Hard on the heels of the reminder notificati0n that Ancestry.com was moving completely to the “new” Ancestry website on 15 Dec 2015, and the announcement that it was ending sales of the personal genealogical database program Family Tree Maker, the genealogical database provider put out a new list of updates and changes to the “new”
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Ancestry.com to Stop Selling Family Tree Maker
The following rather surprising, even shocking, announcement was posted by Kendall Hulet on December 8, 2015 in Australia, Canada, Family Tree Maker, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom – See more at: http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/12/08/ancestry-to-retire-family-tree-maker-software/#blogComments Ancestry is proud to have made a significant investment this year to bring valuable new content and records to the Ancestry site. In 2015,
Read on »The New Ancestry Will Replace Old Ancestry as of December 15th 2015
On 16 Nov 2015, I received an email from Ancestry.com stating that it is switching all accounts over to its “new” Ancestry.com website on 15 Dec 2015. The “old” Ancestry.com will no longer be available. The most significant advances claimed for the new website are on the person page. The person page is organized into four
Read on »My Absence from Posting on Collecting Ancestors
It has been awhile since I last posted to this blog–since July to be exact. I have been dealing with some family health issues. I can’t say they have been resolved, but I am better organized to handle them. As a result, I am going to begin again to post more regularly on this blog.
Read on »Evert Huskonen – Laborer, Farm Operator, Farm Owner, Retired Farmer
When my grandfather, Evert Huuskonen, emigrated from Finland in 1902, he left his occupation as a farmer. In America, he worked as a laborer in a railroad car shop, as reported in the 1910 census. The 1908 and 1912 Ashtabula City Directories listed Evert and Ida as living at 11 Bell St. in Ashtabula, presumably
Read on »Grandpa Evert Huuskonen’s Journey to America
On Oct 6, 2011, I posted an article about how my grandmother and her four children traveled from Finland to America. It involved some records research, some detective work with maps, and some speculation about details. I also wrote an article about the details of my grandfather’s journey to America but hadn’t posted it until
Read on »Evert and Ida Huuskonen from Vesanto and Rautalampi, Finland
For years, we wondered about why Grandpa Evert Huuskonen moved from Rautalampi to Vesanto in Finland. The two towns are about 45 km apart. After learning the history of Rautalampi Parish and its daughter parish, Vesanto, we concluded that the Huuskonens did not move at all, but that Evert Huuskonen and his wife Ida simply
Read on »Baby Names–Traditional Names Continue Popularity in 2014
Laura Johnston, Northeast Ohio Media Group, writes about given names selected for babies born during 2014 in Ohio and elsewhere in an article Top baby names in Ohio in 2014 appearing on the website Cleveland.com (It also appeared in the 15 May 2015 Plain Dealer, but you have to have a subscription for access). She wrote: “Liam
Read on »AncestryDNA Has Begun Processing Our Tests
Just checked with my account on AncestryDNA.com and learned that the DNA tests submitted a couple weeks ago for my wife and myself were turned over to the lab for processing today, 14 May 2015. AncestryDNA states: Please allow 6-8 weeks for processing. You will receive an email when your results are ready. Watch this space
Read on »Our Testing with AncestryDNA is Underway
On 27 Apr 2015, I took advantage of a special offer from AncestryDNA for autosomal DNA testing at $79, a reduction from the regular price of $99. AncestryDNA was offering the special price in conjunction with its celebration of DNA Day on April 25. What is National DNA Day? Here is how Wikipedia.org describes it.
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