Hey there! Here’s some news about what’s been going on at RootsFinder lately that you might like to know about: New DNA import methods We’ve been working hard on a new method of importing your DNA data. In addition to importing your results from GEDmatch, you can now import your autosomal DNA information from Ancestry,…
Month: September 2018
How I Solved It: The Micro-Biography of an Obituary
Jacqi Stevens, author of A Family Tapestry, finds abandoned old photographs and follows their story, hoping to reconnect the photos with their lost families. Here, Jacqi shares a few tricks and sources she uses for finding stories in digital obituaries and historical newspapers as part of RootsFinder’s “How I Solved It” guest blog series. _________________…
How I Solved It: Old electrical tower leads the way to family graves
Vera Miller from Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family had given up hope on finding her great-grandparents’ graves due to the extreme difficulties in geography and bureaucracy in the former Soviet Empire. But a tiny clue from a treasured family photograph made all the difference for her. Here’s her story in today’s “How I Solved It”…
How I Solved It: Can DNA Help You Strike Genealogy Gold?
Entering the world of genetic genealogy can be overwhelming for many people and it can be difficult to collaborate with others across all the various tools. In today’s “How I Solved It” guest blog post, Patricia Greber (My Genealogy Life) shows us how she uses DNA tools at Ancestry to help her chase genealogy gold by…
How I Solved It: George Pillcher Hill: The Disappearing Husband
Suzi Brent, blog author of Family Tree Mystery, has shared this blog as part of our ongoing “How I Solved It Series”. Suzi tells the story of how the spouse of a third great aunt has a very common name. Up until recently, no information could be found because of that. Newspaper searching provided the key…
How I Solved It: Brick Walls Post #2 – Robert L. Bowden 1863-1906
Why would you check Ancestry’s [fairly] new Pennsylvania death records when you have no record of your ancestor ever living there? Today’s “How I Solved It” guest blogger Diane Gould Hall (Michigan Family Trails) checked them anyway and there he was…her brick wall ancestor! Because you just never know where you’ll find the record you need,…
DNA tools to stay free through the end of October!
I have an idea for an exciting DNA tool that I anticipated would be ready by now, but it isn’t. And we’re still working through bugs on Ancestry, MyHeritage, 23andMe, and FTDNA imports. And you can’t (yet) search your chromosome matches or assign them to paternal vs maternal. Until these features are implemented, DNA tools…
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