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 personal page and click on Manage Personal Information. This is located just under your Photo icon on your personal page.
When the page changes, click on Genealogy in the tool bar, then click on Surnames. You may add as many surnames and their locations as you wish. The more the better.
If you have taken the Family Finder test, at the top right of your match page you will see two fill in search areas. One is Surname Search and the other is search Ancestral Surnames. It is possible to see the two search boxes you may have to click on advanced search before both boxes appear.
For more information, go to the FTDNA FAQ’s page regarding Surnames:
https://www.familytreedna.com/learn/user-guide/my-account/account-surnames-page/
Here is a list of some of my most recent blogs designed to help you get more and better research results from your FTDNA matches:
FTDNA Tool Help 1: How to upload a GEDCOM
FTDNA Tool Help 2: How to add Ancestral Surnames and Locations
FTDNA Tool Help 3: Joining Projects
FTDNA Tool Help 4: Advanced Matching Tool
FTDNA Tool Help 5: “In Common With”… and “Not In Common With”
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