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Mags Gaulden Keynote Speaker, “The Power of Genetic Genealogy”

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And In My Spare Time? - Incredibly honored and pleased to announce that I will be a part of, the Genetic Genealogist for, the Canadian Casualty Identification Team for the Directorate of History and Heritage within the Department of National Defense Canada. The Team will be working to recover, identify and reunite the remains of formerly missing Canadian Service men prior … Continue reading "And In My Spare Time?"
Off to Kitchener - I am off to Kitchener in the morning and I have been looking forward to this trip for so many reasons that I thought you might like me to outline a few of them. The Kitchener Public Library Fair isn’t your regular old run of the mill Library Genealogy thing. This library system serves a … Continue reading "Off to Kitchener"
New GEDmatch X-chromosome comparison links at WikiTree - From WikiTreer-in-Chief, Chris Whitten comes this great announcement about new GEDmatch X-chromosome comparison links at WikiTree. “Hi WikiTreers, We just took another small step forward in our collaboration with GEDmatch.com. As most of you know, you can click directly to view one-to-one autosomal test comparisons on GEDmatch from WikiTree profile pages and DNA Ancestor Confirmation Aid pages. You can also do Y … Continue reading "New GEDmatch X-chromosome comparison links at WikiTree"
Blew-up someones world this weekend… - I work methodically, how on earth did I just blow up someones world? Truly, it’s the way I work, slow and methodical. Find each piece and put into place. When I say blow-up someones world I mean it in a good way. This time. Let’s take a step back and methodically go thorough this so … Continue reading "Blew-up someones world this weekend…"
Roots Tech 2018 - Roots Tech 2018 was another great event – the biggest event where WikiTree has a BIG presence! I counted 22 WikiTreers who came round for our Group photo on Friday. MANY, MANY more popped in and out of our great booth location over the entire conference and signed one of our Banners from Last year … Continue reading "Roots Tech 2018"
70k Doc – First Connection - The last Blog Post was all about the 70k Document. It’s a Descendants of John Gaulding compilation document from a DNA connected (who is not connected to my Gauldings yet) cousin who is the keeper of a lifelong Gaulding researchers research. Up to speed? If not please read the, My Dad Has a Y DNA match … Continue reading "70k Doc – First Connection"
My Dad has a Y-DNA match to two Gauldings. - My Dad has a Y-DNA match to two Gauldings. This means we can confirm our family connections back to our most common recent ancestor. The other two Y-DNA testers are from a branch of the family that haven’t been connected to the main trunk by anyone with published information. Distant Cousins and Gaulding Researchers … Continue reading "My Dad has a Y-DNA match to two Gauldings."
Would the REAL Martin Ebert Please Stand - Well in this case Martin Ebert can’t stand, either of them, at least not on their own. They need a little bit of help from genealogists. Maybe a a good sweep with a broom and then prop them up with the broom. Oh, we could go into all sorts of metaphors for this. But the … Continue reading "Would the REAL Martin Ebert Please Stand"
DNA and The Global Family Tree – Poll 1 - In June your Grandma will be presenting a 3 hour Workshop at the Ontario Genealogical Associations Conference 2018. The subject of the Workshop is DNA and the Global Family Tree. In preparation for this I’ll be posting some polls to find interesting information from you, to mix into my presentation. I’ll post polls to Grandmas … Continue reading "DNA and The Global Family Tree – Poll 1"
Tea Leonis’ Grandfather - The name is what caught my attention – “Sumpter”. Henry Louis Gates, Harvard Professor and Presenter on the PBS series, Finding Your Roots, said to Tea Leoni, “Sumpter J. Daniel is your grandfather.” My head nearly snapped off as the camera zoomed in on a map of eastern louisiana. The Pioneer Children Migrate This all … Continue reading "Tea Leonis’ Grandfather"

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