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September 19, 2022 edited December 23, 2024 in Blog Comments EN

imageWhat’s New: Map Your Ancestors • FamilySearch

I grew up hearing stories about my ancestors. As I learned the details of their lives, I wondered what it would be like to get a glimpse of …

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  • GeraldMiller II
    GeraldMiller II ✭
    September 19, 2022

    How can I go beyond 6 generations?

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  • momof10
    momof10 ✭
    September 23, 2022

    Looks like our family will be "waking up" by each other on resurrection day in Elysian Gardens. My parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles are there.

    This is really cool...how many generations does it go?

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  • David Heath
    David Heath ✭
    April 1, 2023

    Would love to see this feature on the website, not just the app. Will this be coming soon?

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  • Amy Archibald
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    April 1, 2023

    @David Heath

    Thank you for your feedback. This feature works using the location based GPS services of the mobile device that the app is on. It helps locate places within 100 mile radius of the physical location of the mobile device.

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  • Alan E. Brown
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    April 3, 2023


    https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/503202#Comment_503202

    Thanks for the comment. A couple of clarifications:

    1. The feature uses location services on the device. Typically those use a GPS, but some devices have no GPS but use the network to determine the location. Map My Ancestors will still work on such devices, as long as location services are enabled and the user has given permission to the Family Tree app to access the device's location.
    2. There is no 100-mile limit for Map My Ancestors. It will show places anywhere in the world, which could be thousands of miles away from the mobile device.
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  • Candy806
    Candy806 ✭
    August 28, 2023

    I think my question got lost... How do I map my Scottish and Irish ancestors from 1200-1700s? We're going to Scotland soon.

    thank you

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