Geographical DNA Matching on Facebook
Most genealogists are aware of the fact that many of our ancestors did not roam far from their roots during their lifetimes. It is because of this fact that it …
Breakthrough technology from MyHeritage to colourize your old photos!
On February 11th, MyHeritage launched a new service allowing users to upload black and white photos to have them colourized in seconds as if by sheer magic! The magic is …
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Ancestry Collection Updates – January 2020
The following collections are either NEW or have been UPDATED at Ancestry’s website during the month of January 2020. COLLECTION DATE New Victoria, Australia, Divorce Records, 1860-1940 2020-01-31 Updated …
24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon by MyHeritage
I was excited to see the announcement of the upcoming 24-hour genealogy webinar marathon hosted by MyHeritage. This event promises to be an information-packed series of talks on all kinds …
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New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 4 February 2020
The following article was written by FamilySearch: This week, over 2 million Pennsylvania birth records (1709 to 1950) were added to FamilySearch.org. More new, free, historical records this week include almost 600k Swedish marriage records, Argentine baptisms, Barbados marriages, Chilean deaths, Oxfordshire …
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23andMe Lays Off 14% of Their Staff
Many major new outlets including CNN and CNBC are reporting that consumer DNA testing company, 23andMe is laying off about 100 staff members which represent about 14% of their workforce. …
New 2020 FTDNA Pricing
With the the new year upon us, FamilyTreeDNA seems to have taken on the New Year’s resolution to offer better pricing and they have come out of the gates with …
DNA Workshop – London, ON
On January 11th, I hosted a DNA Workshop in London, ON which was a fantastic success! There was a great turnout and I believe everyone managed to pick up some …
DNA.Land Relaunch
2.0 Today I received an email from DNA.Land which is a site that I have been registered with for a few years. They have announced that DNA.Land will be closing …
MyHeritage Acquires Promethease and SNPedia
Important an exciting announcement from MyHeritage in regards to a recent acquisition of Promethease and SNPedia. Below is from the September 7th blog post at MyHeritage. Note that the Promethease …