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DNA Milestones – Look at the Progress!

DNA Day is on April 25. It commemorates the day in 1953 when Watson and Crick published a model of the double-helix structure of DNA in the scientific journal, Nature. Rosalind Franklin’s X-ray diffraction images of DNA and research contributed to their discovery. We love to celebrate DNA Day, too! The innovation and advancements in direct-to-consumer DNA tests and tools give us the opportunity to bring our family history research to levels that could only […]

By Robin Wirthlin April 17, 2022 DNA, Research Tips

Family History is for Everyone Spotlight: Dr. Penny Walters – Author, Professor, and Lecturer

When is the last time you thought about “why” you are interested in researching your ancestors? Have you run into any ethical dilemmas in your genealogy? Today we’re spotlighting our friend and colleague, Dr. Penny Walters. She teaches at Bristol University and lectures widely on several family history-related topics. Penny has also authored the books: Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy (2019) and The Psychology of Searching (2020), available on Amazon in paperback or on kindle www.searchmypast.co.uk. […]

By Diana Elder April 16, 2022 Creating and Sharing Family History, Family History is for Everyone Spotlights

RLP 196: Texas Land Grants – Republic and Statehood

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about how the Republic of Texas and State of Texas issued land to the thousands of settlers that poured in after independence from Mexico in 1836. We discuss the land application process, headright grants, colony grants, Texas statehood and changes in governance, preemption grants, and military land grants. We also discuss the Texas land survey system and how to find Texas land grant records. Transcript Nicole (1s): […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer April 11, 2022 Podcast

Recreating a Y-DNA Surname Project at mitoYDNA.org

Did you participate in Y-DNA testing before the era of FamilyTree DNA and now have no access to your results? If so, let me introduce you to mitoYDNA.org, a free website where you can recreate the kits used in the project. MitoYDNA.org allows uploading or manually adding your Y-DNA or mitochondrial (mt) DNA test results from several testing companies. You can then use the mitoYDNA tools to compare kits and find matches. You’ll likely recognize […]

By Diana Elder April 10, 2022 DNA Tools, Research Tips

The Taking of Jemima Boone – Spring Book Club Selection

Telling our ancestor’s stories requires knowledge of their time. What better way to discover life on the frontier during the Revolutionary War than to read a historical narrative? Author Matthew Pearl tells the tale of a specific era in Daniel Boone’s life that was pivotal for history. The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap that Shaped America backs up the retelling of this famous story with 231 endnotes, many […]

By Diana Elder April 6, 2022 Book Club, Creating and Sharing Family History

RLP 195: Texas Land Grants – Mexican Era

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about the era of Mexican rule over Texas and the Mexican colonization policy through the empresario system. We discuss Austin’s colony and the three indexes for finding colonists – the original Register of Families, the Index to Land [Applications] compiled by George W. Glass, and the Villamae Williams translated/typed index which is available on Ancestry.com. We discuss character certificates and DeLeon’s colony as well. Transcript Nicole (1s): […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer April 4, 2022 Podcast

Part 9: Pennsylvania Germans: DNA

In our previous blog posts in this series, we have been learning all about how to research our Pennsylvania German ancestors by discovering the paper trail they have left behind. What about DNA? How useful will it be in helping us with these colonial ancestors? Even though (for most test-takers) colonial ancestors will be beyond the typical 5-6 generations that autosomal DNA is useful, using DNA with your colonial German ancestors may be a key […]

By Heidi Mathis April 1, 2022 DNA, Research Tips

Using DNA for Clues with Colonial Ancestors: Quality vs Quantity

Have you noticed that some of your family lines have many DNA matches and others very little? My dad is seven-eighths 19th-century German, one-sixteenth Pennsylvania German (18th century) and one-sixteenth colonial American/British. I’ve noticed that my dad has many matches on his Pennsylvania German side. However, there are only a few matches on my dad’s 19th-century German ancestor lines. As much as we want our match list to tell us about our ancestors, we have […]

By Heidi Mathis March 30, 2022 DNA, Research Tips

RLP 194: Texas Land Grants – Spanish Era

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about the Texas land grant system. This is the first part in a series of Texas land grant episodes based on Diana’s blog post series. We talk about the history of Texas from the Spanish period to the Mexican period and beyond. This particular episode focuses on the Spanish period and the lasting influence they had on Texas’s unique land grant system. Transcript Nicole (1s): This is […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer March 28, 2022 Podcast

X-DNA Inheritance and Recombination

X-DNA has a unique inheritance pattern, and knowing about it can sometimes help you figure out the ancestors you share with a DNA match. Men inherit a Y chromosome from their father, and an X chromosome from their mother. It is easy to imagine that an X chromosome remains unchanged just like a Y chromosome does when it is passed from father to son, but this is not the case with X-DNA. Here is a […]

By Robin Wirthlin March 27, 2022 DNA, DNA Tools, Research Like a Pro with DNA, Research Tips

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DNA Milestones – Look at the Progress!

Family History is for Everyone Spotlight: Dr. Penny Walters – Author, Professor, and Lecturer

RLP 196: Texas Land Grants – Republic and Statehood

Recreating a Y-DNA Surname Project at mitoYDNA.org

The Taking of Jemima Boone – Spring Book Club Selection

RLP 195: Texas Land Grants – Mexican Era

Part 9: Pennsylvania Germans: DNA

Using DNA for Clues with Colonial Ancestors: Quality vs Quantity

RLP 194: Texas Land Grants – Spanish Era

X-DNA Inheritance and Recombination

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