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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

My Wish Has Come True For An Every Name Index to Deeds at FamilySearch!

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United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search What have I been wishing for years now? An every name index for deeds! I've been hopin...
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Friday, July 21, 2023

How My Segment Map Has Helped With An Irish Match

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A new DNA match popped up at 23andMe with the surname Rattigan. This person lives in Ireland. This could refer back to my Huane/Rhatigan lin...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

A Trip to the Past: Identifying places in old photos

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Google Street View has been a useful tool for me to identify the location of some of our old family photos. However, it didn't help me i...
Saturday, April 1, 2023

Dealing with Old Family Photos/Sorting, Scanning, and Identifying people

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      Preserving family memories is a precious and essential task that helps us connect with our past and pass on our family history to futu...
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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Is The Shared Match Feature The Only atDNA Tool You'll Ever Need? (from RootsTech 2023 Presentation) Putting It To The Test

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0 I decided to test the effectiveness of Diahan Southard's shared DNA matches technique, which she outlined in her presentation, "...
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Sunday, March 5, 2023

RootsTech 2023 Virtual Presentation Highlights

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RootTech 2023 included in-person attendees for the first time since the COVID pandemic started. It included virtual sessions which is the wa...
Sunday, February 26, 2023

The Complexities of YDNA Haplogroups/Why even close relatives can be assigned different terminal SNPs

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In addition to providing information about our ancient origins and migration patterns, haplogroups can also be a valuable tool in genetic ge...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Understanding the Limitations of Genetically Based Family Trees

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(This was written by ChatGPT with a summary I provided) If you're looking to trace your ancestry, you may have come across two popular m...
Sunday, January 29, 2023

Ask The Magic 8 Ball/ or ChatGPT for Genealogy

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  I really enjoyed playing with the Magic 8 Ball as a child. Who knew a better question and answer tool would come along in my future. The M...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023

A Review of My Family History Progress 25 Years after Starting/ 12 years Blogging

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Kappel Family Questions and Answers Questions: Were the Kapple/Kappel's ethnically Jewish and where were they from in the old country?  ...