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Discover how a book, scant clues, crowd sourced research, DNA, and limited online records came together to make ancestral ties to the Trail of Tears, US Civil War, a hanging judge, an outlaw, and of slavery in the Cherokee Nation. Don’t forget the handout attached below. PLEASE NOTE: This webinar is available for patrons of […]

Do more than show up with a recorder or note pad. Get the most out of interviews by learning how to ask the right questions, what to do with difficult interview subjects, and more.  Members at the C.R.E.W. Stan tier get a complimentary copy of The Family History Interview Primer as part of your membership.

This September, an entity registered with the Oklahoma Secretary of State as the Board of African American Genealogy (BOAAG) announced its formation via the world wide web. This entity has accumulated roughly 11,000 followers on Facebook, published a website, and run advertising campaigns on social media all in order to raise public awareness about their existence.

November 8, 2021: As of today, all 64 Louisiana Parishes are on the Louisiana Clerks Remote Access Authority.  Y’all. Y’all. Like, y’all. I don’t know how I didn’t know about this. LOL!!! ESPECIALLY in light of the upcoming webinar for tonight, Reverse Genealogy, DNA, and Tracing the Living. But alas, we are here and I

Today I cried on live. I never do that. I hate that! 🤣 But you would have done it too if your cousin sent you documents that are more than 100 years old, and they made it despite our postal service being in shambles. My grandmother was orphaned by age 16. Two years later, she

Happy Friday you all! With the coming of the weekend is news that the shift in the removal date for matches that are 8cM and under at AncestryDNA.  “We’ve heard requests for more time from those wishing to save their existing small segment matches.  We’ve extended the timeline to save your matches to late August.” This means

This time, it’s MyHeritage. “On the fake website, myheritaQe.com, the perpetrators set up a phishing login form to receive login information intended for MyHeritage and harvest the password. The website was made to look like part of the real MyHeritage.com homepage, with all the functionality not working except the fake login. It tries to impersonate

Hi all. I’m going to carve out some time during today’s small group meetings to address this, but I just wanted to make everyone knows about it just in case they don’t attend.  Several GEDMatch users have reported on social media that GEDMatch was hacked this morning, July 19. Users discovered kits they manage that

Thanks to those of you who were able to join today’s small group session. We went over changes on 23andMe and AncestryDNA, the data breach at GEDMatch, going through the Freedmen’s Bureau, and we reviewed documents submitted by members of the C.R.E.W. Our next small group will be held on Sunday, August 16, 2020 at

They don’t let the Genetic Detective be cross examined during the trial phase of cases. In fact, the prosecution cuts a deal with the defense to ensure this doesn’t happen. If the findings are iron clad, why is this? I know the answer. You should too. ‬ Also, the service they use to determine the