The big news that hit the (mostly US) genie world this past week was that the two big US national genealogical organisations: the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and the National Genealogical Society (NGS) are set to amalgamate.
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There’s no doubt that Findmypast is dominant player in the online genealogy data field. And with 8 billion records currently, it should be. Their website contains a wide variety of records such as censuses, directories, church records, military records, schools and newspapers available from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, the US and Canada.
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In this edition of Inspiring Genealogy Blogs we cover: what to keep and what to toss, paper vs digital, reasons to join a family history society, tips for reading old handwriting, genetic data privacy, and research plans!
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Noni Hazlehurst uncovers gripping family secrets in a new SBS documentary series ‘Every Family Has a Secret’. This show sees six Australians discover the truth about their family’s past, confronting the secrets that have shaped who they are.
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While it’s not surprising that Ancestry continues to lead the industry with world’s largest consumer DNA network, what is news is that they have just passed the 15 million mark.
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MyHeritage launched their MyHeritage DNA kits in 2016, and they have proved incredibly popular. Now they have ventured into the health stream, by announcing a new DNA kit MyHeritage DNA Health + Ancestry”, which provides comprehensive health reports for genetic conditions.
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If you have Scandinavian roots, you’ll love this. MyHeritage are giving you FREE ACCESS to all 105 million Danish records, as well as FREE ACCESS to all 48.6 million Finnish records on their website.
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DNA Day is back again! Held annually on 25 April around the world, although it did start out as a...
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In 2018 MyHeritage offered 15,000 DNA kits free to adoptees to help them find their family, now they’re offering 5000 more.
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MyHeritage’s groundbreaking “Theory of Family Relativity” traverses the worlds of family trees, historical records, and DNA testing by connecting billions of data points to craft a theory of how two DNA Matches on MyHeritage are related.
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One more day and the end of February arrives. And while it has been busy, I haven’t read so...
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The latest big genealogy news is that Findmypast has just acquired RootsFinder, which consists of their “RootsFinder family tree product”, along with the new features to help customers analyse their DNA results.
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