Heartland Genealogy

Anyone who has been doing genealogical research will eventually run into 'same name' issues, where two people of the same name are f...

Have you tested your DNA? If so, have you been able to break through a brick wall using your DNA results? My main purpose for testing my ...

Have you heard about Ancestor DNA Projects on GedMatch? Don't feel bad if you haven't. I first heard about them last month when a me...

Do you ever feel like you've figured out a new way to cluster matches and then realize that those clusters you thought you had found inc...

Dana Leeds' recent blog post about " Who Is in a Cluster " demonstrates that although all people in a cluster share DNA with o...

My Crawford line is a brick wall! I'm fairly certain my line goes back to Virginia from Kentucky -- but I can't find any land record...

Have you had your DNA tested? If so, did DNA help you answer a question? Based on Facebook posts I've seen, it appears that DNA is helpi...

I just watched Blaine Bettinger's video, Sub-Clustering Shared Matches. As I was following the video, I was also trying to do this with ...

Did you see all of the prettily colored trees on various Genealogy Facebook groups this last week? Jonny Perl created a new tool on DNA Pain...

Have you been keeping track of your DNA statistics? I know I keep track of my DNA statistics. Prior to Roots Tech 2019, I tracked the number...

Have you ever looked at the FamilySearch tree or at personal trees on Ancestry and wondered how and why they made those family connections? ...

Do you try and connect with other genealogists to pick up tips and tricks? Living in rural America, I rely on connections over the Internet ...

This morning, I watched one of the Barefoot Genealogist''s new videos: What Are Ancestry ThruLines? Even though I was already f...

Recently, Randy Seaver posted about the number of DNA ThruLines he had for each ancestor. Curious, I decided to check out my own ThruLines ...

While trying to figure out why I can't find 4th cousin matches for descendants of Nelson G. Crawford, I ran across my first obviously in...

Do you ever participate in one of Blaine Bettinger's DNA quizzes? Or, do you ever see someone else's post about their DNA stats and ...

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings is known for his Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenges. His blog post, DNA Tests and Analysis Summary wasn...

I've seen several negative posts and comments about Ancestry's new DNA tool, ThruLines . I haven't come close to looking at all ...

Last week, My Heritage announced their new DNA tool, Theory of Family Relativity . When I first looked at the Theories for my DNA kit, I wa...

Do you have a private tree on Ancestry? If so, I would like to convince you to make it searchable -- especially if you have a DNA test attac...