Q1: What about photos and stories I’ve already uploaded, before this new change in Ancestry’s Terms and Conditions?Ī1: Judy says that relative to materials previously uploaded, Ancestry says the new terms take effect 30 days from the date you’re informed – which was August 3. I reached out to Judy with a couple questions which she was kind enough to answer: I’m not a lawyer, but Judy Russell* certainly is and she has addressed this new information in her blog, here, titled “One big change at Ancestry.” Once uploaded, there’s no taking this decision back and there’s no revoking that permission at Ancestry. However, that does NOT, DOES NOT, extend to Ancestry claiming my photos for their own use – regardless of whatever that use is – forever.

Furthermore, I want to share photos and family history with my cousins. I wanted to encourage other people to upload photos of my ancestors, because I want to find photos that I’ve never seen. In the past, I’ve ENCOURAGED people to upload photos because it makes your tree more attractive – as cousin bait. Yes, if you haven’t guessed, I’m gritting my teeth…and that’s putting it mildly. This includes any image or information that you have saved that was associated with anyone else’s tree.Or, if Ancestry has offered one of your images/photos as hints to someone and they have accepted that hint and added your image to someone in their tree.This includes anything you’ve shared with anyone else and THEY’VE uploaded to Ancestry trees too.Ancestry can now do whatever they want with anything you upload to your ancestry tree beginning August 3, 2021.Delete anything previously uploaded or saved during the next 28 days (before September 2, 2021).And there’s nothing I can do about it except: See all these photos I’ve uploaded to Ancestry?Īccording to Ancestry’s new updated Terms of Service dated August 3, 2021, Ancestry will be able to use these photos, and anything else I’ve ever uploaded or saved, in any way they want, for any purpose, forever.

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