Carol Stetser
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ThruLines vs Theory of Relativity
October 9, 2020 For the last couple of weeks I’ve been devoting some time to Ancestry’s Thrulines and My Heritage’s Theory of Relativity. Essentially, both are ways to help users determine how they are related to their DNA matches using family trees that the users and their matches have posted on the two platforms. In …
Finding and Using Voting Records
October 2, 2020 We’re just over a month from the 2020 elections, and many of us are focused on what the results will be and how they will impact the country. For those of us who are finding the tension of the current election stressful, digging into our family history may be helpful in putting …
Ancestry’s Story Scout
September 25, 2020 Recently, Ancestry added a new feature called Story Scout. It is based on the family tree that an individual has posted on Ancestry as well as other family trees found on Ancestry and the idea that individuals on those trees can be connected to historical events. Once Ancestry determines that a certain …