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FTDNA Tool Help 1: How to upload a GEDCOM

A family tree is one of the most essential major tools used by those who match someone. It is the major tool describing how a match matches another. To upload a GEDCOM, go to your personal page and click on the family tree button. On the top right is a …

FTDNA Tool Help 2: How to add Ancestral Surnames and Locations

A second very essential tool everyone should have is their Ancestral Surnames and Locations. These surnames and places give matches a sense of genealogical history of their matches and can help tell the match how the two are matching. To add Surnames and Locations to your page, go to your …

FTDNA Tool Help 3: Joining Projects

You may “join” as many projects as you wish. Some project administrators, however, place restrictions on who joins or due to the type of project they administer. Some projects are surname only, or location only or by some other criteria established by the administrator. Our project is open to anyone …

FTDNA Tool Help 4: Advanced Matching Tool

One tool helpful to members of groups that not many people may not realize is there is an Advanced Matching Tool. This tool is found on your personal page on the right side of the Family Finder Section, assuming you have taken the Family Finder. Click on Advanced Search. Choose …