Every Dillman family in America arrived by water. From the Virtuous Grace in 1737 to the Lusitania in 1908, this article examines the ships and ports through which Dillman families crossed the Atlantic — Philadelphia, New Orleans, New York, and Halifax.
MyHeritage Family Tree Builder is a free desktop genealogy application that has been available since 2004 — one of the longest-running continuously developed genealogy programs…
If you have spent any time looking at your DNA match list, you have seen the centimorgan (cM) figure alongside each match — a number that tells you how much DNA you share…
Ask a room full of genealogists who owns their family tree, and you will get a range of confident answers — most of them incomplete. The question touches copyright law…
Faith was not merely a comfort to German immigrants — for many Dillman families it was the reason they left, the network that received them, and the community that determined where they settled. This article examines the religious connections documented across the first 94 family groups.
Few products have shaped the landscape of consumer genealogy as profoundly as Family Tree Maker. For nearly four decades it has been the best-known desktop genealogy…
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is the most comprehensive form of genetic analysis available to consumers — a test that reads virtually every position in your DNA…
There has never been a better time to be a genealogical researcher. That statement has been true for most of the past two decades, and it remains true in 2026…
Not every immigrant who crossed the Atlantic intended to stay. Some went back within months. Some spent decades in America before returning. Some were born in the New World and chose the Old. This article examines the Dillman families who went the other way.
GEDmatch occupies a unique and somewhat complicated position in the genetic genealogy landscape. It is the only major platform where DNA results from multiple testing companies…
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