People Tracing for Genetic Genealogy
Tracing Living People In this week's video, I discuss methods for tracing DNA matches and living descendants of your ancestors. From social media, and people databases to obituaries! Featuring one very special guest, Mr Holmes, in the second part of the video. Like...
Storytime – The man with two names
The man with two names This story is about a client of mine whose ancestor was a man with two names... enjoy!
How to validate your family tree!
How to validate your family tree In today's video, I explain how to validate your family tree and family history research, and what sources are most useful for this purpose. Buy me a coffee
What is Genetic Genealogy?
What is Genetic Genealogy? This short video will explain exactly what genetic genealgoy is and the basics of how it works. Buy me a coffee
All About Genetic Networks
Today I get to talk about one of my very favourite subjects – Genetic Networks! What are Genetic Networks Simply put, a genetic network in genealogy terms is a group of matches who all share DNA with each other. They all share a common ancestor with each other,...
AncestryDNA – An overview (2021)
Welcome to a long overdue post about AncestryDNA. I first wrote a version of this article back in February 2019, and whilst that post still has useful tips, it is very outdated since AncestryDNA have introduced great new tools since then, like the Groups/Dots...
Crucial records for British genealogy research
British Genealogy Research This week I'm going to focus on the key records you need to do British genealogy research, starting with the group of records that most people are somewhat familiar with, and that is births, marriages and deaths. Births / Marriages / Deaths...
Start Your Family Tree
In this article I'm going to be talking about why you should make a family tree, and exactly how to create one using Ancestry. What exactly is a family tree? A family tree is an easy to reference chart which shows all your direct line ancestors, i.e. your parents,...
10 ways a professional genealogist can help you
I am really happy to announce that my professional genealogist consulting doors are once again open! After almost two years of concentrating on a full-time job, I am back to making genealogy my full-time business and I genuinely could not be happier about...
DNA Testing – the full lowdown
Want the lowdown on DNA testing for genealogy? Read on! This article was originally published in October 2018 and was updated on 14 July 2021. DNA – the basics Anyone who knows me will tell you that science was not my favourite subject in high school, so I am...