Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Review: Unofficial Ancestry.com Workbook

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Somehow I missed the release of the Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com by Nancy Hendrickson. When I reviewed Unofficial Guide to FamilySearch...
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Friday, May 5, 2017

Darned Record: No Father -- Just Growed

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We depend upon records to reveal the “truth” about the past. Yet sometimes records have anomalies. Some are amusing or humorous. Some are in...
Thursday, May 4, 2017

Dear #NGS2017GEN Attendees

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For those headed off to the 2017 National Genealogical Society Conference , in Raleigh, North Carolina, from 10‒13 May 2017, I have two item...
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

NGS Live Streaming – #NGS2017GEN

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If you can’t make it to the 2017 National Genealogical Society Conference , all is not lost. NGS is offering select sessions via live stream...
Tuesday, May 2, 2017

AncestryDNA Whips Past 4 Million Samples

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Four million. It’s staggering, really. AncestryDNA has exceeded four million samples in its DNA database! It took AncestryDNA three years t...
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Monday, May 1, 2017

Monday Mailbox: FamilySearch Change or User Change?

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Dear Ancestry Insider, Hello, I enjoy reading your emails, and wonder if I missed something important, such as:         Did Familysearch.o...
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Friday, April 28, 2017

Darned Carcinogenic Names

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We depend upon records to reveal the “truth” about the past. Yet sometimes records have anomalies. Some are amusing or humorous. Some are in...
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Thursday, April 27, 2017

NGS 2017 Conference Pre-Registration Ends Today - #NGS2017GEN

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Still need convincing? Pre-registration for the 2017 National Genealogical Society Conference ends today (27 April 2017), so you need to ge...
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Pre-Registration for NGS Conference Ends Tomorrow #NGS2017GEN

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Pre-registration for the 2017 National Genealogical Society Conference ends tomorrow, 27 April 2017. The conference will be held in Raleigh...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

AncestryDNA 20% Sale

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Happy DNA Day ! Today (25 April) is the anniversary of the publication of articles theorizing the helical structure of DNA. Ancestry is cel...
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Friday, April 21, 2017

Serendipity in a Box

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Over 40 years ago Glen and Joyce Alt lived in Platteville, Wisconsin where they became friends with Glenda Clyde and her husband. After seve...
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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Ancestry Offering Irish Heritage Tour

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Ancestry ProGenealogists , in conjunction with Go Ahead Tours, is offering an 11 day tour to the Emerald Isle. “Discover the country’s highl...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Erroneous AncestryDNA Genetic Community

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Reader Clytee Gold wrote me about an apparently erroneous AncestryDNA Genetic Community assignment. One of her two communities is “Mormon P...
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Monday, April 17, 2017

Monday Mailbox: Browsing Ancestry Database Images

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Dear Ancestry Insider, The database "Pennsylvania Wills and Probate Records 1683-1993," offers the subscriber a "Browse thi...
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Friday, April 14, 2017

Darned Undertaking

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We depend upon records to reveal the “truth” about the past. Yet sometimes records have anomalies. Some are amusing or humorous. Some are in...
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Funny AncestryDNA Commercial Parody

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A coworker alerted me to this video from the CBC show, This Hour Has 22 Minutes . It is titled, “"Have you ever questioned your family’...
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Monday, April 10, 2017

Monday Mailbox: AncestryDNA Genetic Community List of Surnames

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Dear Ancestry Insider, I was playing with this new feature but I did not see the list of Associated Last Names. Would you tell me where to...
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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Ancestry Launches New Genetic Communities

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Ancestry launched Genetic Communities last week. “Think of the AncestryDNA ethnicity estimates on steroids, and you’ll have a sense of what ...
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