Helping the present understand the past
My two most recent projects seem to have taken me away from blogging lately. I can’t believe how long I let my blog go without writing. Color me embarrassed. One of the projects I’ve been letting occupy all my blogging time is that I signed up for one of the Mastering Genealogical Proof Standard study…
In my quest for learning as much as I can about all things genealogy-related I’ve taken to reading as many blogs as I can. Reading what others write about their experiences, successes and failures is not only educational but allows an outlet for sharing between genealogists and the opportunity to support and assist others who…
I’m obviously really excited to have been able to do my DNA. My problem now is that I really want to understand more about my DNA, not just take the pie chart Ancestry provided and be happy about it. I know I have DNA that didn’t show up on the Ancestry pie chart and I’ve…
I’ve been on such a genealogy-high since getting my DNA results back. I honestly didn’t think I could get much more excited until…first contact!!!!! I had pages of hints to review from AncestryDNA and as I was beginning to review each match on my DNA profile I received an email through Ancestry from one of…
I had a few minutes today to take a look at my AncestryDNA results and surprisingly…there were NO SURPRISES! Between my grandparents’ knowledge and stories and the work the family has done on the genealogy already I was well prepared for what Ancestry told me. Which, I have to say, was almost disappointing, LOL. I’d…