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Tag: Ancestry

National Society Descendants of American Railroad Workers

February 18, 2021 jsheliga

I saw yesterday on Facebook that a new lineage society is forming called the National Society Descendants of American Railroad…

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Posted in: Family, Lineage Societies Filed under: Ancestry, Certificate, Charles Whittaker, Charter Member, Family, Genealogy, Insignia, Lineage Societies, MyTreeTags, NSDARW, Patrick Larkin, Photo, Railroad, Train

Genealogy Charts & Forms

February 8, 2021 jsheliga

I received an e mail from a beginner genealogist asking if there were certain charts that I liked to use.…

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Posted in: General Filed under: Ancestry, Beginning Genealogy, Cyndi's List, Family Group Sheet, FamilySearch, Forms, Genealogy, Online Trees, Pedigree Chart

My Ancestry Stats

August 5, 2020 jsheliga

The CoronaVirus has provided me the opportunity to work on my genealogy a lot these past months. I think back…

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Posted in: Ancestry Filed under: Ancestry, Crista Cowan, FGS, Hints, Online Trees

My First Day with Land Platting!

August 4, 2020 jsheliga

Today in my Researching Families in Pennsylvania (RFIPA) course, we learned how to use a land compass and read metes…

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Posted in: My Educational Plan Filed under: Ancestry, Barney Whittaker, Covington, Deeds, FamilySearch, Land Platting, Land Records, Metes and Bounds, Pennsylvania, Peter Whittaker, Research Trip, Richmond, Tioga, Whittaker

Changes to AncestryDNA cM Threshold

July 20, 2020 jsheliga

Recently Ancestry announced that their DNA database has now hit 18 million test takers and that they were going to…

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Posted in: DNA Filed under: Ancestry, Centimorgans, cMs, DNA, Genetic Genealogy

31 Days to Better Genealogy – Day 16: Discover Location-Specific Collections on Ancestry and FamilySearch

May 16, 2020 jsheliga

Amy Johnson Crow has been sharing on her Generations Cafe Facebook Group a prompt each day for May. They are…

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Posted in: 31 Days to Better Genealogy Filed under: 31 Days to Better Genealogy, Ancestry, Card Catalog, Churches, Genealogy, Historical Sketch, New York, Niagara Falls, St. Peter's Church

31 Days to Better Genealogy – Day 15: Label Your Photographs

May 15, 2020 jsheliga

Amy Johnson Crow has been sharing on her Generations Cafe Facebook Group a prompt each day for May. They are…

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Posted in: 31 Days to Better Genealogy Filed under: 31 Days to Better Genealogy, Ancestry, FamilySearch, Genealogy, Photos

Week 19 of 52: Service

May 8, 2020 jsheliga

For week 19 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks the theme was “Service.” I have many people in my family…

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Posted in: 52 Ancestors, Family Filed under: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Albert Larkin, Ancestry, Birth Certificates, Buffalo, Ernest Larkin, Muster Rolls, Postcard, Twins, WWI

31 Days to Better Genealogy – Day 5: Survey the Area

May 5, 2020 jsheliga

Amy Johnson Crow has been sharing on her Generations Cafe Facebook Group a prompt each day for May. They are…

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Posted in: 31 Days to Better Genealogy Filed under: 31 Days to Better Genealogy, Amy Johnson Crow, Ancestry, Buffalo, Catalog, FamilySearch, Locality Guide, MyHeritage, Yearbooks

Irish DNA within my Genes!

March 17, 2020 jsheliga

I received an e mail from Living DNA saying “Lucky You… You Have Irish DNA!” and that you can share…

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Posted in: Ancestry, DNA, Irish Filed under: Ancestry, DNA, Living DNA, MyHeritage

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