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Ethnicity Estimates
When some of us started researching our family history we were advised to start with ourselves, then confirm our links to our parents, grandparents and so on up our family tree. Based on our family stories, photographs and the written records we had we developed our research plan, one that was often focused on looking…
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Charles Salter was my main focus in 2016
This post uses the Geneameme 2016 list as a border around which to reflect on my 2016 that was. In doing so my paddock is fenced by just a few of the suggested Geneameme 2016 talking points. Ruth feels at home when she turns west onto the Hamilton Highway. I also feel the same tension disappear when…
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The X Chromosome – Planning and Indulgence
The X Chromosome inheritance patterns are complex but when the planning is right and your relatives indulge your curiousity about their DNA then the resulting X DNA matches seem serendipitous. My brother wisely counselled establishing a sound foundation upon which to build my genetic genealogy research. My cousin Val started me off by agreeing to…
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Genetic Genealogy (DNA) as a family history source
What triggered my interest in DNA or Genetic Genealogy and its possibility as a source for family history research? It’s time, after two years of exploring DNA tests, to reflect upon why I started and where I have ended up. Curiousity was the first reason I started looking at DNA. Knowledge of DNA has come a…
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Stony barriers
This blog is the final of four blogs written for National Family History Month 2016 and describes volcanic stony barriers that are a little more than they seem. A land of sweeping plains? Thousands of years ago my favourite place may have been part of a verdant plain. Thousands of years ago before the volcanoes were active.…
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DNA – More than just matches
Next time you log in to your FamilyTreeDNA test check your Family Finder matches. There are now four tabs under the Family Finder – Matches screen. Just as I haven’t stopped purchasing birth, marriage and death certificates I am sure that I am far from finished purchasing DNA kits. Particularly when I am excited about…
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Gunner Holmes Part 1
On 15 August 1914 the 1st Division was initially formed as the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). In the August offensive a year later the 1st Division’s role was to hold the front line and conduct a diversion at Lone Pine. A further year on in August 1916 Gunner Holmes, recovered from injuries incurred at Lone…