Fri, Jul 31, 2020, at 8:18 AM
Beth,
I need to explain the use of sources and why I think you are missing something important.
I have attached two profiles of Jack’s father (my uncle). Note a large number of sources on my copy. Sources confirm the accuracy of a tree by identifying where the information can be verified. Manually doing this would be very difficult. Ancestry makes it easy with their HINT’s for if you accept a HINT, ancestry records where it got the information for you.
In addition to comparing my profile for Uncle Norman, there is another way for you to see this. Go into my record for Uncle Norman in my tree. Place the cursor over any fact. When you do — lines will be drawn from that fact to the sources where that information is verified.
Does this help?
For the number of individuals in your trees, you should have sources and lots of images that come simply from accepting Ancestry HINTs as being accurate.
John, IV