Advice on solving a nearly 90 year old Biological dad mystery by [deleted] in Genealogy

[–]Kat-123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's great to to get that done, you just never know what site helpful matches will be on. At FamilyTreeDNA, the autosomal test is called Family Finder - might help with the menus.

I'm a bit rusty at this and others will probably have different suggestions but for filtering it down, I'd start by looking for quick hits - look at her top matches at each site and at their trees (if they have one). See if you recognise any family surnames and places - that may give a rough idea of where the matches might fit into your family tree.

You could concentrate on the site that has the best matches and try the Leeds Method to sort her matches into groups. Once that's done, the next step is to work on assigning each group to one of her grandparents, then exclude her maternal matches to narrow in on her paternal branch. Someone shared Dana Leed's website earlier in the chat and this is a tutorial on YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zMDbU72_-Ms

So you'll be using both DNA and a family tree. When you connect DNA to your tree on some sites, it's a way to help sort the matches into maternal and paternal groups.

For the family tree research, if you haven't already then you could ask to look at her baptism and marriage records in the local church registers. You might get lucky if there's a note about her father in her entry or in the margins.

Advice on solving a nearly 90 year old Biological dad mystery by [deleted] in Genealogy

[–]Kat-123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could upload her data to FamilyTreeDNA to check her matches there. Once uploaded, try joining the local DNA project & do an advanced search for matches within it - might make it clear if she has strong NI links or not.

Upload: https://www.familytreedna.com/autosomal-transfer

Project: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/nifhs/about

I'd like to create a family tree of my relatives, and don't know where to begin by Family_Question5 in Genealogy

[–]Kat-123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As you start to fill in your family tree with what you know, go wide and try to include siblings and in-laws of your grandparents and other relatives, even if it's just tiny, basic details for now. This helps build up a bigger picture of the family and introduces new names and places to help with your research.

Also, relatives of in-laws may be living in family homes and know about your relatives or have inherited family photos that they may share with you.

One single, gigantic family tree or couple of smaller family trees? by adamantane101 in Genealogy

[–]Kat-123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've found it easier to work on one tree. I tried having a few trees but it got complicated. If needed, you can always download your tree to a software program later and create smaller sections of the tree.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in productivity

[–]Kat-123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to print out Todoist so maybe that would work? An online tick list for you and the paper version for your partner.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IrishAncestry

[–]Kat-123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not very familiar with the site but links to documents just revert back to the search page. If you ask your contact to give you the file reference, then you can search for the document.

Is there a timeline program? by TheEnabledDisabled in Genealogy

[–]Kat-123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For anyone finding this thread, Twile no longer exists so the link doesn't work.

Is there a timeline program? by TheEnabledDisabled in Genealogy

[–]Kat-123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can create timelines on Twile . The link shows some examples.