Your Family In the News

When it comes to family history I’ve always known that newspapers can be a gold mine of information. Especially obituaries, anytime I found an obituary I would pour over every … Continue Reading →

My Top 10 Things You Can Do To Save Money So You Can Use It For Genealogy

  Just as a bit of background about me.  I was married once before and after my divorce, I was the sole breadwinner and was on my own for quite … Continue Reading →

Did You Have A Geni Resolution For 2019? Getting My Poop In A Group (Genealogy Rewind)

Wow, it’s already the third week of 2019. Maybe I’m just getting older and time is passing by more quickly. Did you know that January 17th was Ditch Your Resolution … Continue Reading →

Dealing With Ancestry Hints

Recently a lady joined the Getting My Poop In A Group Facebook page and one of her reasons for joining was that she wanted to understand how to work through … 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 →

Genetic Affairs – Something New To Play With

Just like children, genetic genealogists are always on the lookout for a new toy (tool) to play with. I’m not saying that in a bad way. I count myself in the … Continue Reading →

Black Friday And The World Goes A Bit Crazy

If you look up Black Friday on Wikipedia you’ll see that it says that the earliest known use of “Black Friday” to refer to the day after Thanksgiving occurred in the … Continue Reading →

Exciting News From MyHeritage Live

My husband; Kevin and I just got back from Oslo, Norway where we attended the first MyHeritage Live. We arrived on November 1st after a 16-hour trek from Edmonton to Toronto, … Continue Reading →

Two New Tools In Your AncestryDNA Arsenal

Anytime you get new tools for your DNA toolbox is a great day and this week was no exception. Earlier this week I noticed something on my AncestryDNA account that … Continue Reading →

Using Vivid-Pix RESTORE To Enhance Documents

You’ve heard me talk about Vivid-Pix RESTORE for photos; in fact, I even interviewed the inventor; Rick Voight and he told us how you can improve your family photos (read … Continue Reading →