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- This week’s crème de la crème — November 23, 2024
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Tag Archives: FamilyTreeDNA
This week’s crème de la crème — August 31, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts***** FamilySearch Experimental Labs Search of Canadian Probate Records and Origins of the People Map by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. FamilySearch Full-Text Searching of Ontario Probate and Land Records by … Continue reading
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Tagged FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA, land records, maps, MyHeritageDNA, Ontario, probate, recipes
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 10, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsMyHeritage Adds England & Wales, Probate and Administration Registrations 1996-2023 and Welcome The London Archives by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Visiting the Lincolnshire Archives: Tips for Genealogists, part 3 by … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, clubs, England, FamilyTreeDNA, legacy, London Archives, Michigan, newspapers, ScotlandsPeople, societies, Wales
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 27, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsMyHeritage adds Canada Newspapers from OldNews.com™ by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. A trip to the Lincolnshire Archives, Lincoln, UK – part 1: The story begins by Linda Yip on Past … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Ancestry, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA, Montreal, MyHeritage, newspapers, United Kingdom, Y-DNA
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MyHeritage brings its family tree tools to FamilyTreeDNA
MyHeritage and FamilyTreeDNA yesterday announced the launch of a new collaboration between the two companies that they introduced in March at RootsTech 2024. This collaboration, which includes integration between the MyHeritage and FamilyTreeDNA websites, enables FamilyTreeDNA customers to transfer their … Continue reading
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Tagged FamilyTreeDNA, MyHeritage
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 22, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsLAC Improves Access to Certain Census Schedules and Rippling Effects of the Great Famine by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Unmarked graves at Glasgow Necropolis indexed and Saturday and Sunday at … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, DNA, England, FamilyTreeDNA, filles du roi, Great Famine, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, mtDNA, MyHeritage, online learning, Ontario Ancestors, Quebec, Scotland
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 25, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsWestern Canadian migration before the CPR: Tracing the voyage of the Princess Royal, London to Fort Victoria (1858-59) by Linda Yip on Past Presence. The speed of moving Ukrainian archives into … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Chronicling America, DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, medals, newspapers, photos, Ukraine
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 23, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsCemetery project in Eastern Europe documenting millions of graves on databases by Vera Miller on Finding Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. 5 Tips for Success with Italian Vital Records by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, census, DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, Ireland, Italy, Russia, Y-DNA
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 14, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsFinding French Ships’ Crew Lists of the Late 18th and Early 19th Centuries – in Britain by Anne Morddel on The French Genealogy Blog. Free Italian Military Records for WWI and WWII by DiAnn … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, Ancestry, Canada census, FamilyTreeDNA, FindAGrave, France, Germany, immigration, Italy, military, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 29, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsDon’t overlook free digital records with my Héritage Canadiana / Library and Archives Canada hack, part 2 by Linda Yip on Past Presence. A Simple Way to Find Lot and Concession … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadians, AI, AncestryDNA, Belarus, Canadiana, DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, Library and Archives Canada, Netherlands
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 17, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsCanada Online Historical Newspaper Links and Poland Free Online Historical Newspapers by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. Durham Region Surrogate Courts—Unlocked… Part 2 by Jane MacNamara on Where the … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, France, Jewish, legacy, newspapers, Ontario, photos, Poland, WorldCat
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