Announcements EWGS website (ewgsi.org): We showed where to find Events, Digital Digest, 2025 Contest Stories, Writing Contest 2026 information.

ProTools: DNA list can be searched by "Journey." Using ProTools "Networks" - various research purposes. Nice for organizing, grouping floating trees. 

New service: Ancestry Preserve:  $299 - digital service up to 250 photos. This service will also add those photos to your Ancestry gallery.

Another new service:  Some of you may have received an invitation to "Club 1890," which is for research, support, etc. Cost is $5,000 per year.

And more: "Ancestry Advisor." This service includes one 30-minute session with a pro-genealogist for $149. Or three sessions for $379.

On home page, Ancestry now shows you who you may have common ancestors with, popular hints, and more. Now also shows you hints of just direct ancestors as well.

Ancestry will show you record hints for various times of year, e.g., "wedding season."

DNA traits continue to be updated.

Update on images saved from Newspapers.com to Ancestry.com. Larger newspaper articles not readable. I called Ancestry about this - they are notifying their tech people. Crista Cowan - various videos at the Education Center. https://www.ancestry.com/c/discover/education.  Register in advance of a webinar or watch later if the video gets posted.

Crista Cowan - various videos at the Education Center - Link here  Register in advance of a webinar or watch later if the video gets posted. 

1) PHOTOS Memories tab: Sort photos into albums, if desired. Add details and Ancestry will tell you "Nice work!" when you've added details like type of image/record, date, location, etc. Crista Cowan did a Zoom class on September 3, "Using Ancestry to Identify Individuals in Historic Photographs." Though it was supposed to be posted at the Education Center, at least until the 18th of September, I don't see it there. There were tips on scanning, organizing, uploading - adding details, etc. Also discussed tagging photos and the new "Face matching." 

2) New: View DNA matches by "cluster" in graph form. This is a more advanced way to see shared matches and who may be in each cluster relating to a particular ancestor.  See following link for the information Ancestry has posted. Check this link  and this link 

We watched Connie Knox on this topic. 16:55 minutes  Her link is here

Attendance: TAG had 17 participants today:   Albert Calderon, Ardis Storms, Brusan Wells, Carol Hsu, Charlotte Sullivan, Dan and May Cotton, Dianne Bongarts, Don Walter, Janice Moerschel, Judy Benson, Lola McCreary, Marge Mero, Patricia Robison, Ruth Halligan, Sandi Gaffney, and Susan Harms.

Janice Moerschel, The Ancestry Group (TAG)