Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Confused about choosing the best DNA tests for genealogy? Choosing a DNA Testing Company, on the website of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy, has a good guide available. Before You Buy List of [...]
Some interesting changed thinking on paternity and historical DNA in a nice article in the Science section of the New York Times today, entitled Fathered by the Mailman? It’s Mostly an Urban Legend: It wasn’t until DNA [...]
As reported by GenealogyinTime in their post, "Ancestry.com Quietly Shifts Gears," on September 2015. Ancestry appears to be changing strategies for future growth of the company as revealed in two announcements this summer. GenealogyinTime writes of these changes: [...]
Word today of new DNA results for Richard III. In 2012, scientists extracted genetic material from newly discovered skeletal remains unearthed beneath a Leicester parking lot. The results revealed a 99.999% probability that the body was that of [...]
Interesting article today in The New York Times on DNA results in Michelle Obama's family tree. This continuing research on Michelle Obama's genealogy, include DNA results that link her to distant cousins. The discovery of this [...]
Great article a few days ago in the New York Times on genetic genealogy and adoption research, "With DNA Testing, Suddenly They Are Family." It begins: Growing up, Khrys Vaughan always believed that she had [...]
Did you see this story about an unknown Titanic child victim identified through DNA? Five days after the passenger ship the Titanic sank, the crew of the rescue ship Mackay-Bennett pulled the body of a fair-haired, [...]
FTDNA is having a one-day sale in honor of DNA Day on April 15th. Offer valid from 12:00 PM CT on Thursday, April 14, until 11:59 PM CT on April 15, 2011. Use Coupon Code: [...]
Vikings, the Isle of Man, and DNA reports on a new project to trace Manx ancestry. The University of Leicester are using DNA tests to trace Manx ancestry back to the Viking era. My elderly [...]
When I was at Jamboree in June, I decided to order a Family Finder @ Family Tree DNA on my paternal uncle's DNA. He's the last male on my late father's side of the family [...]
The 2022 Virtual FEEFHS Conference helps genealogists researching Germany, Poland, Hungary, Albania, and many other East European locations. During the annual conference from 27-29 July 2022, over 60 sessions will be presented in English [...]
The USS Oklahoma Project has concluded. Of the 429 killed on this battleship when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor 80 years ago today, 394 had been buried as unknown service members. Now 346 of [...]
You can use this how are we related chart when family relationships come up at holiday dinners this season. Relationship Charts This month's issue of First Friday Genealogy newsletter offers a smörgåsbord of relationship [...]
Are you using Library Extension for genealogy research? This blog tends not to bang the drum about free or discount genealogy. But with Library Extension, you can find books for your research, save money, [...]
