The Patricians: How to use Ancestry.com's "relationship to me" function - The quick way to search for your ancestors from The Patricians Master File

No match for John Doe. But there may be one for Lord Louis Mountbatten.

Success! There's a chance now there's a bona fide relationship between Lord Louis Mountbatten and myself. Let's take a look to see whether there is and how so.





Now we've established my relationship to him on the master file.


See http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...

Quite often you'll find the need to review multiple instances of the same individual listed on the master file. This is actually good because it gives the opportunity to review other trees that may lead you to establish a familial connection more easily. If successful, you simply need to tie that individual with a relationship of your own. You must, however, review each and every one for the sake of diligency.

As announced yesterday (see http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...), The Patricians Master File and the associated GEDCOM file are now available to purchase.

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