New England Historical and Genealogical Register - Summer 2021 Issue

 I downloaded my digital copy of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Volume 175, number 3, Summer 2021. Whole Number 699) today after receiving an email from NEHGS.

Here is the Table of Contents:

The Contents include:

page 195: Editorial

page 197: The First Generations of John Mills of Braintree, Massachusetts, and His Descendants, by Helen Schatvet Ullmann

page 207: William1 Woodbury of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts, by David C. Dearborn and John Bradley Arthaud

page 223 The English Ancestry of Thomas1 Bell and His Sister Sarah (Bell) Meakins, Wife of Thomas2 Meakins of Roxbury, Massachusetts, by Clifford L. Stott

page 231: Notes on the Family of William1  Gager of Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, and Charlestown and Boston, Massachusetts, by Robert Battle

page 238: Rev. Joseph Gerrish’s Wenham, Massachusetts, Congregation: 1710 Communicants, by Nancy K. Stevens

page 241: The Second Wife of Moses Gile of Hampstead, New Hampshire: Which Mary Clark?, by Derek Doran Wood (concluded from 175:166)

page 247: The Colman and Cutler Ancestry of John1 Thorndike of Essex County, Massachusetts, with the Colman Ancestry of John1 Coggeshall, Muriel1 (Gurdon) Saltonstall, and Jemima1 (Waldegrave) Pelham, by Robert Battle (concluded from 175:192)

page 269: New England Articles in Genealogical Journals in 2019

page 283 Reviews of Books

The only article that has one of my ancestral families this quarter is the Colman and Cutler Ancestry article, which extends the English ancestry of my ancestor, John Cutler (1600-1637) whose family settled in Hingham, Massachusetts in the late 1630s.  

I have subscribed to the Register since about 1994, and have found numerous articles about my New England ancestral families over the entire 175 years of the Register.  American Ancestors has digitized, and indexed, all of the issues and they are available on the American Ancestors website for subscribers.  

I usually download the useful pages with my ancestral families and save them in my Surname and/or family folders on my computer.

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Kalle and Randy At the Grand Canyon in 2003 -- Post 686 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

  I can't help it, I can't do a wordless post! This is one of my favorite photographs:  

This photograph was taken in May 2003 with our friends from Tornio, Finland. Kalle and Aila, the parents of Mia (one of our 1994 exchange students), visited the USA and stayed with us in Chula Vista for about a week as part of their USA cross-country tour.  

We took the train from Williams to the Grand Canyon on a day trip and had a good time.  The photo is of Kalle and Randy, with their hats resting up on a bench after the exhausting time watching others try to go up and down the trail to the river.  

During the week with them, we took a car trip to visit Tami and her family in Victorville, then to Las Vegas to sightsee and enjoy the casinos, and to the Grand Canyon, and then back to Chula Vista.  

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Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 21 September 2021

Welcome to Genealogy News and Education Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news and education items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    

1)  News Articles:

*  Wow! FamilySearch Completes Digitization of Massive Microfilm Collection

*  Your Genealogy Today magazine to be merged into Internet Genealogy

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 11 to 17 September 2021

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 11 to 17 September 2021

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  FHF Really Useful Family History Show - November 12-13, 2021

4)  Genealogy Education - Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Family History Library Class Calendar - September 2021

*  MyHeritage/Family Tree Webinars Webtember - 3 to 24 September 2021

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 21 September, 5 p.m.:  Federal Records Relating to Rivers and Canals. by Pamela Boyer Sayre.

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 22 September, 5 p.m.: Cluster Research: Using Groups of People to Find Your People, by Robyn Smith

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Researching Immigrants to New England in the Great Migration, 1620-1640, by James Tanner

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Afro-LatinX in the Old West, by Janice Lovelace

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Genealogy on the Go with the MyHeritage Mobile App, by Daniel Horowitz

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 167: FamilyTreeDNA Family Matching and Bucketing

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 146: Using Twitter for a Photo Reunion

*  The Genealogy Guys Podcast:  Episode #395

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):

*  BYU Family History Library:  Exploring the Basics of MyHeritage - James Tanner (15 September 2021)

*  Family History Fanatics:  Genealogy Basics: Understanding Genealogy Sources

*  Family History Fanatics:  FamilySearch.org : How to Add Fun Facts to the Family Tree

*  FamilySearch:  Brilliant Ways to Use Pinterest for Family History

*  FamilySearch:  3 Easy Ways to Document Your Ancestor's Life at FamilySearch

*  FamilySearch:  Prune and Graft Branches on Your Family Tree By Using Source Analysis, Part 1;  Part 2;  and Part 3.

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree Livecast (18 September 2021) - Weekly recap + WikiTree Challenge update

7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 17 September 2021?

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Wow! FamilySearch Completes Digitization of Massive Microfilm Collection

 I received this today from FamilySearch:

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FamilySearch Completes Digitization of Massive Microfilm Collection

Effort makes billions of global genealogy records freely available online

      

 

SALT LAKE CITY, UT—It is a milestone 83 years in the making. Today FamilySearch International announced the completion of a massive project to digitize its collection of millions of rolls of microfilm containing billions of family history records from around the world. The archive containing information on more than 11.5 billion individuals is now freely available to the public on FamilySearch.org.

"We hope that all those who contributed to this milestone in the last 80 years feel a sense of humble accomplishment today," said Steve Rockwood, the CEO of FamilySearch International. “And we hope the millions of individuals who will discover, gather, and connect generation upon generation of their family members for years to come because of these efforts will have a deep sense of gratitude for the many unheralded contributors who made those discoveries possible."

“It's a game-changer for everybody in the world. So, instead of having to come to the library, people can start accessing these records from home,” said Becky Adamson, a research specialist at the FamilySearch Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Over 200 countries and principalities and more than 100 languages are represented in the digitized documents. Completion of the project makes it much easier for individuals to make more personal and family discoveries.

To explore FamilySearch’s free collections of indexed records and images, go to FamilySearch.org and search both “Records” and “Images”. The Images feature enables users to peruse digitized images from the microfilm collection and more. A free FamilySearch account will be required to access the service.

History of FamilySearch Records Preservation

FamilySearch and its predecessors have been collecting, preserving, and providing access to genealogically significant historical records for more than 100 years. Those records include birth, death, marriage, census, military service, immigration, and other types of documents.

FamilySearch began microfilming in 1938 as the Genealogical Society of Utah. It was one of the first major organizations to embrace the use of microfilm imaging. That microfilm collection eventually grew to more than 2.4 million rolls.

For many decades, duplicates of the original rolls could be ordered and viewed at one of FamilySearch’s more than 5,000 family history centers worldwide. The process of duplicating and distributing microfilm copies, and the laborious research that followed, seems excruciating by today’s instant online research standards, but at the time, it was innovative and the easiest, most economical way available to help patrons worldwide find family information without having to travel to an archive holding the original records.

FamilySearch ended its microfilm distribution to family history centers in September 2017 when it began its transition to an all-digital, free, online access approach. The microfilm collection will continue to be preserved, but the information the rolls contain can now be easily viewed and searched online.

FamilySearch continues to capture images of original records at an ever-increasing rate, howbeit in digital form, bypassing the need to transfer the information from film.

The Microfilm Digitization Timeline

Digitization of the rolls of film began more than 20 years ago when FamilySearch purchased its first microfilm scanners in 1998. The project was expected to take over 50 years to complete, but advances in technology helped shorten the timeline by nearly 30 years. The last of the microfilm scanning was completed this year. The project took a leap forward in 2006 when software and processes were developed by FamilySearch in conjunction with the Church History and the Information and Communication Services Departments of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The scanning began with about 5 employees. As the process was developed, up to 30 employees using 26 scanners were working on the process, even during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The digitization effort has been directed by the Church Historian and Recorder and executed by preservation professionals in the Church History Department. The last roll of film added to the collection was captured by FamilySearch’s in-field cameras in 2018.

FamilySearch is committed to collecting, preserving, and providing access to the world’s genealogical records to help individuals and families worldwide discover and connect with their family histories. FamilySearch will continue to increase the digitization of new records worldwide from its digital camera operations and partnerships. It will also begin digitizing 335,000 microfiches in its collections.

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Carringers in the News -- Bessie Louise Carringer Marries Charles Davis in 1915 in Greenville, Pennsylvania

    It's time for another edition of "Carringers in the News" - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Carringer (my mother's maiden surname) that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from The Record-Argus [Greenville, Penn.] newspaper dated 2 November 1915:

The transcription of this article is:  

"Carringer-Davis

At three o'clock, Tuesday afternoon, November 2, 1915, Miss Bessie Louise Carringer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Carringer, became the bride of Charles Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davis of Maysville.  The marriage ceremony took place in the bride's home, 33 Elm Street and the service was read by the pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev. Dr. Lloyd L. Swisher.  The house decorations were in yellow and white, chrysanthemums and late autumn garden flowers being used.  The bride wore a gown of white embroidered organdie and she carried chrysanthemums.  She was attended by her sister, Miss Hazel Carringer, who also wore a frock of white.  Raymond Donner of Sharon was Mr. Davis' best man.

"A wedding supper of pretty appointments was served in the dining room, which was also beautiful with yellow and white chrysanthemums.  Covers for thirty were placed.  among the out-of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davis, Harry and William Davis of Maysville; Mr. and Mrs. John Davis, Misses Elizabeth and Bertha Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Garlick of Sharon; Mrs. Lavinia Heckman, Miss Bessie Heckman of Youngstown; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baughman and Mr. and Mrs. William Baughman of Oil City.

"Mr. and Mrs. Davis left for Pittsburg and Oil City and after November 15, will be at home in 51 Wilson avenue, Sharon."

The source citation is:

"Carringer-Davis," The Record-Arhus [Greenfield, Penn.] newspaper, marriage article, Tuesday, 2 November 1915, page 3, column 5, Charles Davis and Bessie Louise Carringer marriage article;   Newspapers.com  (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 20 September 2021).

This marriage article provides the names and residences of bride and groom, and their parents names, and the out of town attendees.  

Charles H. Davis (1890-1964) was born 2 May 1890 in Sharon, Pennsylvania, and died 24 July 1964 in Sharon, the son of Joseph T. and Sarah Ann (Thain) Davis of Sharon.  Bessie Louise Carringer (1886-1943) was born 3 June 1886 in Greenville, Pennsylvania, the daughter of William M. and Louisa M. (Baughman) Carringer of Greenville.  She died 21 December 1943 in West Shenango, Pennsylvania.  Charles and Bessie Louise (Carringer) Davis married 2 November 1915 in Greenville, Pennsylvania. They had one child:

*  Sara Louise Davis (1918-2006), married John J. Meredith (1920-2003).

I am a 3rd cousin twice removed to Bessie Louise (Carringer) Davis.  Our common ancestors are my 4th great-grandparents Martin Carringer (1758-1835) and Maria Magdalena Hoax (1768-1851).

There are hundreds of Carringer "stories" in my family tree - and this was one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a marriage article contains the names of family and friends. I am glad that I can honor Bessie Louise Carringer today.  

You never know when a descendant or relative will find this blog post and learn something about their ancestors or relatives, or will provide more information about them to me.

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Disclosure: I have a complimentary subscription to Newspapers.com and have used it extensively to find articles about my ancestral and one-name families.

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Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 20 September 2021

 Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week.

1)  Hosted and led the Chula Vista Genealogical Society DNA Interest Group Meeting on Wednesday on Zoom with 18 in attendance.  We discussed AncestryDNA's ethnicity estimates, the delay in new AncestryDNA matches, the FamlyTreeDNA improvements, the Leeds Method, my Leeds Method chart for FamilyTreeDNA, and the Genetic Affairs AutoKinship charts.  In the second hour, we had a Q&A session.

2)  Attended the San Diego Genealogical Society British Isles Interest Group meeting on Saturday morning.  Colin Whitney presented information about land and property records in Scotland and Ireland.  

3)  Attended the Whittier Are Genealogical Society program meeting on Saturday afternoon.  Gena Philibert-Ortega presented "We’re Related to George Washington?: Proving Family Stories."

4)  Participated in today's Mondays With Myrt webinar.  We discussed Dave's DNA quandary, Liv's blog post on Norway child wanderers, Frank's new blog and German maps, Pat's challenge of one name, two persons?, My AncestryDNA ethnicity and Leeds Method chart, and Hillary's comments on the Frith collection on Findmypast.

5)  Transcribed  a deed record in  Amanuensis Monday -- 1807 Deed of William and Mary Peters Selling Land in Medfield, Massachusetts to Aaron Smith.

6)  Published a genealogy biography of  7th great-grandfather #620 John Maynard (1661-1731)  of Marlborough, Massachusetts.

7)  Updated my Leeds Method chart for AncestryDNA matches and made a chart for FamilyTreeDNA matches.

8)  AncestryDNA added 80 new DNA matches this past week, with no new ThruLines and  MyHeritage added 16 new DNA matches.   Reviewed the new DNA matches on  AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.  Added Notes to 0 more AncestryDNA match and 1 MyHeritageDNA match with cM values, relationships and known shared ancestors, and added no new ThruLines to RootsMagic.  

9)  There were several sessions working in the RootsMagic software program to match with and update FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for Seaver families and my ancestral families, with occasional additions to the RootsMagic profiles. I have matched 44,596 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 173).

10)  Used Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and source citations to my RootsMagic profiles.  I now have 65,811  persons in my RootsMagic file (up 196), and 142,246 source citations (up 164).   I TreeShared with my Ancestry Member Tree two times the past week updating 368 profiles, and I resolved 619 Ancestry Hints.  I've fallen behind on the Ancestry Record Hints with 158,505 to be resolved, but I work on them almost daily. 

11)  Wrote 19 Genea-Musings blog posts the past week, of which three were a press release.  The most viewed post the past week was My Updated AncestryDNA Leeds Method Chart with over 287 views.   

12)  I am still fine here at the Genea-cave, hunkered down and not going out much after Week 79 of COVID-19 isolation.  Linda is at a memory care and skilled nursing facility in Chula Vista 7 miles from home and I visit her for an hour every day.  The physical therapists came twice last week and have started more rehab exercises.  She went to the orthopedist today and he said she can try to walk now using a walker.  The Padres season continues, and the Padres are now 76-73 (2-4 the past week).  I went to the grocery store on Monday and Friday. Other than that, it was stay-at-home on the computer doing (mainly) genealogy, plus eating, sleeping, laundry, cleaning, cooking, watching TV news and sports, reading books, napping, and a little yard work.

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Chula Vista Genealogical Society Meeting on Wednesday, 22 September Features Thomas MacEntee

 CVGS Special Meeting (in a Zoom Video Conference)

 Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 12 noon PDT

"The 1950 Census -- Are You Ready?"

presented by:  Thomas McEntee

NOTE:  This meeting was originally scheduled for 30 June, but the speaker had to cancel.

Many genealogists remember the amount of excitement in April 2012 around the release of the 1940 US Census. Following the “72 Year Rule” for records at the National Archives, the results of the 1950 US Census will be made public on Friday, April 1, 2022. It’s never too early to prepare for this valuable data related to US genealogy research!

Participants will get up to speed on the history of the 1950 US Census, why the 1950 US Census form is radically different than previous forms, and how the data will be accessed. In addition we’ll cover what you can do NOW to prepare for the release of the 1950 US Census as well as volunteer projects related to indexing and finding aids. Finally, we’ll cover how you can always get the latest information related to the release of the 1950 US Census data!

Thomas MacEntee is a professional genealogist specializing in the use of technology and social media to improve genealogical research and as a means of interacting with others in the family history community. He is a blogger, educator, author, social media connector, marketer, network builder and more. Since 2009, Thomas has given over 1,000 genealogy-related presentations in person and online.

Attendance is free but only 100 seats are available so please register soon.

This program will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing platform for Meetings. A Zoom meeting invitation will be sent via email to CVGS members on 20 September.  Please note that the meeting starts at 12 noon Pacific Daylight Time.  The Zoom Meeting room will be open by 11:45 a.m. for visiting and helping attendees connect.

This invitation is available to non-members by registering at    https://chulavistagenealogysociety.wildapricot.org/event-4483245.  You will receive an email the day before the meeting with the link to JOIN.  Attendance is limited to 100 attendees.  Contact randy.seaver@gmail.com if you have problems.

NOTE:  The Chula Vista Genealogical Society offers an email membership of $10 per year for distant members (outside of San Diego County, California).  Besides the monthly General Meeting with a program on last Wednesdays, there is a monthly Research Group meeting on second Wednesdays and a DNA Interest Group meeting on the third Wednesdays, plus a monthly 10-page email newsletter chock full of program announcements, research tips and program reviews.

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1807 Deed of William and Mary Peters Selling Land in Medfield, Massachusetts to Aaron Smith

 This week's document for transcription is the 1807 land deed record for Aaron Smith, cordwainer of Medfield, buying wood land in Medfield, Massachusetts from William and Mary Peters of Medfield, for $132: 

[Norfolk County, Mass. Deeds - Volume 49, Page 270]:

The transcription of this deed is (starting at the top of the left-hand page of the image):

Know All Men By These Presents

That I William Peters of Medfield in the County of Nor-

folk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Gentleman

in consideration of One Hundred and thirty ^two^ Dollars

paid by Aaron Smith of Medfield County and Commonwealth

aforesaid Cordwainer

the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the

said Aaron Smith and to his Heirs and Assigns forever, the fol-

lowing piece or parcel of wood land in said Medfield situa-

ted on the westerly side of noon hill socalled containing four

acres and bounded northerly on land of Gregory Townsend

easterly and westerly on land of Elisha Taylor and southerly on

land of said William Peters together with all the privileg-

es to the same belonging or appertaining.

To Have and to Hold the afore-granted Premises to the said

Aaron Smith his Heirs and Assigns, to his & their

Use and Behoof forever.

And I do covenant with the said Aaron Smith

his Heirs and Assigns, That I am lawfully seized in Fee of the afore-granted

Premises; That they are free of all Incumbrances; That I have good Right to sell and convey

the same to the said Aaron Smith

And that I will warrant and defend the same Premises to the said Aaron Smith

his Heirs and Assigns forever, against the lawful Claims and Demands of all Persons.

In Witness Whereof, We the said William Peters and Mary

Peters wife to the said William in signification of her relinquishment of

her right of Dower in the above granted premises to him the said Aaron Smith

& to his Heirs & Assigns have hereunto set our Hands and Seals this thirtieth Day

of January in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and Seven.

Signed, sealed and delivered

in Presence of us,  

Obed Ellis                   }                     William Peters  {seal}

Alexander Peters        }                      Mary Peters     {seal}

Norfolk ss.  Medfield April 13 1807.  Then                    |

the above named William Peters personally ap-             |

peared and                                                                       |

acknowledged the abo Instrument to ne his free act and |    February 17'th 1815. Receiver, entered

Deed -- before me                                                           |     and examined by

            John Baxter    Justice of the Peace.                    |                             James Foord Register.

The source citation for this land record is:

"Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 5 September 2021), Norfolk County, "Deeds 1814-1816, vol. 49-50," Volume 49, Page 270 (image 280 of 591), deed of William Peters and Mary Peters to Aaron Smith, executed 30 January 1807, recorded 17 February 1815; citing original records in County Courthouses, and on FHL Microfilms.

This deed is for a 4 acre parcel of wood land in south Medfield in Norfolk County, Massachusetts with bounded on meadow land of Gregory Townsend, Elisha Taylor and William Peters.

Aaron Smith (1765-1841) was the son of Moses and Patience (Hamant) Smith of Walpole.  He married Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850) in 1795 in Medfield, and they had eight children.  Aaron and Mercy (Plimpton) Smith are my 4th great-grandparents through their son Alpheus Smith (1802-1840). 

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NOTE: Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday." John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

Read other transcriptions for my ancestors in Amanuensis Monday Posts.

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Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 12 to 18 September 2021

 Scores of genealogy and family history bloggers write thousands of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.

My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for daily blog prompts or meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.

Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:

*  What's In a Name? by Alicia Crane Williams on Vita Brevis.

*  How Can We Get the Full Story? by James Beidler on Roots and Branches.

*  We Need to Talk About Ancestry by David Annal on Lifelines Research.

*  Finding a Farmer in the 1950 US Census by Marian B. Wood on Climbing Your Family Tree.

*  Family History Discovery Analysis Made Easy With this Powerful 3 Step Process  by Prudence on The Creative Family Historian.

*  Are Genealogy Books a Good Source? by Jennifer Dondero on The Occasional Genealogist.

*  Book Review — The Magic of German Church Records: Finding the Key to Your Ancestor’s Past by Julie Cahill Tarr on Julie's Genealogy & History Hub.

*  The Archive Lady: Preserving Our Own Memories by Melissa Barker on Genealogy Bargain$.

*  The Mayflower Silver Book Project Update by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on Nutfield Genealogy.

*  Four Ways To Find Your 23andMe Relatives On Ancestry by Margaret O'Brien on Data Mining DNA.

*  Splitting Genetic Networks | Find Brick Wall Ancestors Using DNA by Diahan Southard on Your DNA Guide Blog.

*  Fall Genealogy Project Idea by Lori  Samuelson on Genealogy at Heart.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  Friday's Family History Finds by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

*  Friday Fossicking 17th Sept 2021 by Crissouili on That Moment In Time.

* This Week's Creme de la Creme - September 18, 2021  by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte,

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and  read their articles, and add the blogs to your Favorites, Feedly, another RSS feed, or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.

Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I currently am reading posts from over 900 genealogy bloggers using Feedly, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.

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Updated AncestryDNA Ethnicity Estimate (September 2021)

 Over the years, I have been tracking my autosomal DNA ethnicity estimates on each provider's site.  AncestryDNA just updated their ethnicity estimates, so I was curious if mine had changed significantly from one year ago.

1)  For reference purposes, my perceived genealogical ancestry, based on where my ancestors in each line resided in about 1500 CE (this had to be an educated guess!) are:

*  68%  British Isles
*  24%  Germany/Switzerland
*  1%  Holland/Belgium
*  1%  France
*  6%  Unknown (perhaps some are French, Dutch, Scandinavian, Belgian, English, Native American, or other places)

2)  I reported my AncestryDNA ethnicity estimate last year in I Received My New AncestryDNA Ethnicity Estimate (11 September 2020).  It was:

* 46% England and Northwestern Europe
* 19% Scotland
* 16% Germanic Europe
* 7% Sweden
* 7% Norway
* 5% Ireland

3)  My latest ethnicity estimate is:

* 65% England & Northwestern Europe
* 10% Sweden and Denmark
* 6% Germanic Europe
* 6% Ireland
* 5% Norway
* 5% Wales
* 3% Scotland

So my England and Northwestern Europe gained 19%, Scandinavia gained 1% (combining Norway, Sweden and Denmark), Ireland gained 1%, Germanic Europe lost 10%, and Scotland lost 16%, and Wales was added to the list.  Interesting, but how accurate is it?  

My DNA Communities (where the migrants migrated to) are:

This seems to totally ignore my significant German and Dutch immigration in the 1600-1750 time frame to New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, some of whom migrated to Ontario in the 1780-1800 time frame.

As we all know, these are ESTIMATES based on reference populations. My DNA hasn't changed, but the ethnicity estimates of each company changes and the ethnicity from five different companies are all different because they use different reference groups. 

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Disclosure:  I received a complimentary test kit from AncestryDNA a long time ago.  

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