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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / MH DNA uploads and advanced features free this week

« on: Sunday 02 March 25 15:26 GMT (UK) »

Go to myheritage.com, click DNA, select "Upload DNA data". Apparently you won't have to pay an unlock fee to access the tools. Offer expires 9th March.

Jane :-)

Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Old photo taken in Chipping Sodbury - info sought

« on: Wednesday 05 February 25 20:12 GMT (UK) »

This was on this evening's local news, information sought on what the occasion pictured might be. Also, can anyone identify the people or location for the other photo?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04ngdky10zo

Jane :-)

Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Death in Chile - translation please

« on: Tuesday 28 January 25 15:18 GMT (UK) »

Ancestry has a copy of the death register entry for a man they've indexed as Guillermo Tomas Whichelow y Walker, here is a link to the image:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/9812/records/20617157

It's number 1569, the bottom one on the LH page. Can someone translate it for me please?

Many thanks
Jane :-)

Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Customisable Charts integrated within FH software

« on: Tuesday 14 January 25 18:17 GMT (UK) »

I currently use a very old version of FTM (V6). After all these years I understand it pretty well and I intend to continue using it as long as I can. However I would like to generate occasional charts that show only selected individuals, and this isn't possible, so I'm hoping someone can recommend a software package that will do what I'd like. I don't want to have to re-key everything, I want something that will either read my existing FTW file or else import a GEDcom. I don't want a standalone charting package, I'm looking for something that will do everything my current software does and stand a chance of working with Windows 11 when the time comes.

What I'd currently like to be able to do is view a descendant chart showing names and dates of selected individuals and their lineages (specifically my DNA matches), similar to Ancestry Thrulines. If possible to include a user-defined tag (DNA match size) all the better. I understand from something I read about FTM2019 that

Quote from: andrewalston on Sunday 12 February 23 14:02 GMT (UK)

Removing boxes from the report just leaves gaps where they used to be; it does not make the report less wide.

which isn't what I'm after but things may have changed now.

Any suggestions?

Jane :-)

Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Photo of a castle - where is it?

« on: Monday 16 December 24 11:39 GMT (UK) »

Apologies for the quality of this scan, it's either the first or last snap on an uncut 120 reel.

It looks like the entrance to a castle, is anyone able to identify it? I know where this pic was taken it might help with dating the reel.

Jane :-)

Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / deaf from what?

« on: Sunday 24 November 24 13:26 GMT (UK) »

I'm trying to make this out, something pox. It doesn't look like small pox, any other ideas?

1871 census rg10 1223 fol 29 page 2 if anyone wants to look at the clip in context.

Jane :-)

Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Ancestry ProTools Peculiarities

« on: Friday 01 November 24 14:50 GMT (UK) »

Hammering the DNA aspects of this having taken out a month's sub.

Several of my matches have other matches in common, and ProTools tells me how much DNA they share with one another. What is weird is that the predicted relationship often varies, depending on which of the pair of shared matches I am looking at.

It's not a one-off, I've come across several, but for instance I have a match with a user I'll call SR and I am confident about where they sit in my tree. They are female. Amongst SR's shared matches is KR. He is male. SR shares 1739cM with him and he is predicted to be her nephew. But when I look at KR's shared matches, the match size between him and SR is the same (phew!), but SR is predicted to be his GRANDMOTHER or aunt.

SR also has a match with CR, 3471cM and he is predicted to be her son. Looking at CR, SR is predicted to be his mother, for which I'm thankful. KR shares 3470cM with CR. KR is predicted to be CR's son. So because the three have tested, I can deduce that CR is in the middle, SR is his mother and KR his son. If I can work this out just from the aspects of DNA that Ancestry are prepared to let me see, why do Ancestry, who surely can see so much more, muddy the waters?

Jane :-)

London and Middlesex / St Saviour Alexandra Park marriage images 1948 to 1961 on Ancestry

« on: Saturday 07 September 24 16:26 BST (UK) »

There is a bap indexed 1888 for John Jams (sic) WARRINGTON at Harmondsworth, but the image is for a 1961 marriage at St Saviour Alexandra Park. The register seems to be in reverse, with the final images on the reel being from 1948. Quite interesting since Ancestry LON marriages supposedly stop at 1938.

It will have come about because the reel has been published back to front, but the index hasn't been reversed, so the index points to where the image should be. The Harmondsworth baps will be on the same LMA microfilm reel as the Alexandra Park marriages.

My challenge now is to find the bap I'm looking for.

Jane :-)

The Common Room / FindMyPast special Easter offer 30% off

« on: Thursday 28 March 24 13:26 GMT (UK) »

Just noticed the banner at the top of the page as I had to login for the second time today:

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/subscribe?promocode=EASTER30

Till 1st April apparently.