There is nothing more exciting than getting an email to say “results are in”. I tested with Living DNA back in early November and it’s been a long wait for results. On first look I have to say their results were well worth waiting for. Living DNA is another DNA […]
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Basics of GEDmatch: 1. Run a one-to-many report for your “kit”. Everyone who uploads their raw DNA files to gedmatch gets allocated a kit number (starts with A if it was from Ancestry T if from ftDNA, and M if from 23andMe) 2. When you run the report the system […]
I’ve recently started a journey of using DNA to further my family tree research. I have an extensive paper trail family tree from many years of research, but I was really interested in what science could offer in terms of using a DNA test to find cousins and confirm who […]
I was reminded a few weeks ago that it has been 136 years since the sinking of the Princess Alice at Gallions Reach, a stretch of the Thames between Woolwich and Barking Creek, on 03 September 1878 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Princess_Alice_(1865) The SS Princess Alice was a passenger paddle steamer. She was sunk in a collision on the River Thames with the collier Bywell Castle off Tripcock Point in […]
Robert William LACY is my 3rd Great Grandfather. He is related on my Mum’s paternal side of the family and, well, he just looks like a big character with a lot of stories to tell! From previous research I know that Robert William Lacy was born 1824 in Devon, UK. I […]
I started researching my family tree many years ago – helped out considerably by two uncles, one on either side of the family. Over the years I have dipped in and out of research, but the family tree has never been far from my mind. My tree is split between Scotland, England […]