Ancestor Detective

Ancestor Detective 2022 Christmas Special....

Every family has that person who has everything and all they traditionally get are jocks and socks, well maybe not, maybe just chocolate peanuts! I digress, if you have one of these people in your family or you have a parent, sibling, grandparent or other who is interested to learn who their ancestors are and where they may have come from…..then Ancestor Detective’s, “Names to a Page” is the…

Following on from Ancestry.com release of their new DNA feature "Ethnicity Inheritance", Ancestor Detective explores what this new feature means for her journey through her DNA.

As millions of people around the world get their DNA tested for a range of reasons, the Ancestry.com database is increasing expeditiously. With a rapidly growing database, Ancestry.com is able to add more regions around the world based on the origins of those who have been tested. Further, with a growing database new DNA ethnicity updates roll out and more recently, yesterday (14 April 2022),…

Learn more here https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Ethnicity-Inheritance?language=en_US

Lessons of a Genealogist – Fresh eyes….

Like most people starting out building their family tree, my initial reaction to seeing other people’s trees with my ancestors attached was to go on a clicking frenzy and add them all. As a novice you just take what you see that other people have done and assume it to be correct and add away! Yeah no, not a good idea!!!! This week, after reading Nathan Dylan Goodwin‘s newsletter that featured…

Q & A with Ancestor Detective

Nen Ny, one of our followers, asked Ancestor Detective a question during the week … Where is William George Clarke’s birth certificate? This is what Nen could tell me…… Nen outlined that despite her searches she has been unable to locate her husband’s great grandfather’s birth certificate. She explained that despite being able to trace the great grandmother’s life Caroline May Penney and…

1921 U.K Census is here!

As I said in my post over the weekend (found here), the much anticipated 1921 U.K Census for England and Wales has finally arrived and available on Find My Past. Let’s face it we have been waiting 100 years for this day! And unfortunately it will be many more years before the release of the next one, with no census being done during WW2. Here are a few things you need to know if you haven’t read…

Welcome to 2022!!! The time when we all get really ambitious and set goals, and if your like me, largely don’t achieve any of them. However, it is a new year and unlike 2021 when this didn’t happen, I am going to do some planning! I have excuses, lets face it we all do, if it wasn’t my job or other life stuff or that I was just distracted it didn’t happen, neither did writing posts for all my…

What can the census tell you about your Ancestors? Part 1 – The Census, What’s the Big Deal?

The genealogy world has been abuzz with excitement since Find My Past announced the release of the 1921 U.K Census on the 6 January 2022! Like new years eve there is a count down clock, counting down the days until the 1921 census release. Literally there is a count down clock brought to you by Find My Past and it is counting down by days, hours, minutes and seconds! You can watch the count down…

Reflections of a Genealogist

Any Australian genealogist or those with family in Australia wish their hunt for ancestors leads to having a convict in the family! Having worked on my own family tree for some time and worked on others for family and friends I was always on the search for a convict in my past. Unfortunately for me, so far, a convict ancestor has not come to the fore. It appears my ancestors were all goodie two…