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My DNA Thoughts 2018

Posted on February 21, 2018 by mjordan

I have been a professional genealogist for several years but over time my interests have become firmly focused on using DNA in solving family mysteries. While I am happy to do traditional genealogical research as part of genetic genealogy, I … Continue reading →

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Genetic Genealogy – my personal update

Posted on November 10, 2016 by mjordan

Having been involved in using DNA or genetic genealogy (as it is termed these days) in family history for over 16 years, I haven’t blogged very much on the topic but I hope to change that in 2017! As we … Continue reading →

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A Giant Step Forward for Irish Genealogy

Posted on July 9, 2015 by mjordan

I am so thrilled that the National Library of Ireland has seen fit to provide online, free access to the images of the microfilm of the Catholic Church records, which it has in its archives. These online church records can … Continue reading →

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Personal DNA Success Story

Posted on July 21, 2014 by mjordan

People who know me well, know that I have been searching for my father’s ancestry since 1997. It has been a long road, full of ups and downs, dead ends and eventually success. It all started after my mother died … Continue reading →

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DNA, Paper Trails and Family Story

Posted on November 4, 2013 by mjordan

In the past ten years, I have spent a lot of time dealing with DNA results relating to Family History research. I have also done a lot of traditional genealogy. I have tended to favour DNA or, as it is … Continue reading →

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Successful Genetic Genealogy Ireland Conference 2013

Posted on October 22, 2013 by mjordan

The Genetic Genealogy Ireland Conference 2013(GGI Conference 2013), held in Dublin, was very successful. Here is a link to videos of the excellent lectures, which were given by the presenters over the three days. Family Tree DNA had a stall … Continue reading →

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

Posted on June 13, 2013 by mjordan

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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Family Tree DNA moves to shorthand SNP nomenclature

Posted on September 23, 2012 by mjordan

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 by mjordan

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 by mjordan

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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