The Ancestry Matches Map is still in its beta form; however, once it is in full production will revolutionize genealogical research. This is the wave of the future! I’ve been preaching this for some time now and even wrote an article addressing the need for some type of geolocation feature on Ancestry – it’s high […]
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The Ancestry compare tool for shared DNA matches is brand new and another cool upgrade in a slew of new tools available on Ancestry.com. Just the latest in a string of upgrades and innovations, this Ancestry compare tool allows users to cross reference the amount of DNA cMs (centiMorgans) they have with any of their
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This is one of the coolest things to hit the genealogy market since Ancestry opened its online doors in 1996. If you love music, then you’re going to love this new Your “Heritage Playlist” where Ancestry has partnered with music-giant Spotify to produce what Ancestry is phrasing “the unique sound of your ancestry.” Pretty catchy,
Ancestry Partners With Spotify To Produce Your “Heritage Playlist” Read This Article »
Ancestry is the toast of the internet right now with its updated ethnicity estimates. This is just what the DNA company needed as its market shares were sliding in competition with others who were offering higher resolution and increased accuracy as far as “ethnicity estimates” are concerned. For one, Ancestry’s ‘DNA Story’ has eliminated some
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Ask me why I flew 5,000 miles to get a library card? The Library of Virginia just added a whole slew of new online databases for patrons to research digitally via their website, the only catch: you MUST have a LIBRARY CARD to be able to access them! This was exciting news for me as
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Here are 5 genealogy research mistakes (common greenhorn goofs) that you should avoid at all costs. These are rookie errors that less-than-careless novice genealogists often make, they are logical traps that are easily avoided by simple persistence and brain power! As you know genealogy is much more than NAMES and DATES, it’s why the term
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Is it possible that siblings can have different test results for their ethnicity? Why of course it is! In fact, it is normal for multiple siblings NOT to share the exact same percentage of each representative ethnic part that makes up their genetic whole. It’s about varying part to whole ratios. It’s also the nature
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What are “Supplemental Census Questions?” Did you know that the one major thing that changed between the US Census of 1930 and 1940 was the elimination of the ‘NATIVITY OF PARENTS’ section for all respondents? For genealogists this is a huge blow and creates a dearth of data for researchers to work with in this
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I took the Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) “My Origins” Family Finder DNA test in 2016, I also did their Y-DNA test way back in 2011. After having had time to consider my results, study the ever-changing science of genetics, and learn more about each of the DNA testing companies in depth, here’s my review of
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Your Ancestry search engine has a problem! It’s not so much that Ancestry is becoming a lackluster research platform, it’s just that we’ve become so finicky! Genealogical research has advanced so far in the last 5 years alone that what once seemed like alchemy is now commonplace and ill-adjusted to current market demands in terms
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In 2018, Find A Grave launched a massive redesign, and—let’s be honest—it was a disaster. If you scroll down to the bottom of this post, you will see over 100 comments from the Family History Foundation community venting about broken links, missing photos, and an interface that seemed designed to hide our ancestors rather than
