My 23andMe Health Report

(Warning; this is a longer post) I guess this week I could say I was brave. You’ll know what I mean if you already read my blog post from last … Continue Reading →

Transcribe With RESTORE

As a family historian, I believe one of the byproducts of doing family history is dealing with family photos and after that family documents. You either have your own, or … Continue Reading →

Transferring Your DNA – Let’s Find More Cousins

(This is a long post with lots of pictures. This explains how to transfer an AncestryDNA file to Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) but part way through this post there will … 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 →

New Ancestry Updates

If you haven’t had a chance to login into Ancestry in the past couple of days, then you may not know that there have been some changes. One that has … Continue Reading →

MyHeritage AutoClusters

At RootsTech, MyHeritage rolled out two new features. In my last blog I wrote about MyHeritage’s Theory of Family Relativity™ and now I’m going to explain about MyHeritage’s AutoClusters tool. … Continue Reading →

Be Prepared To Stay Up Tonight – Ancestry Has New Tools Part 2

So in my last blog (Part 1), I told you about Thrulines Now I’m going to tell you about the other two products that Ancestry is adding. So first let’s … Continue Reading →

Be Prepared To Stay Up Tonight – Ancestry Has New Tools

Today’s the day I’ve been waiting for. I get to tell you about some new tools at Ancestry that I was able to try out over the last couple of … Continue Reading →

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 →

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 →