WATO At DNA Painter

Last week I watched a webinar on Legacy Family Tree Webinars that threw everything I had planned to do out the window. The webinar was,“What are the Odds? An online … Continue Reading →

Playing With My DNA

A few weeks ago, it was DNA Day, and because I was #StayingIn, I thought I should try doing something different. I work with my DNA every day, and what … Continue Reading →

Add A Bit Of Color With MyHeritage

A couple of days ago, I got an email from MyHeritage telling me they’d added a new feature to their site. Now you can colorize your black and white photos … Continue Reading →

Chromosome Mapping – Why Should You Do It?

I’ll be honest I’ve only played a little with chromosome mapping. The reason being is that I wasn’t sure if it would help me; especially with my Beaton/Batten Mystery. But … Continue Reading →

A Beaton/Batten Update

Over the past several years, I’ve been telling you the story of the Beaton/Batten mystery. If you want to catch up, you can find those posts HERE and HERE. So a couple … Continue Reading →

DNA Painter – Why I Bought A Subscription

DNA Painter has been around for a while. A while in internet years is not many. I do know that DNA Painter has been around much longer than since 2018 … Continue Reading →

Scapple: A Tool I’m Using For DNA Matches

As you know, I’m working on the Beaton/Batten Mystery (sometimes it feels like all my genealogy moments are spent on it). I’m sure if I ever figure out who William … Continue Reading →

With All The Changes At AncestryDNA It’s A Wonder I Get Anything Done

I’m not complaining, but it’s true. With all the recent changes at AncestryDNA, it’s getting harder and harder not to be looking at DNA results when I should be doing … Continue Reading →

You Know What They Say About Assuming

On October 30, 2018 Library and Archives Canada announced that they had transferred the 1926 Census of Prairie Provinces, which contains over 45,000 pages, to Library and Archives Canada. At … Continue Reading →

Ontario Canada DNA Match Finder

This past week a new Facebook page popped up called Ontario Canada DNA MatchFinder.  At the time of writing this article there were 361 people that have joined.  Since joining … Continue Reading →