EMPTY
Source Ref#
EMPTY
Media-Source
EMPTY
Repositories
EMPTY
Source WebTags
URL to the general tree page user profile tree
Citation Fields
Citation Name
Use auto generated name. When updating fields, be sure to trigger regeneration.
Person
Name of person this citation refers to As it is in the source
Birth Date
Birthdate of above person. As it is in the source
Person ID
The person number, usually found in the URL could be treeID:personID
Citation Detail
Usually blank. Can explain why citation is used.
Date Citation last updated
Last date citation was updated. Specifically, when was the online data last accessed/updated.
Other Standard Citation Data
Research Note
Copy the profile page information.
Detail Comment
Free form text helping explain the citation. Here usually blank. Could be used to discuss unusual aspects of the data.
Detail Ref#
EMPTY
Media-Citation
TODO Media File name format
Citation WebTags
URL of the person's profile page. ends with "facts"
TODO section
RRdb ANC source for a downloaded image
Research Note-
Photo -shared YYYY (date item was shared on ANC)
PHOTO
caption
date
shared
URL
Detail Comment-
Date and other interpretation/description
General Reference Information
URL Formats at Ancestry
Ancestry Source URLs
new
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61009/records/1373624
new (but does not work for all databases ?)
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/646978:2025
old but still working
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=61009&h=1373624
google AI says this is source URL format. but this one does not work
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/646978/2025
The links shown next are point to RJO account, but the format should be general.
User profile
https://www.ancestry.com/profile/00b068f5-0003-0000-0000-000000000000
User profile Public
https://www.ancestry.com/profile/00b068f5-0003-0000-0000-000000000000?preview=true
Tree overview
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/14741034/recent?usePUBJs=true
Main tree
owner ? centered in tree
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/14741034/family?cfpid=155162778
Profile page
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/14741034/person/155162778/facts
Source Image URLs
TODO