I have several private trees on Ancestry.com and frequently copy a person from one tree to another. On the person's profile page, on the row of drop-down items under the person's photo, look for the "More Options" drop-down. Select "Save person to another tree". Then you can select the tree, chose an existing person in that tree, or save as a new person.
Go to the tree you just added the person to and go to the "Member Connect" tab. There should be a connection to the tree you just copied the individual from. It will let you add the media, sources, events (including descriptions), and family members.
It is a bit tedious, but if you tackle the project a few people each day, you should be able to move all the people to one tree without losing all the previous work.
Go to the tree you just added the person to and go to the "Member Connect" tab. There should be a connection to the tree you just copied the individual from. It will let you add the media, sources, events (including descriptions), and family members.
It is a bit tedious, but if you tackle the project a few people each day, you should be able to move all the people to one tree without losing all the previous work.