Author: Patricia Greber
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Off on a Genealogy Research Trip
I am leaving in a couple of days to attend Blaine Bettinger’s DNA talk hosted by the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. I will be bringing my mother and after the 2 days of learning, we are embarking on a road-trip to locations in Ontario where her family lived. Where do we go? Narrowing…
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Ethnicity Reports in Your DNA Do Offer Genealogy Clues
I have already done DNA testing on my mother and her brother. Both tested at Family Tree DNA and I really have been one to ignore the Ethnicity reports. But read on as there are clues given in those reports that can be very telling. I recently asked my mother’s sister to also take a…
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Can DNA Help You Strike Genealogy Gold?
Striking gold for me means finding a location in Ireland where my family lived. I have oodles of Irish ancestry, it is something I am very proud of, but it is truly tricky research. Paper trails have been researched for years but the link back to the Emerald Isle has been broken on almost every…
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Triangulating DNA With MyHeritage
This weekend at Rootstech MyHeritage introduced a new option to view your DNA matches. To get started (assuming you have already uploaded your DNA for FREE to their site) hover over the DNA tab at the top of the page and select Chromosome Browser. You will get to this page where you can start selecting…
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The Inkwell and the Captain
It’s a simple item, an inkwell that was given to me a few years ago by my great uncle. He said it was an inkwell that had belonged to his grandfather Richard Lee Norton and he used it on his voyages. Richard was a sailor/seaman born in 1819 in Great Yarmouth, England. His father before him…
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