The latest issue of the American Ancestors magazine from the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is filled with information about the upcoming 400th anniversary of the Mayflower, in 2020. There is lots of good info here, but one article is particularly exciting for this genealogist. "Digitizing and Making Mayflower Society Applications Available Online!" describes… Continue reading General Society of Mayflower Descendants to Digitize Applications and Documentation
Author: Liane Jensen
NGS Conference 2018 Streaming Lectures
The conference for the National Genealogical Society (NGS) will be held May 2-5 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this year. If you are like me and won't be attending in person, NGS offers three packages to watch live streamed lectures from the conference. I will be purchasing the ten-lecture package again this year. These is a… Continue reading NGS Conference 2018 Streaming Lectures
MedBetterDNA – Improve the AncestryDNA Experience
Recently I attended seminars by genetic genealogist Blaine Bettinger. During one of his lectures he recommended MedBetterDNA. MedBetterDNA is a Chrome extension that brings all the person notes in AncestryDNA to the match list. It makes notes visible at the top level, so you don't have to click down to a person to see them.… Continue reading MedBetterDNA – Improve the AncestryDNA Experience
My First SLIG Experience
This January I attended the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was amazing. I started my journey to SLIG by writing an education plan. This was an assignment for my ProGen class. In my education plan I made a number of goals. Two of these goals were to attend… Continue reading My First SLIG Experience
Rootstech 2018 – Streaming
Rootstech 2018 starts tomorrow! If you are like me and won't be in Salt Lake City this week attending one of the biggest genealogy conferences of the year, you can still participate. Sessions will be live-streamed on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The live streaming schedule (times are Utah time, in the Mountain time zone):… Continue reading Rootstech 2018 – Streaming
DNA Sales for Valentine’s Day 2018
A number of companies are holding DNA sales for Valentine's Day: Ancestry DNA - $69 vs. $99; I suggest you buy at Amazon if possible for free shipping FamilyTreeDNA - $59 vs. $79 (sellers on Amazon are not currently offering their sale price) MyHeritage - $69 vs. $99, $59 for two or more kits; also… Continue reading DNA Sales for Valentine’s Day 2018
Gizmodo Article, How DNA Testing Botched My Family’s Heritage, and Probably Yours, Too
This week Gizmodo published an article about Genetics: "How DNA Testing Botched My Family's Heritage, and Probably Yours, Too." The author's grandfather was an orphan, whose mother was later identified to him as a Syrian woman. The author finds that DNA testing for herself and members of her family give ethnicity results that are not… Continue reading Gizmodo Article, How DNA Testing Botched My Family’s Heritage, and Probably Yours, Too
Comparing Ethnicity Estimates at Four DNA Testing Companies
Have you had your DNA tested by one of the major DNA testing companies? Have you seen your ethnicity results? Do you believe them? Last year, after testing most of my family's oldest generation, I finally decided to take DNA tests myself. (See My DNA Results are Back; Break Out the Chocolate! and I Took A Second DNA… Continue reading Comparing Ethnicity Estimates at Four DNA Testing Companies
New York Probate and Land Records Online
Lately my research into my Mayflower line has taken me to upstate New York along Lake Ontario. I have been using two wonderful collections of records on FamilySearch: New York Land Records, 1630-1975 and New York Probate Records, 1629-1971 Both have been on FamilySearch for at least a couple of years, but neither has been… Continue reading New York Probate and Land Records Online
Veteran’s Day – Recording Their Stories
Today I had the wonderful opportunity to walk in a local Veteran's Day parade with the Daughters of the American Revolution. Days like today are wonderful times to reflect and think about the service of our loved ones both today and in previous generations. Before the parade I spoke with a woman whose husband had… Continue reading Veteran’s Day – Recording Their Stories
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