Your Cousins Have A Right To Know

As always the DNA world is a fast-paced world and this week was no exception. If you read this article from BuzzFeed News you’ll find out the back story of … 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 →

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 →

The DNA Angel Project – April Edition

April 7th marks the fourth anniversary of my blog; Hound on the Hunt.  I know when I first started writing the blog I wondered if anyone was out there. But … Continue Reading →

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home. May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam. May peace and plenty bless your … 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 →

New DNA Tools From MyHeritage – Theory of Family Relativity™

When I’m at RootsTech I always attend the sponsored luncheons just because it gives me an opportunity to hear what’s new at the companies I like to follow. At the … 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 →