It’s easy to get side-tracked when doing Genetic Genealogy or perhaps just not knowing what do next. A lot of people don’t know what to do after clustering their matches for example. I’ve created a simple list of the 3 steps you need to take (in order) to do Genetic […]
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(Another in the occasional series of famous Rutherfords) I thought writing up a few notes about Dame Margaret Rutherford the actress would be pretty simple – I would follow her tree back as many generations as possible and pull it all together in a nice neat and tidy summary. Margaret’s […]
IN SEARCH OF THE PERRETTS Yesterday I spent an hour or so reading through George Perrett’s book, “In Search of the Perretts”, in the reading room at The British Library. It’s not like a lending library, but a place where you go and read any of the books in their […]
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I love seeing updates at the DNA sites – Sometimes looking at results in a different way can give you new insights to your DNA and your family tree. I really like the new format and DNA Story at Ancestry – now I can see my Ethnicity & Genetic Communities all […]
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 […]