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webwiz posted a new thread.
Sending amendments to GRO
I have sent 20 amendments to GRO. 13 have been acted on, 2 are waiting, but on 5 no action was taken as "not necessary". All of them are...
Forum: More British Isles Resources
Sep 29, 2020 at 9:51 PM -
canadianbeth replied to the thread Another Ancestry Problem.
No
Sep 29, 2020 at 5:29 PM -
peter replied to the thread DNA Ethnicity Nonsense.
It's television.
Sep 29, 2020 at 11:29 AM -
peter replied to the thread Another Ancestry Problem.
Are you using a VPN?
Sep 29, 2020 at 11:27 AM -
DavidF replied to the thread DNA Ethnicity Nonsense.
I watch a number of 'Family History' TV shows - such as WDYTYA. They often bring on an Ancestry expert who only talks about the ethnicity...
Sep 29, 2020 at 6:12 AM -
canadianbeth posted a new thread.
Another Ancestry Problem
Last night and again today I have this message. For different people and different searches - 1881 census, 1939 register, etc. What...
Forum: Ancestry problems
Sep 29, 2020 at 12:59 AM -
peter replied to the thread You never know what you might find in a parish register.
That's the way it worked - in the early 18th century there were no official instructions to clergy, other than to: "...record in the said...
Sep 28, 2020 at 10:02 PM -
Helen7 replied to the thread Ancestry longest segment "anomaly".
The new way of displaying this information explains things much better, including why the longest segment (pre-Timber) can be longer than...
Sep 28, 2020 at 8:28 PM -
Helen7 replied to the thread You never know what you might find in a parish register.
My particular favourite burial register entry was one I came across years ago on a visit to Bedford Record Office, while looking for my...
Sep 28, 2020 at 8:11 PM -
Helen7 replied to the thread Ancestry DNA Matches.
I manage two tests, mine and my husband's and our numbers are as follows: Me: <4C = 3 4C = 269 Distant = 18,339 Total = 18,611 'Common...
Sep 28, 2020 at 5:16 PM -
jorghes replied to the thread Ancestry DNA Matches.
My paternal grandmother's results are an anomaly even within all the sets that I manage! I'm almost scared every time I look at her totals.
Sep 28, 2020 at 11:11 AM -
Bryman replied to the thread Ancestry DNA Matches.
Rather less than above so I will add a little extra information to make up. <4C = 6 4C = 207 Dist = 13,659 Total = 13,872 Most Recent...
Sep 28, 2020 at 10:39 AM -
peter replied to the thread You never know what you might find in a parish register.
People who were murdered were just as entitled to be buried in the parish churchyard as anyone else. After 1813 (when pre-printed registers...
Sep 28, 2020 at 10:36 AM -
jorghes replied to the thread Ancestry longest segment "anomaly".
For all the ones I checked it popped up once you clicked the shared DNA link, at the bottom of each list of facts - "Shared DNA x cM across...
Sep 28, 2020 at 8:50 AM -
jorghes replied to the thread Ancestry DNA Matches.
Given that I don't generally do much with my own results, here are those from my three main DNA sets - those of my father, paternal...
Sep 28, 2020 at 8:45 AM
