I receive some notices of DNA testing sales in my email and see others on various social media sites. My most recent email notice: MyHeritage DNA on sale $29 price is good through 17 August 2025. This is a great opportunity for anyone who hasn’t tested yet to discover the power of DNA. MyHeritage offers […]
I’m seeing DNA test sales begin for Father’s Day. Here’s one example from Ancestry.com.
Today’s AP News (Associated Press) carried a report on the 23andMe DNA company. “Biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is buying 23andMe for $256 million, two months after the genetic testing company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.” Be sure to scroll down the page to read all parts of the article including this important paragraph. “Regeneron […]
Over the next couple of weeks I will be posting about a few of the offers and announcements from various genealogy organizations and companies coming out of this week’s RootsTech Conference being held this week in Salt Lake City. Many sessions are available for viewing online at no cost. https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/ Ancestry has a big sale […]
It’s the early holiday season! Ancestry has a big sale on DNA tests ($39) and on various levels of Gift Memberships. Be sure to read the terms. The sale runs through November 27th at 6:00 p.m. EST.
I see a press release and tell myself I need to keep on with my work before checking out new genealogy things. That lasts about ten minutes. Today I spent some time looking at my new updates from MyHeritage’s Theory of Family Relativity™. From the press release “adding millions of new theories to help you […]
37.4 million records for New York City. MyHeritage is the only genealogy company that hosts the index for these records with scanned images, even names of witnesses and parents are indexed. I found some entries I need to research more, but am pretty sure where they fit in. You can search the collections here: Search […]
As more of our genealogy and other websites develop two-factor authentication. A reminder that our subscriptions on any site doesn’t allow us to let others beyond out household to “use” our access. The new added layer of authentication has changed that access and it does cause some issues with letting others view DNA results and […]
An early RootsTech news release is below. I will try to keep readers updated on a variety of the news that I receive over the next several days. RootsTech, a large genealogy event, is taking place February 29-March 2 in Salt Lake City. If you aren’t traveling there, you can view many of the presentations […]
Press release from Ancestry on a quick DNA testing sale. ” *Ends 19 Feb 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Excludes shipping. Some DNA features require an Ancestry® subscription.” https://www.ancestry.com/