Autosomal DNA Testing: A Deeper Dive
Once you have your autosomal DNA results and have begun working your match list, the real analytical work begins. Understanding the deeper mechanics of autosomal DNA…
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The Decline of the Family History Center
For most of the twentieth century, the Family History Center was the gateway to genealogical research. Operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…
Soldiers: Dillman Families at War
From a Pennsylvania rifleman captured at the Battle of Long Island in 1776 to a Soviet Army prisoner who survived a Nazi prison camp, Dillman families served — and sometimes chose not to serve — in five wars across two centuries.
RootsMagic 11: The Best All-Around Genealogy Software
RootsMagic 11 is the current release of one of the most respected genealogy software applications available, with a history stretching back to the earliest days of personal computer genealogy…
Autosomal DNA Testing: A Primer for Genealogists
Autosomal DNA testing is the workhorse of consumer genetic genealogy — the test most people take first, the one that generates thousands of matches…
23andMe: What Happened and What It Means
Few stories in the genealogy industry have been as dramatic, or as consequential for ordinary researchers, as the collapse and reinvention of 23andMe…
What They Did: Trades and Professions of Dillman Families
When Dillman families crossed the Atlantic, they brought their trades with them. This article examines the working lives documented across 94 family groups — from tailors and piano makers to stonemasons and toymakers…
Legacy Family Tree 10: Now Completely Free
For nearly three decades, Legacy Family Tree was a staple of serious genealogical research — a feature-rich, professionally developed desktop application that cost…
Mitochondrial DNA: Tracing Your Direct Maternal Line
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is the only type of DNA that traces a single, unbroken line of maternal ancestry — your mother’s mother’s mother’s line, extending back through time…
AI Tools in Genealogy: What’s Here and What Works
Artificial intelligence has arrived in genealogy — not as a distant future technology but as a practical, available tool that researchers are using right now…