It's Thanksgiving, and that means great deals on DNA kits. This is usually the best time of the year to stock up. AncestryDNA is $49 (plus shipping and tax) through Cyber Monday. 23andMe Ancestry kit is $49 if more than one is purchased, through Thanksgiving. MyHeritage is $49 through Black Friday. FamilyTreeDNA is offering Family… Continue reading Black Friday Sales 2018
New AncestryDNA Traits from AncestryDNA
AncestryDNA has a new add-on called AncestryDNA Traits. Traits costs $9.99 and is available to people who have already tested with AncestryDNA. Traits gives the user access to twelve appearance traits and four sensory traits. The appearance traits, "Do you have the genes for curly or straight hair? Blue or brown eyes? See what your… Continue reading New AncestryDNA Traits from AncestryDNA
Guide to Using Commas
As genealogy researchers, we should aim to write up our research. Our writing will be taken more seriously if we show knowledge of basic writing mechanics. Recently I came across a good guide to using commas. A good refresher: https://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/commas.asp.
2018 International Genetic Genealogy Conference Next Month
This year's International Genetic Genealogy Conference will be held December 7-9 in San Diego. Registration information is here: http://i4gg.org/registration/. I just saw CeCe Moore speak last weekend, and she is amazing. She will be speaking at this conference along with Blaine Bettinger, Kitty Cooper, Angie Bush, and many others. It sells out, so register sooner… Continue reading 2018 International Genetic Genealogy Conference Next Month
MyHeritage Live, 2-4 November 2018
MyHeritage is hosting their first-ever genealogy conference in one week, 2-4 November 2018. Attendees in Oslo, Norway, can see lectures and have the option to sign up for workshops. The lectures, in a Genealogy track and a DNA track, also will be broadcast live. Lectures are on Saturday and Sunday the 3rd and 4th, since… Continue reading MyHeritage Live, 2-4 November 2018
AncestryDNA Now Shows Shared cM in the Match List
Yay! AncestryDNA just changed the format of the match list, adding the shared cM and number of shared segments for each match. Here is an example of the new format: The new information is at the bottom. I have been using a work-around using MedBetterDNA Chrome extension (explained here: MedBetterDNA – Improve the AncestryDNA Experience)… Continue reading AncestryDNA Now Shows Shared cM in the Match List
BCG Day Lectures 2018 – October 19th
Every year top genealogists give a full day of lectures sponsored by the BCG, the Board for Certifying Genealogists. This year, the lectures will be given on Friday, October 19th. There is always great information. I strongly recommend the lectures. Register for free for each lecture on the Legacy Family Tree Webinars website. This year's… Continue reading BCG Day Lectures 2018 – October 19th
Upload to MyHeritage by December 1
Two months and counting. There are only two months left to upload DNA from other websites to MyHeritage.com and get use of all of its features. The announcement from MyHeritage: As of December 1, 2018, our policy regarding DNA uploads will change: DNA Matching will remain free for uploaded DNA data, but unlocking additional DNA… Continue reading Upload to MyHeritage by December 1
AncestryDNA Updates Ethnicity Results
On September 12th, Ancestry released revised AncestryDNA ethnicity results. Many more reference samples were added to define the various ethnicities, and new strategies have been applied to analyze the DNA. This should result in more accurate results. Of course these are not perfect. (For more background see DNA Testing, What Do My Origin Percentages Mean?) … Continue reading AncestryDNA Updates Ethnicity Results
Prologue Magazine from the National Archives
When I attended the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) in January, one of our case studies referenced a number of articles in Prologue Magazine, published by the National Archives. This is a great resource to learn about American history and records from some of the experts at the National Archives. All articles are online… Continue reading Prologue Magazine from the National Archives
