All About That Place
This is a series of online talks, organised by the SoG, BALH and Genealogy Stories, from 27th September to 6th October. They will be streamed, internationally, on Facebook and YouTube. To subscribe register at subscribepage.com/allaboutthatplace
Talks are on subjects such as Cradle to Grave, part of the story by Jackie Depelle, Georgian Philanthropic Hospitals and their Records by Else Churchill, The mystery of manor farm house by Nick Barratt and Tools & Techniques to Break Down Brick Walls by Mark Bayley. There are 14 talks per day and each day has a theme such as Military & War on 29th Sept, Tools on 4th Oct and Collections & Archives on 5th Oct.
Gwent Workhouse Records
For those of you with Gwent ancestry Ancestry has added 1million+ workhouse records from Gwent 1833-1957. These can be searched by name and you can see digitised copies of the originals. The records cover Poor Law Unions for Abergavenny, Bedwellty, Bryn Institution, Chepstow, Monmouth, Newport and Pontypool – including bmd for paupers in the workhouses, removal orders, vaccination registers etc.
DNA
John Portmann, an American, has proved he is entitled to Irish citizenship using DNA testing alone! Tinyurl.com/irish-times-portmann
MyHeritage
MH has discontinued its AI Record Finder! “We understand from the feedback received that most genealogists preferred the more traditional search format”.
23&Me
Their share value has dropped from $17.56 in Feb 2021 to $0.37 in Aug 2024! We still can’t access the match lists or see the chromosome browser with the location of shared segments. However, they are “actively looking at ways to restore the functionality offered by the tools that enable the display and comparison of matching segment data, that were put on pause last year – with additional privacy and security protection.”
Ancestry (& maybe other sites)
I have recently been told, by several of my DNA matches, that they don’t have annual subscriptions to Ancestry. They either pick and choose which months they’ll subscribe for – when they’re not too busy – or they just sign up for the winter months…this might be why we don’t get answers…!!
Jenny Towey
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