Helping the present understand the past
Ancestry succeeded in rocking the world of a large number of genealogists today with their surprise announcement that they would be retiring Family Tree Maker genealogy software at the end of 2015. Cue Chicken Little and hoards of unhappy genealogists bearing pitchforks and flaming torches. But hold fair citizens of Genealogy-land! All is not lost…
Currently, the prevailing thought in my head is “What did I get myself into?” I couldn’t help it though, the timing was perfect and it seemed like a good thing to do at the time. I’m sure you’re wondering what I got myself into this time. Well, I signed up for ProGen. For those who…
In May 2014 the spousal unit and I paid a visit to the Iowa kin en route from Nebraska back home. I was working a conference in Nebraska and it was a great opportunity to stop in, see family, and talk some genealogy. They were gracious enough to let me photograph and scan some items in…
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…