I have an account with Ancestry how can I move my tree to Family Search.org
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@William Lancer
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William
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You can; but ...
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Please DO NOT ...
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There is probably no need ...
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We do not have our OWN "Tree" in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.
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We ONLY have "Branches", that are interconnected, in this SINGLE "One" World "Tree", for all of us, that is "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.
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"Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch' is NOT like "Ancestry_com" or the like.
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We DO NOT have "Private"/"Personal" 'Trees' in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch' like other "Websites"; and/or, 'standalone' personal programmes.
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We do not even, own; or, manage; and, are NOT even responsible for, the "Deceased" individuals/persons in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.
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"Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch' is built on a "Open Edit" Platform - hence, why any registered User/Patron can "Edit" (ie. Add, Delete; and/or, Change) ANY "Deceased" individual/person in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.
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Enter (ie. 'Create) the individuals/persons in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch' one at a time - on a one by one basis.
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Many of the individuals/persons most probably ALREADY exist in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.
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Only one or two of one's generations of "Living" Family members (and, perhaps one or two of one's generations of "Deceased" Family members) may be required to be entered/input in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'; before, some of the "Deceased" individuals/persons from one's Ancestral lines ALREADY existing in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch', are discovered.
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Use the "Find" facility/function/feature to Search "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch', you may be surprised to find some (if not, many) of them already there.
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Many well established and documented (eg. "Sourced") individual's/person's in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch' have been RUINED by the upload a personal/private "Pedigree" (ie. a 'Tree') from "Ancestry_com" (or, the like) or a GEDCOM File into "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.
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Of course, IF, one has looked in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch' and NONE of one's Ancestral lines are in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'; THEN, the upload of a personal/private "Pedigree" (ie. a 'Tree') from "Ancestry_com" (or, the like) or a GEDCOM File would be the way to go - BUT, ONLY if one has looked in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch' and NONE of one's Ancestral lines are in "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.
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Uploading of a GEDCOM File in the "Genealogies" Part of 'FamilySearch' is fine; but, please NOT into "Family Tree" of 'FamilySearch'.
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I hope this puts things into perspective.
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Brett
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If you would like to share information between the two sites, there is some syncing capabilities you can use to make it easier to copy information.
https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/exchange-details-ancestry-family-tree-2/
It doesn't move your entire tree, which can be a problem as Brett explained. But it does let you get some information back and forth so you don't have to manually copy and paste as much.
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