Perhaps you know about Automatic matches, those small red check marks visible on your tree which signal new information is available about your ancestors. We have completely revamped this service to help you save even more time: make way for hints!
Say goodbye to automatic matches and hello to hints! Perhaps you have already noticed them on your tree: compass icons visible on some of your ancestors who are missing information such as date and place of birth, marriage, death, or parents’ names… These compasses are hints!
Whenever you see these hints showing on your online tree, that indicates Geneanet has found information to complete your own genealogy. By clicking on the compass, you will see all of the hints relating to your ancestor.
How to read hints
At the upper left of the results page, you will see the number of hints that we offer for a given ancestor. At the upper right, you can filter your list of hints to display, for example, only hints about your ancestor’s forbears, or those about his birth, his death, or his descendants. A final filter allows you to display only hints with media (photographs, archival documents, historical press clippings, etc.).
The source of each hint is shown at the top left, while a button on the right allows you to exclude results that are not relevant for you. Each clue contains data that allows you to determine whether it is indeed your ancestor or just a possible namesake. The information written in blue is the most important: this is the data absent from your family tree. All you have to do is verify what’s in a hint to complete your ancestor’s record. Simple and efficient!
Briefly, hints are…
- Faster to read: the layout has been completely redesigned with access by individual and no longer by event. Information from the same source is thus combined and duplicates removed.
- More complete: you have all the information you need to verify at a glance that the results refer to your ancestor and not a homonym.
- More relevant: the most complete and reliable results are shown at the top of the list. Simple!
- More reliable: the algorithm has been reworked to remove even more false positives (particularly homonyms).
Hints are for Geneanet Premium members only. If you aren’t one yet, now’s the time to discover all the advantages of this subscription!
In the wake of our automatic matches becoming hints, our tree comparison feature has also been renewed. Soon, we will share news with you about this fabulous tool in the service of your genealogy. Stay connected!
11/25/23
Thank You for all your help.
11/20/23
Need parents of Dr. Azariah Burnett
11/19/23
thank you
11/18/23
I’m can not thing on my first grand father William Crockett Hunter
11/18/23
Thank you. Excellent change.
11/17/23
Thanks for the information. Do appreciate all you efforts to improve this system.
11/17/23
Brilliant , a very good change .
11/17/23
I have not used this option yet, but it seems to be the same thing that Ancestry or My Heritage uses in an Email as advertisement to draw you to there web site. The problem is, if its not relevant the Hint keeps reappearing over and over. Hopefully you have something built into your Program to prevent that from doing that once a person has read the Hint.
Have a good day all, Larry
Answer from Geneanet: Yes, each hint has an Ignore button. Moreover, our hints are always contextual, shown only for the selected person in a tree; we don’t group them all in a big list. Our Search for Relatives feature, on the others hand, compares your entire tree to all other Geneanet trees when trying to find a match.
11/17/23
I can not sign it does not work
Answer from Geneanet: Remember, Hints are reserved for Premium members.