However, this is one time I believe it is news worth sharing. The MyHeritage Complete subscription gives you access to the best collection of genealogy resources available. The more I use MyHeritage features like the historical record search engine with 9 billion records from around the world, the family tree Consistency Checker, and the Chromosome Browser, the more I love the site.
I am especially impressed with how they keep adding features in response to demand from users, like the Pedigree Tree view that they recently released. The fact that MyHeritage is designed by genealogists, for genealogists is very much reflected in the online service and especially through their frequent updates and improvements.
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Other interesting and important collections include the UK registers; exclusive Ellis Island records that no one else has ever indexed; and millions of U. Hurry, this offer is good for 5 days only Offer now expires Tuesday, May 22, Sunday, May 27, Newspaper Research. Really good hints here from www. Covers both Confederate and Union men and women. Border Crossings: the Literature. This is not necessarily genealogy related, but for those of you always on the hunt for some good books have a peek.
Just look around, click away, and learn. I've written about this in the past, but just came across this site which explains it all Lots of very clever methods here. Too many to try all at once, but I encourage you to pick a couple and try. Best of luck!! Pretty amazing all the help there is out there, FREE!!
I spent a day at Pier 21 in Halifax. It is an amazing building of stories and history - OUR history. This sounds like an experience we should all be able to take. Soooo sad this is only available in Halifax. So Ancestry has an offering - of course they only have one test. I'm guessing the other big players will announce tomorrow. Ancestry's is good until April 30th. I'm seriously considering ONLY because they are the biggest player at this time.
I still encourage everyone to do some research before your expectations are toooo high! I was questioned by someone today who believed they would receive an emailed list of all those people they matched. Yeah, right. On this day, April 24 , this was the ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada. We owe a debt of gratitude to those 5 ladies who did not give up. I've written about this amazing place before where I was lucky enough to visit on our eastern trip Fall Thank You Brandon Manitoba - 40th Anniversary.
A VERY successful celebration of their branches birthday - 40 of them! I was very pleased to have been invited to participate by giving some presentations. I also attended a most interesting session at the airport celebrating their early days, accompanied by delicious cake. I missed out on the banquet Saturday evening, but the same ladies catered it as the lunch and I gotta tell ya it was the BEST lunch I've had in decades!!! And always a pleasure to work with my old friend Dave Obee.
So it was a really fun event - even though I practically froze. The room was slightly chillier than I was dressed for.
So the foot attire is NOT the beginning of a new fashion trend!! Guess we know how THAT turned out??!! Lol Cheers, Pat. Posted by Pat Ryan - genealogist forever at PM 1 comment:. Sunday, April 15, Cloud Backup.
Instead of relying on old style backups - like that external hard drive sitting right beside your and my computer - save all your goodies to 'the cloud'. Lisa's style is always friendly, informative, with an easy to follow video. DNA webinar. So yet another webinar about DNA, but this one is by Dr. Glesson - who has the most interesting credentials!! I'm going to really try to join in on this one.
Eastern time. Gleeson will focus on a Y-DNA Project and how it can be a very useful addition to a one-name study or surname research. His "substantial handout" will only be available to Guild members and those who attend the webinar live. He was born in Dublin where he trained as a medical doctor. He is currently a psychiatrist, a pharmaceutical physician, and a part-time actor, as well as a genetic genealogist.
As with previous webinars, non-members will likely be able to watch the recording for a month. After that, it will be available to Guild members only. Figures, right? LOL Cheers, Pat. Canadian WW1 Personnel Files. Awesome job LAC!! Included are death records, death certificate indexes, death notices and registers, obituaries, wills and probate records, and cemetery burials.
You can also find information here about searching the Social Security Death Index online. Manitoba Seminar Apr 21, Dave Obee and I will be speaking at this seminar in Brandon Manitoba. Should be FUN!!!! Sure hope they can find food]. This is to assist those looking for someone living in Canada during WW2. As always it's not guaranteed you'll be successful, but it's another chance.
I don't remember for sure, but I think they didn't find the one lady I was searching for. Anyway, good luck! Wednesday, March 21, Guide to Polish Research - updated. Monday, March 19, Linkpendium. A list of links!! Like 10,, links, broken down by locality, surnames, and others. I found a new will from Michigan so I'm pretty stoked. Happy clicking folks!! So the 3rd largest cemetery in North America! There is a new search app that sounds quite awesome. It's user friendly!! Just read, scroll, click.
You'll even find this header: NotAtRootsTech ? Click on it and enjoy! I can't link live today as there is some technical glitch preventing it. And there are some unusual topics! Well folks, I found this article that makes some wonderful points and shares some interesting background information. So here's what's been happening: Had a lot of company for close to 3 weeks. Love them all, but that's the end.
Now for more first world problems: My Samsung 6 Edge Plus cell phone began to do silly things. Uh oh. I was supposed to get a new one before leaving Canada, but I didn't want a bunch of new stuff to learn while on holiday and far from personal assistance. So maybe my Edge needs a new battery? Turns out the battery is not removable Oh yeah, and it won't charge!
At all!! As I'm still in Mexico for another six weeks I turned to our old Samsung 2 Note that we use as a Mexican cell phone which is always 'live' to the Internet while here. My husband uses it. I'm about to lose my mind as it's sooooooooo slow and clunky, BUT at least my laptop is fine crossing all my personal digits NOW, for luck. Ohhhh and I've got gel nails on that are more like claws - they look cool, but I can't type or text easily with them.
Vanity, thy name is wumin? Can't fix my phone, either phone actually, but nails come off next week. Hope to rejoin the genealogy world at that time. These are my problems, challenges, and bad luck. Thanks for sharing Pat? Lol Hope your days are less complicated!! Full explanation included should you care to listen otherwise here ya go to the FREE City of Victoria BC city government, community records, and digital photographs. Saturday, February 3, FamilySearch Highlights.
Colorado's Germans from Russia. If you are you will notice that it no longer works on familysearch. Hahaha Cheers, Pat. Forgotten History Around Ireland. Pier I visited Pier 21 and it's an amazing place, BUT do plan carefully before visiting. A Personal Genealogy Connection in Mexico?
Over those years we have shared a lot - not just old often frustrating genealogy, but day to day lives.
We have seen each other through divorce, deaths, births, jobs, good times and all the rest. But we never met! Until Huatulco Mexico a few days ago. Yes, it took some planning, but it all worked out and we're both so happy we made it work. It was like visiting with an old friend for three days.
We even went together on a moonlight float down a river, through mountains, over rapids, getting soaked, until the river met the Pacific Ocean What would Johnston and Martha and all their descendants think of this? So we CAN make genealogy and long dead ancestors come alive.
I am so lucky! But it also requires taking chances, planning, and then just doing it!! Just do it folks - you'll never be any younger or any healthier or probably any richer than you are right now. Massive Database for Enslaved. This is really cool - this amatuer genealogist has followed several of Trump's Immigration advisers own immigrant histories.
And guess what she found???? Hints - Online Photographs. This is a good post about non-copyright issues dealing with online photographs. What's New: FamilySearch Places. Although the development of this tool is ongoing, some great features are already available, so you can start using it now.
Tuesday, January 23, Burned Irish Records. So on several FB and Twitter feeds I follow there has been a big flurry of folks talking about alllll those burned Irish records - hmmmmm They need to be educated, gently. Look around. Press some new buttons. Thanks again to John Grenham, our Irish expert. Great FREE ideas!! Who's gonna do it? What an amazing site this is!!
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