Author Archives: mjordan

Link to Information on Sales at Family Tree DNA (June 2013)

Posted on June 13, 2013

Here is a link to a blog which summarises the latest sale prices from Family Tree DNA: CeCe Moore’s blog There is so much going on in genetic genealogy, it is difficult to keep up! There is now a new … Continue reading →

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Autosomal DNA testing – A Few Thoughts from Ireland

Posted on April 13, 2013

Several companies do autosomal DNA testing for genealogical purposes including Family Tree DNA, Ancestry.com, 23andMe and the Genographic Project Geno 2.0. ISOGG has a very useful compaprison chart put together by Tim Janzen: ISOGG Autosomal DNA Comparison Chart. I tested with … Continue reading →

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Genealogy and Genetic Genealogy Interests

Posted on March 6, 2013

I have been involved in genealogical research for many years. However, I have also been interested in genetic genealogy for over twelve years and enjoy dealing with yDNA and autosomal DNA in family history research. While I still have an … Continue reading →

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Cork City Libraries Calendar 2013

Posted on December 28, 2012

I think it was a great idea of Cork City Libraries and Cork City Council, to produce a calendar for 2013, using old black and white photographs of Cork City. The images in the calendar are from the Day Photographic … Continue reading →

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Book on Victorian Cork is launched

Posted on December 14, 2012

Local author, Roger Herlihy has written a book on Victorian Cork. See The CorkNews article at: http://thecorknews.ie/articles/new-book-sheds-light-victorian-era-cork-8601 The book looks at what life was like for people living in Cork during the Victorian period. It was recently launched by Dr … Continue reading →

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New online Genealogical Resources for Ireland

Posted on November 14, 2012

While there are some roadblocks still remaining in getting Irish archival material online, recently, a lot of records have been appearing on the web. The Irish National Archives has uploaded the Tithe Applotments, with some blatant errors but you can … Continue reading →

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Family Tree DNA moves to shorthand SNP nomenclature

Posted on September 23, 2012

Family Tree DNA posted the following message on the y-haplotree webpages of customers: Long time customers of Family Tree DNA have seen the YCC-tree of Homo Sapiens evolve over the past several years as new SNPs have been discovered. Sometimes … Continue reading →

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Cork News gives publicity to Campaign to get Cork Church records online

Posted on September 11, 2012

I would like to thank The Cork News and Maria Tracey for publishing an article, which discusses the situation regarding the lack of online records for the Deanery of Cork and the Parish of St. Mary & St. Anne (aka … Continue reading →

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Discussions ongoing with regard to Uploading Cork Catholic Church records to web

Posted on September 4, 2012

The Cork Diocesan Office (Catholic) responded (14th Aug. 2012) to a recent request to upload the digitized Catholic records for the Deanery of Cork to the free irishgenealogy.ie website. The reply from the Diocesan Office included the sentence: “For some … Continue reading →

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Family Tree DNA announces its annual Summer Sale on DNA kits and Upgrades

Posted on July 9, 2012

Here is a link to the Ireland yDNA Project news page with details of the Summer Sale on DNA kits and upgrades: Ireland yDNA News So, if you have been thinking of ordering a yDNA test or getting an upgrade … Continue reading →

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