The tree merge feature has been updated to allow individuals to merge their accounts into existing family trees. 

To merge your account into an existing family tree, go to the tree, find your name/profile in the tree, go to the profile page, and click the “activate profile” link. 

This feature is especially useful for individuals from the same family tree who have started separate and accounts and want to link the existing accounts into a single family tree.

The Y-DNA STR marker table will be updated later today from Version 3.3 to Version 3.4.  Click here to view the STR marker table with the corresponding motifs counted for Version 3.4 at Genebase. 

Please note that you will not need to do anything to upgrade to Version 3.4.  All markers in the database will be automatically updated to the counting system used in Version 3.4 and all new markers added to the database will be Version 3.4. 

To follow is a summary of changes to the marker table for this upgrade:

GEDCOM upload feature has been updated:

1.  Prior to August 18, 2008, the GEDCOM upload was not able to distinguish between living and deceased individuals and uploaded all individuals as deceased because status is not a GEDCOM field.  The user had to go back into the tree to manually change deceased people back to living after the upload is complete.  The new GEDCOM upload has a greatly improved filtering system to estimate the status of individuals in your upload.  If you had previously uploaded a GEDCOM prior to Aug 18, 2008 and had not yet linked it to your profile (ie not yet converted it to primary), we would recommend re-uploading your GEDCOM.

2.  GEDCOM uploads after Aug 18, 2008 contain more detailed date information.  If you uploaded your GEDCOM prior to Aug 18, 2008 and have not yet linked it to your profile, we recommend re-uploading.

3.  Improved linking of GEDCOM files.  The merge wizard has been improved to allow users to more easily integrate and merge GEDCOMs into their existing account. 

Please give these new features a try if they are applicable to you.

A new Help Center is now available.  Commonly asked questions will constantly be added to the Help Center.  To get to the Help Center, click the “help” link at the top of the page or the “Help Center” link at the bottom of the page.  Users can browse topics in the Help Center or search for answers using the search feature.  If an answer to your question cannot be found, you can submit a ticket to us using the ticket system provided in the Help Center. 

To view the results of your tickets, go to the Help Center and click the “View Tickets” link.