DNA has shown that I have collateral line connections to Australia and New Zealand. The Australia cousin I already knew about thanks to an 1860s letter to a U.S. relative from the man in Australia. I need some free time to work on them. Here’s an opportunity for me and for YOU! Read more on […]
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 […]
Even when I am not in attendance at a big conference, institute, or seminar, I do appreciate receiving a press release from various societies and companies that had big announcements, discoveries, or other news from the event. I don’t always have time to get the news out to my readers, but I do try. The […]
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 […]
From a Daniel Horowitz press release: “We recently celebrated 20 years since MyHeritage’s founding! In honor of the occasion, I’m delighted to share with you an amazing documentary produced by our team that tells the story of MyHeritage: from Gilad’s passion for family history at a young age, to an international company with millions of […]
An amazing story of a young child now an older adult being reunited with family due to a match from his MyHeritage DNA test. The MyHeritage blog has the full story of family in two distant countries matching. If you are interest in match stories and reunions, check for more on the MyHeritage blog. From […]
Trying to play catch up on some email received in the past couple of weeks. MyHeritage sent a graphic that is a general 2023 review of what they have been doing. Wow. Visit their blog for more details
While working on a research project recently, I ended up with a long list of original (mostly digital) records I had checked for the group of individuals. I had also consulted family trees posted by other people and few had sources. Nothing pointed me to learning more about the background of some of the people […]
It’s that time of year for sales related to family history research. My email and ads on genealogy websites, and various social media are full of discount sales. DNA testing is a big focus of the sales. Half-price and more are the discounts available from all the testing companies. For example, MyHeritage is offering a […]
A press release from Daniel Horowitz at MyHeritage shares some details about free access to death-related records: “I’m happy to share that from October 27 to November 1, 2023, we’re offering free access to all death, burial, cemetery, and obituary records on MyHeritage: 370 collections and 881,738,760 records in all.” If you don’t have a […]