Goal 2: Edit person information in your Ancestry tree.
Editing facts and profile information is essential to keeping your tree up to date. You can do a Quick Edit or a Profile Edit, or you can edit facts in a Person window.
Choices
A Edit Person information and relationships.
- Tap a name in your tree and select Edit Person to open a summary window with birth and death details. (You can also select Edit Person from the three-dot menu of a person's Profile.)
- Edit any of the following items:
- Names
- Gender
- Birth Date
- Birth Place
- Status (Deceased or Living)
- Death Date
- Death Place
- Tap Save.
- To learn more about editing details for ancestors, watch this video.
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AAC—Diving Into the Details About a Specific Ancestor—3:55 (account required)
Exercises
- * Good: Edit a person in your tree for whom you have additional information.
- * Proficient: Edit information for three people in your tree.
B Edit Facts in a person's Profile.
- Open a person's Profile.
- In the Facts tab, tap a Fact to highlight it, and then tap Edit.
- Type the Fact Details as needed. You can use the calendar icon for selecting date information.
- Tap Save.
Exercises
- * Proficient: Edit Profile Facts for two people in your tree.
C Add Facts to a person's Profile.
- In the Facts tab for a Profile, tap the green plus icon.
- In the Type field, tap the down-arrow and select a Fact type.
- Use the calendar to select a date for the Fact.
- Type the location and a description for the Fact.
- Tap Save.
Exercises
- * Proficient: Add Facts for three people in your tree.
D Add or edit notes for a person.
- In a Profile screen, tap the Notes tab.
- If no notes have been added yet, tap the green plus icon to add content. Then tap the "Note" line, type the note text, and tap Save.
- If note content has already been added, tap the green pencil icon to edit content. Then tap the note text, make your edits, and tap Save.
Exercises
- * Proficient: Add or edit notes for two people in your tree.
