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AnneTheWriter

For those #Genealogists who are interested, this video shows you how to copy your 23&Me results to #GedMatch , after you DOWNLOAD them from #23andMe .

#GedMatch has a host of great tools that allow you to continue analyzing your DNA and build your #FamilyTree with #GeneticGenealogy .

Be aware that law enforcement can also use this particular database. However, you must OPT IN to allow your data to be accessible to them. So far, they have been using it to help identify unknown "Jane/John Doe" bodies and solve #ColdCase crimes.

youtu.be/Ck9S5poH_tA?si=hN45Cq

@geneadons #Geneadons #Genealogy #dnatestingfirmintrouble #DNAtesting #DataPrivacy #DNAdata #DNAdatabases #23andMeBankruptcy

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FREE access to #NewspapersDotCom today and tomorrow ONLY (Feb.16-17, 2025), via the link below. Original Facebook post from the company's page (posted yesterday) read:

"FREE ACCESS* to the largest online newspaper archive now through Monday! Unlock 27,000+ papers from 1690 to 2025 with a simple search. The past is waiting to be discovered.

FREE ACCESS LINK: nwspprs.com/free2025

(*Free Access only available through the link in this post. Registration required. Terms apply. Ends 17 Feb 2025.)"

@geneadons #Genealogy #Geneadons #Genealogists #Newspapers #NewspaperArchives #Research #Histodons #History @histodons #Ancestry #AncestryDotCom #FamilySearch #MyHeritage

Promotional graphics created by the Newspapers-dot-com company and originally posted on Facebook. Color scheme is generally brown and images are generally faded and vague, to emulate old newspapers in the background. The main background image is from a newspaper about the sinking of the Titanic, and reads: "TITANIC SINKING Marine Disaster NOT ENOUGH BOATS ON THE TITANIC TO RESCUE ALL Heroes of Titanic" Below this are four photos of people who were on board the ship. Below that, the modern added text reads: "Real people. Real stories. Real history... Free Access [asterisk] this weekend Newspapers by ancestry" Asterisk leads to this footbote text: "[Asterisk] Free access ends 17 Feb 2025. Registration required. Terms apply."
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@develin @dangillmor

In order to find relationships and more accurately analyze ethnicity results, the old #DNA data must be kept for comparison. #Genealogists are perfectly able to delete their own test results (and those of relatives they manage) if they wish, but rarely do. Leaving the data in the database allows you to find new family matches and more refined ethnicity results as time goes on.

#Genealogy is not a finite study. It doesn't end. Their are always new discoveries to be made, and every answer creates more questions.

A Genealogist is NEVER "finished" with the DNA results.

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@maggiejk @Clarity @ghorwood

🧵 2) On Mastodon, you can follow hashtags like #Genealogy, #Genealogist, #Geneadons, #FamilyTrees and other similar hashtags. Be sure to follow and post to the group account @geneadons with any genealogy-related posts.

3) One of the biggest things you need to do when #ScanningPhotos is to RENAME YOUR FILES, so people who look at your files later will know who is in the images. Always list females by maiden names, even if they were married at the time. Include as much info in the filename as you can (date, place, etc).

Do not use commas in the filenames, as this can cause some files to blow up on some computer systems.

For names and file management, here is Part Two of my "Avoiding Common Mistakes" blog for #Genealogists.

diggingintoyourfamilytree.word

Digging into Your Family Tree · Avoiding Common Problems, Part 2: File ManagementIt’s so easy to get caught up in the excitement of research and the fascinating stories we discover, and forget about one of the most important aspects of Genealogy: file management.
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@maggiejk @Clarity @ghorwood

🧵 1) If your cousin is still alive, ask if they can share their research with you, and let them know about the photos you have. They will be thrilled to help you get started! They probably have your #FamilyTree posted on either FamilySearch-dot-org or Ancestry-dot-com, or both.

#FamilySearch is free. It’s one huge tree that is shared-- everyone can add to and edit everything, so other people can edit what you post and vice versa.

On #Ancestry, everyone has their own trees and only people who are allowed can edit them. Some trees are private, most are public to view.

NEVER trust other people's trees-- not even your cousin's. On both sites, incorrect information is posted often by other users, and too often that gets copied as if it's accurate. So just because it's on multiple trees doesn't make it true.

There are several other common mistakes that most #Genealogists make. I wrote up a quick blog to help folks avoid them.

diggingintoyourfamilytree.word

Digging into Your Family Tree · Avoiding Common Problems when ResearchingThere are a lot of things I wish someone had told me early on in my Genealogy research, which I found out the hard way. After researching my own and other people’s Genealogy for many years, I…
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AnneTheWriter

A lot of the problems I've seen #Genealogists having over the years (on social media and elsewhere) seem to come down to a few common problems. Many of the #BrickWalls we all tend to hit could be solved by addressing just one or two of these points.

Both beginning and experienced researchers can hit some of these same problems.

Here are a few #TipsAndTricks for researching more effectively and for building an error-free #FamilyTree.

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Geneadons #GenealogyProblems #FamilyTreeCharts #FamilyTrees #Genealogydons #BrickWall #GenealogyTips #Researching #Genealogist @genealogy

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Digging into Your Family Tree · Avoiding Common Problems when ResearchingThere are a lot of things I wish someone had told me early on in my Genealogy research, which I found out the hard way. After researching my own and other people’s Genealogy for many years, I…
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@genchat@lor.sh @clsturgeon @genchat@a.gup.pe
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For the other #timeline files: one is just a simple #Word / #GoogleDocs list, sorted by date.

Another is a #Trello Board with FileCards, also sorted by date. The #Trello columns are each for a different first name-- a column for all the Henrys, another for all the Williams, etc. Each of those columns is sorted by date. The last column is for misc first names.

The Trello cards can be placed in multiple columns, & updates to one can be automatic to everywhere else that information appears.

[Trello as an app that allows you to create a kind of electronic corkboard, where you can put electronic filecards. (I think some people call it a #Kanban board?) The cards hold almost as much data and text as you like, and you can attach images of documents, photos, etc to each card. You can have as many columns as you like. The example here is just a screenshot of some of them in my file.]

An example of some of my Trello "Freligh Confusions Timeline" columns. Each column is for a different first name, each is sorted by date. More columns are in the file than are shown here.
#Genealogy#FamilyHistory#Research
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@genchat@lor.sh @clsturgeon @genchat@a.gup.pe
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The footer automatically updates to reflect which date is was last printed out, so I know which printout is more up-to-date.

One mistake I made with this file for many years, was not citing where I found the information. Later, when I found conflicting or confusing information, I had to repeat my searches to see why there was disagreement. But I could not always locate & verify some information again. I highly recommend including even basic citations in any timeline you create, for later verification.

#Genealogy#FamilyHistory#Research
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@genchat@lor.sh @clsturgeon @genchat@a.gup.pe
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I've used a few #timeline formats, myself. Each has its advantages.

One of my longest-maintained timeline files is for my #surname #Freligh. I have a #BrickWall in that line.

There are a LOT more folks named John/Johann, George/Jürgens, Henry/Heinrich, and William/Wilhelm Freligh than you would expect, between 1750-1880 in the USA, and many of them hung out in the NY state area.

I know most (if not all) are connected. But to make sense of what data is for which John/George/Henry/William etc., I maintain a timeline of all my discoveries.

Some match my people, many don't. But they keep me from repeating the same investigations & help sort everything out. One example page is below.

It has two columns. The right column is for historical events, which might have impacted my ancestors' lives. The left column is a listing of various discoveries for people named Freligh, during that year.

A two-column chart with tiny, hard-to-read text (my apologies). The right column is for historical events, which might have impacted my ancestors' lives. The left column is a listing of various discoveries for people named Freligh. The footer automatically updates to reflect which date is was last printed out, so I know which printout is more up-to-date. One mistake I made with this file for many years, was not citing where I found the information. Later, when I found conflicting or confusing information, I had to repeat my searches to see why there was disagreement. But some info I could not locate & verify again. I highly recommend including even basic citations in any timeline you create, for later verification.
#Genealogy#FamilyHistory#Research
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#Genealogist:
When I get to heaven, I want to see their copy of the #1890Census. Then, I want to meet my #BrickWall Gr-Gr-Great Grandmother & ask her what her goshdarn name is.


(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Comedy #Jokestodon #Genealogy #Geneadons #Genealogists #FamilyTree #FamilyHistory #FamilyHistoryResearch #1890 #Census

Vintage photo of two young girls. One is whispering I to the ear of the other, who looks shocked to hear it. The whispering one is saying, "She's a Genealogist." And the shocked girl says, "Oohh! I thought she was just weird."
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Today is #HolocaustRemembranceDay, #YomHaShoah.✡️

Like so many others alive today, the memory of this family's connection to the #Holocaust had been lost, until they charted out their #Genealogy. This video gives a mind-jarring demonstration of how many branches of so many #FamilyTrees were never allowed to bloom & grow, and a vivid reminder of why we must #NeverForget.

The #AntiSemitism which fueled the gas chambers did not suddenly begin in the 1930s. It had been kindling a flame of hate long before, and was merely practicing for #Auschwitz & #Buchenwald, when the brutality of the #Pogroms began in the 1800s.

#Genealogy is important because it does not merely give us names; it connects us to #history and imbues & instills within us the importance of fighting the hatred of the past, whenever it raises its ugly head in our present.

#Geneadon #Geneadons #JewishGenealogy #FightHate #FightHateSpeech #Genealogists #UsefulCharts #FamilyTree #WorldWarII #WWII

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YouTubeThe Holocaust in My Wife's Family TreeBy UsefulCharts
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The #blast at the #Palmer #ChocolateFactory in Pennsylvania (where 7 people died, 1 of the buildings was destroyed, and gas is a poss cause) reminded me of an article I had written awhile ago.

There was an #explosion at an #Armour meat factory building in #StJoseph MO in 1930. There were quite a few similarities to the modern factory disaster: Like the modern explosion, gas was suspected, an entire building was leveled, & the explosion happened around the time workers were done for the day.

The 1930 blast sent the roof of the six-story building between 50-100 feet in the air, killing 19 and injuring many. Four of the victims were young girls.

In my article, I embedded a link to a collection of newspaper articles abt the disaster. I also included a list of the victims and others whose names were in the articles. For these, I cross-referenced links to their #FamilySearch profiles, for any #Genealogists researching the event.

#Genealogy #History #Historians

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Digging into Your Family TreeTragedy in St. Joe: The Armour Factory Explosion of 1930By annethewriter33
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A GENEALOGIST'S TOP 10 PROBLEMS

1. A German census taker talking to an Italian family about an Irish neighbor who wasn't home.

2. Forgets to eat for two days when a new archive goes live.

3. Census takers who were taught to write by chickens.

4. 1890.

5. Is that a 'T' or an 'F"? ... It's an F. It needs to be a 'T' or the research is wrong.

6. Spent three weeks researching the wrong Wilhemena Kopfelpultz.

7. Accidentally told Grandma she's adopted.

8. Actual tick mark or accident? Choose wisely.

9. Non-hoarding distant relatives.

10. Have to plan vacations around cemetery hours.

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #TopTenList #Jokestodon #Genealogy #FamilyTree #Census #1890 #1890Census #Ancestry #TopTenLists #Genealogist #Genealogists #Genealogie #Genealogydons #FamilyHistory

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Everyone has those old #FamilyPhotos of people we know are related somehow, but don’t know exactly who they’re supposed to be. #Genealogists have often found themselves questioning relatives in vain for hours, trying to get any kind of a name to put to the mystery subjects of old & faded #photos, to get any idea of when or where the photos were taken.

It can be incredibly frustrating!
But there is an easier way.

Even if you have no idea of which family line the photo comes from, you can often deduce what year the photo was taken; and by extension, who is in the photo… with just a little help from Google & the internet.

Here’s how…

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#Genealogy #Geneadons #GenealogyTips
#GenealogyResearch #Photography #VintagePhotos #VintagePhotography #DatingPhotos #BrickWalls #Ancestors #Ancestry #FamilyTree #FamilyTrees #AntiquePhotography #AntiquePhotos

Digging into Your Family Tree · Who’s in That Photo? – Identifying Ancestors and Dating Old PhotosEven if you have no idea of which family line the photo comes from, you can often deduce what year the photo was taken; and by extension, who is in the photo… with just a little help from Goo…
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