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Hello all, MyHeritage DNA is offering free access to premium-priced advanced tools if you upload new raw DNA data between now and 9 March 2025: https://throughthetreesblog.tumblr.com/post/776924092349677568/upload-your-dna-data-to-myheritage-for-free-enjoy Enjoy a fun Sunday. Very respectfully, Shannon-- Mr. Shannon S. Christmas http://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonchristmas/

Yes Debbie, I too have had that benefit. My opinion is to share. Just acknowledge the source. I get so frustrated with people that say, it was my photo, you had no right to take it. Or I make my tree private to stop the snatch and grabbers. Honestly people, did you take the photo? Are you so processive of a photo that you don't want others to have it? Frankly sheer selfishness. I found my partners link on My Family Tree DNA, and managed to actually find who in his tree was linked to another tree. So I made contact, we have been talking on the emails for years and have exchanged documents and shared access to our trees. What a bonus! DNA can give so much to us as well as the old ways of finding records. Sharing costs you nothing. Sharing saves others or you money, with the costs for genealogist being very high, sharing, splits those costs. Sharing provides links, missing links and then more documents. Bonus is you can download to have a hard copy too. Sharing means documents can survive, including trees.... and all your hard work is likely to last. Put it up, put it out there. Yes Debbie I agree, I think Family Search is the most likely to have longevity. It is the LDS that really work hard on family history with the aim for them being one of 'saints'. You can disagree, but having spent my late 30's next to a LDS Bishops house, his wife knew I was into Family history and helped me. She showed me her massive tree. SHe told me why they do what they do. even bought the 1988 UK Census Cds when released. It was fantastic, along with their live online search of records. It felt like the biggest transition ever in family history. Everything since then has been oh, they released the 1921 census, so matter of fact, as though, well its the norm. But we must always remember, if it were not for a lot of that early work, of volunteers, and still is, those records would never have been made possible to search online. Gosh, that was like 30 years ago, has it really been so long? I also spent many hours in the LDS search centre. They help you for free. No religious push. Do not knock who or what you don't know is all I can say for any nay sayers. Their records and transcribing efforts have been so integral to our own search quests and I am grateful. So yes Family Search is likely to survive. As our records, their records are backed up. Save your records, but share them too. Lynn Cheshire Cat in OZ

Debbie and Ken, I had a family member with a tree who died at age 46. There is no way to access her tree or her photos. We also no longer can contact her ex husband as he has moved on and does not want to have contact. Her mother, father have also passed away. She was the only one besides me interested in Genealogy. It is not the tree per se, it is the photos. We can all get historical data now, but not stories, not memories and not photos. They are lost with those that died. Debbie, yes Diane Southard has a number of videos I have been working though as with My Heritage experts n You Tube. But that is where it stops in terms of the missing photos and memories or stories. Building trees yes, agree. My own family are not interested, the oldies have passed away who were. There are those in my partners family who say, "who cares, they are dead". Wel I care, and I hope by doing what I do it will help others, if not my own family. You never know when you are going to 'kick the bucket', so maybe make provisions that your data can be passed on, passwords, account management, access to these vital resources. SHARE, the begeevus out of photos, let others have it, maybe don't be processive of prized photos or documents. It helps others, it keeps memories alive, and it spreads goodwill to others. We all want connections right? Cheers Lynn Chesire Cat in Oz

Peter Brooks Definitely not a Luddite. So, I have been doing this since a teen and I have about 6 archive boxes of things, from old postcards my grandfather collected, the earliest around 1909, postcards and birthday cards for my dad aged 3,4,5, etc he was born in 1932. I also have family Patent Papers. Family were in business, though I think many were self employed anyway. Includes a 1892 Dissolution of Partnership papers. I love the old script writing on legal documents. I have old books, Bibles dating back to 1790's. The books are not in archive boxes. But having said all this, I have photos, and documents, but what happens if you have a house fire? My nans house was bombed in UK Blitz, she lost everything. There are lots of things that can go wrong with paper docs, photos deteriorate, papers too. Theres paper mites, and silverfish, other critters. As for digital, well computers crash, I have had several do this, and back ups get corrupted. Nothing in infallible. BUT paper docs are just that, digital just that and all can be transcribed incorrectly. DNA is where we are heading, as we are who we are and where we come from, which as I know from others on the Old Rootsweb lists, went off their paper tree to find their DNA not to match the paperwork. Years and years of research undone in months. Moving forward is embracing DNA and digital, where you can still match a paper trail for those of us that like to see the actual...... Each to their own, but to put all faith in one, could be a little narrow at this time. DNA does lie right? (unless they mix it up!) Lynn Cheshire Cat in Oz.

Today is never too soon to give access. You never know when you are leaving this life. Make provisions now in someone, be it passwords, account access, sharing accounts, as I do. Cheers Lynn Cheshire Cat in Oz

Does anyone else experience problems with Ancestry's messaging system as a means of contacting DNA matches? I appreciate that not everyone wants to be contacted but around 50% of my messages receive no replies - they are marked as 'Delivered' but not 'Read'.

Hello all Unfortunately, there were a few inflammatory posts lately. I'd like to remind everyone to be considerate of all group members. Treat others the way you want to be treated. If you disagree with something in a post, respond to the subject and not the person. Snide remarks, personal attacks, criticism, and flaming are never permitted. Please keep this group friendly and helpful. Thank you. Lynne [email protected]

Hi Debbie, Thanks. I was also told a while ago that my best chance is via My Heritage. I do prefer Ancestry as more user friendly. I find My Heritage cumbersome and difficult. I will need to learn more via My Heritage. Thanks Lynn Cheshire Cat in Oz

MyHeritage has recently become a LOT more user UNFRIENDLY. Up until fairly recently you could call them and get a live person fairly quickly to help you resolve a problem. Now, presumably due to cost cutting, when you call in you no longer can get a live person. Instead you get a recording stating that the "new and improved" MyHeritage Customer Support has done away with phone support and you can either try a very worthless CHAT function or go to some website where you have to ask your question and wait for hours/days to get a worthless response which you don't receive until you are no longer working on MyHeritage. The response is an email from someone at Customer Support providing some totally worthless response and asking if there is anything else that they can help you with. This new Customer Support is TOTALLY WORTHLESS and is a COMPLETE AND UTTER JOKE and a TOTAL INSULT to MyHeritage users. Amazing how MyHeritage is proactively trying to get its users to drop MyHeritage all together. In contrast, you can still call Ancestry and get a live person almost immediately. Bruce

Hi Ken Doughty Yes it is interesting. Also common. The other story was that the Gentleman, (loosely termed) wanted to provide a home for my great grandmother and her child. Separate accomodation. My grandmother always laughed and made reference to her father being Lord K (I think that was a white lie type story to make my gran feel important). The half cousins will not test. They are my Grans - half sisters - children. My uncle has tested with My Heritage. Love Children, well possibly, but some were not. Interesting re a private agreement. But that rumor was that it was a court order amount, but I cannot find documents, someone years ago suggested they were in a building that flooded, therefore destroyed. Hope DNA testing comes your way. As a saying says, 'the past steps on the heels of the present' Lynn Cheshire Cat in Oz

Debbie, in a previous post, was advising us to be wary of matches under 10cM. I can understand why , so am I I unusual in that I have several , well documented 3rd and 4th cousins in the 6-7 range? Fiona

A short article I wrote for Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine is now available on their website: https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/dna/10-things-to-do-with-dna-test-results I hope it might be helpful. Debbie Kennett

DNA SIG MEETING Monday Feb 17 2-3:30 PM ET US ZOOM NO RSVP Hi, See info on the meeting and Zoom link below, attendance is free with registration. Zoom link at bottom of FB page https://www.facebook.com/groups/hellojewishgen/permalink/2980332298808061 Regards, Arthur 954-328-3559 genresearch13@...

From Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (https://eogn.com/page-18080/13457371): MacFamilyTree 11 Released - Family History and Genealogy for Mac 31 Jan 2025 9:59 AMAnonymous Discover and experience your personal family history, explore your origins, your ancestors, and how your family has evolved over the course of time. MacFamilyTree 11 offers you a wide range of options to capture and visualize your family history. Search the free FamilySearch archive, which contains billions of genealogical entries, and continue your research on the go, using MobileFamilyTree (available separately) for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. No matter how you want to document your findings, MacFamilyTree 11 is the perfect genealogy companion for you. Display your relationships in reports, visually appealing charts, the innovative Virtual Tree 3D view, or invite other users to contribute to your family tree in real time by using the free "CloudTree Sync&Share" feature. You, your relatives, and your ancestors deserve to be remembered! -- Lynne

Donna Rutherford has updated her blog post for beginners answering some of the basic questions for new testers: http://donnarutherford.com/faq-what-where-how-when-2025/ Debbie Kennett