Reverse Engineering Someone Else’s Tree

  Have you ever checked someone’s DNA tree and thought, this isn’t a tree it’s a sapling. It’s hard to figure out your connection if they are your third cousin … Continue Reading →

Fishing In Three Ponds

With the recent announcement by 23andMe that they will now offer a DNA test that is for genealogy purposes; you now are able to fish in all three ponds for … Continue Reading →

Update DNA Angel Project™- September Edition and a Special Offer

The winner of the September Edition of The DNA Angel Project™ is James A. from St. Catherines, Ontario. James is our very first Canadian winner. James has won a 45 minute consultation … Continue Reading →

What I Learned From The Fort McMurray Fire

Backing up my computer is crucial, because it represents thousands of hours of my time and life.  Time that I’ve spent doing genealogy and it’s also hundreds of photos, of my own, … Continue Reading →

Have You Checked Out SHOTBOX?

  When I was at Roots Tech earlier this year I purchased a SHOTBOX and it’s turned out to be a very useful product, even more useful than I originally anticipated. … Continue Reading →

DNA Cousins Wanted

I’ve been working on DNA for a while and like many others, I’m getting frustrated trying to find the connections to my family.  Especially for the brickwalls that I’m trying to break down … Continue Reading →

AncestryDNA Trees – Dig Deeper

One of the major frustrations for someone who’s done their DNA, is when one of their cousin matches doesn’t have a tree connected to their DNA. But that’s where you just … Continue Reading →

A DNA Surprise

Harold Alfred Thompson and Lily Myrtle Shannon As I prepared for my DNA Cruise I had a pleasant surprise while searching my matches on Family Tree DNA (FTDNA). I found … Continue Reading →

Four DNA Kits

This past week I received the four DNA kits that I’d  ordered from Ancestry the last time they had a sale. I had decided who I was testing when I … Continue Reading →

Ebay, Etsy, Facebook , Amazon…. All For Genealogy?

You may look at the title of this blog and think; “What is she going on about?”. But it’s true because I’ve used all these site,  for just that, genealogy. … Continue Reading →