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Technical Help / Deleting and Reloading Ancestry Tree - Potential Issues
« on: Tuesday 12 March 24 13:35 GMT (UK) »
I want to update my Ancestry tree which has got hopelessly out of date with my own tree, which is not GEDCOM compatible (don't ask what format it's in).
Updating it on Ancestry is not very user-friendly, so I have downloaded it as a GEDCOM file and uploaded the file to a free software package which is easy and fast to update, and when complete I intend to delete my current Ancestry tree and upload the new GEDCOM file. I'll also be deleting my trees on FindMyPast and MyHeritage and doing the same there, although I'm not bothered about issues on those sites.
Before I do that I want to be sure of the implications for my Ancestry account (if any). Has anyone done this and were there any major issues to be aware of wrt to (e.g.) DNA matches, etc? I assume that tree and DNA matches will automatically be updated by Ancestry - Is that correct?
FWIW I don't store any documents or photos with the Ancestry tree; it's literally BMD dates per person.
Updating it on Ancestry is not very user-friendly, so I have downloaded it as a GEDCOM file and uploaded the file to a free software package which is easy and fast to update, and when complete I intend to delete my current Ancestry tree and upload the new GEDCOM file. I'll also be deleting my trees on FindMyPast and MyHeritage and doing the same there, although I'm not bothered about issues on those sites.
Before I do that I want to be sure of the implications for my Ancestry account (if any). Has anyone done this and were there any major issues to be aware of wrt to (e.g.) DNA matches, etc? I assume that tree and DNA matches will automatically be updated by Ancestry - Is that correct?
FWIW I don't store any documents or photos with the Ancestry tree; it's literally BMD dates per person.