Oh, I could cry, I could have... a collapsing illness over the mistakes I saw in a video about two lovely doppelgangers taking DNA tests. Long story short, they look remarkably alike, which we see in genealogy all the time, but when they use DNA to answer three questions about how closely they might be … Continue reading mt-DNA ~ Pedigree Collapse AND collapse over folks mistakes in understanding DNA
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DNA Uploads ~ Autosomal Transfers – Autosomal Additions!
Screen capture instructions below! See Google translate! The phrase 'autosomal transfer' sounds to me like you are moving something from one place to another. With autosomal transfer you do put your data in a new place, but it is still there in the old one, unchanged. It is like copy-paste, not cut-and-paste. When testing DNA … Continue reading DNA Uploads ~ Autosomal Transfers – Autosomal Additions!
To Click Or Not To Click, That Is The Hack ~ The Perils Of Facebook Ads, Online Research And Shopping
In the series of Heirs And Heirlooms Hints and Helps, I am always reminding myself to be careful about what I click on. Just recently I got an email from a person whose genealogy research overlaps with mine, and in my excitement I clicked right through to a nasty fake. It took time to change … Continue reading To Click Or Not To Click, That Is The Hack ~ The Perils Of Facebook Ads, Online Research And Shopping
ЯSK ~ R. Sherman-Kidd ~ Sherman Kidd ~ RSK ~Reginald K Winton ~ Who?
So many signatures and so many places to look for Sherm... HARRY! There is something about Harry. I say he refuses to be found because he wants us to find all these other people first. Maybe ancestors know if we find the answer to a question that we will quit looking, and so Harry Hutton … Continue reading ЯSK ~ R. Sherman-Kidd ~ Sherman Kidd ~ RSK ~Reginald K Winton ~ Who?
Messy Maps – Hanover Town Virginia Is Not Page’s Warehouse aka Hanovertown
Update: I had a message from a reader who tells us about another map of interest. I add in the Library of Virginia there are letters that list the writer as being from "Hanover Town" 1807. This first map shows Hanover Courthouse where Hanover Tavern was across the road. Page's warehouse and possibly the location … Continue reading Messy Maps – Hanover Town Virginia Is Not Page’s Warehouse aka Hanovertown
Cherie Lynn's Herstory 