Genealogy Happenings

 

1. Get $40 off AncestryDNA® kits for the holidays. Ends December 31, 2021

2. Ontario Ancestors is offering some virtual presentations this week - Understanding WikiTree and a Virtual Genealogy Dropin

3.  Monthly Record Update For FamilySearch for November includes Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Jamaica, Kiribati, Liberia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, and the United States, which includes Alaska, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. Records from the United States Bureau of Land Management were included as well.

4. more Haldimand County Ontario Obituaries scheduled for every second day December 2021 to May 2022 on Olive Tree Genealogy blog

Ancestry.com DNA Kits on Sale!

Ancestry.com DNA kits are now on sale! Save $40.00 until May 9, 2021

AncestryDNA picks up where the paper trail leaves off. The combination of an individual’s DNA with more than 40 million family trees and 11 billion records on Ancestry.com can help people find specific ancestors as far back as the mid-17th century by connecting with living relatives. 

 

Additionally, AncestryDNA gives people their ethnic breakdown by percentage from 20 populations including the British Isles or Native American—automatically tracing their ethnicity and displaying the results in an interactive and simple way.

AncestryDNA provides consumers with exciting insights into their ethnic background and helps them find relatives who may hold the keys to exciting new family history discoveries. 

Don't miss out on this sale - pick up a few extra for relatives and start your DNA journey.

DNA Sale!

St. Patrick’s Day Sale!

 AncestryDNA will be $40 less on sale for $59 plus tax and shipping

The St. Patrick’s Day Sale will start at midnight EST on Saturday, March 6th, and will end at 11:59pm EST on Wednesday, March 17th.

 

If you haven't yet jumped on to the DNA journey, now's your time. DNA has many uses - you can connect with other cousins, you can discover your ethnic origins, and you can make new discoveries through DNA. I've personally solved a few mysteries, confirmed a very old family rumour, and found two surprise additions to the family tree, and discovered that hubby's great-grandfather was NOT the father of hubby's grandpa.

 

Over the years I've written about my DNA adventures - here are a few for you to read if you wish:

 

DNA Genealogy - Friend or Foe?

DNA Gave My Husband a Completely Different Great Grandfather

Understanding Your DNA Results: Comparison Charts

Update on DNA Testing for Native American Heritage

Familial DNA Testing Used to Solve Cold Cases 

The Massey DNA Connection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4th of July Flash Sale Ancestry DNA & Membership!

Don't miss this 4th of July Flash Sale in the US on Ancestry® Memberships and AncestryDNA®.

4th of July Flash Sale:

Ancestry Family History Memberships will be on sale for 50% off. Terms apply.

AncestryDNA® will also be on sale for $59.

The 4th of July Flash Sale will start at 9:00pm PST on Tuesday, July 2nd and will end at 9:00pm PST on Thursday, July 4th.

DNA Match Labeling Available for Chrome

Blaine Bettinger has done it again! He's developed a DNA Match Labeling  program for Ancestry.com DNA using your Chrome browser.

What it Does:

DNA Match Labeling adds colored dot labeling to AncestryDNA matches. 

There are 8 colors (red, blue, green, yellow, pink. orange, gray, and black) at the top of each page when you are on Ancestry.com. The user can enter text defining the color as he/she wishes.
 

How it works:

1. Open Chrome and go to the Chrome web store

2. Download the free extension DNA Match Labeling

3. Once it has attached itself to your browser, you'll see the icon in the upper right corner

4. Go to Ancestry to your DNA matches.

5. As soon as I log into my son's account I see the following followed by a list of matches:

 

Next I chose the labels Maternal (red) and Paternal (blue) and hit the UPDATE button. I'm keeping it very general for now. You might prefer to put in surnames for the colors and keep track of new matches that way.

I also labelled the first few people showing as a match to my son with the blue dot as I know they connect through my father's side.

Give it a try, you might find it makes your DNA life easier. If you don't have your Ancestry DNA kit yet, go here to purchase one.

WikiTree Announces: Finding Relationships with DNA Matches

6 November 2014: Today WikiTree.com is announcing two important features for genealogists who have taken DNA tests. These features make WikiTree’s Relationship Finder a uniquely powerful tool for genealogists who have taken 23andMe, Ancestry DNA, and FTDNA Family Finder tests.

“One of the biggest challenges facing genetic genealogists,” according to Dr. Blaine Bettinger, author of the long-running blog The GeneticGenealogist, “is finding the elusive common ancestor. Finding genetic matches is easy, but finding the common ancestor from whom we inherited a segment DNA is very hard. WikiTree’s new Relationship Finder is a great tool for identifying the ancestors that two or more people share in common.”

All Common Ancestors

Genealogical relationship finders are generally designed to find the first common ancestor between two people. Genetic genealogists need to know about all the common ancestors they share with a match. Everyone’s family tree intertwines in multiple ways. The first shared ancestor may not be the reason for a shared segment of autosomal DNA.

WikiTree’s Relationship Finder now enables you to easily browse all your common ancestors.

Filtering for Multiple Matches

When a genealogist shares a segment of autosomal DNA with two or more other people who also match each other on that segment, it’s a big clue in discovering which ancestor it came from

WikiTree’s Relationship Finder now enables you to filter the common ancestors shared by two people to only display common ancestors who are also shared by a third, fourth, or fifth person.

The Universal Family Tree

These Relationship Finder features are possible because WikiTree members are collaborating on a single tree for the entire human family.

“The genetic genealogy community absolutely must have a universal family tree,” says leading genetic genealogist Dr. Tim Janzen. “With smaller unlinked trees it's frequently impossible to see all of the true genealogical connections with the people who share autosomal DNA with us. We are finally getting to the point where this vision is becoming a reality at WikiTree.”

Mother's Day Special on DNA Kits

Don't miss out on this opportunity to buy Ancestry.com DNA kits at a reduced price! 

You can purchase these DNA kits at this low price  until May 12 11pm PST

Read about Olive Tree Genealogy's DNA journey to find out what DNA can tell you about your ancestral origins. Connecting with new cousins is just one of the many benefits. 

DNA Kit Special Ends Tomorrow

Great news! Ancestry is having a sale on their DNA kits. Right now you can get a kit for $79.00 (save $20.00) and have it shipped for free. Just use this link to the home page of Ancestry.com and use Code FREESHIPDNA

The special of $79.00 ends tomorrow April 27th so be sure to get this while it's available. Free Shipping is good until March 31, 2015 but the sale is over tomorrow. 

Special on DNA Kits!

Great news! Ancestry.com is offering 10% off DNA kits during St. Patrick's promotion. March 13-23

This special price begins on March 13 at 6:00am ET and ends on March 23 at 11:59 ET so don't delay! This is a great opportunity to find relatives you never knew you had with DNA testing. 

DNA Kits New Year's Sale

Did Santa forget to bring you a DNA kit for Christmas? Well  now's your chance to get one! Ancestry is offering their AncestryDNA Kit only $89 plus Free Shipping 

Please note: the above offer is valid from 1/1/14 12:01AM MTN - 1/5/14 11:59PM MTN. Use Code : FREESHIPDNA

You can also take advantage of another special for 50% Off a 6 month Ancestry Subscription, only $49