I haven't posted in awhile, but there are several entries in my drafts folder, which I will finish editing.. Recently I went in search f...

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my  project  to trans...

AncestryDNA provides what they call "Shared Ancestor Hints." That is, if both you and a DNA match have linked to an Ancestry Famil...

Ancestry updated their DNA interface by eliminating a large number of false positive matches, and adding a new feature called DNA Circles. ...

As July 1st (Canadian Independence Day) and July 4th (US Independence Day) approaches, I once again find myself thinking about my Colonial a...

Over the Fourth of July holiday a family member was in Plymouth, MA, and I was asked if any ancestors came over on the Mayflower.  My respon...

This week's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun mission: 1) Open up the genealogy software program of your choice. 2) Think about two specia...

This week's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun over at Genea-Musings looked fun, but was slightly depressing. 1) Find an ancestral line that...