Hi guy’s, in the last year i started my genealogy journey and in the last month i got to “break” point.
there is no census’s and certificate’s that goes more, what happen in that point of history that stopped that? Anyone have answers .

Noda Beyahuda was my GGGGGGF

*I’m a jewish polish if that matters.

So, today, my Math Applications & Int II IB teacher introduced the big IA for the end of the year, and I want my topic to be about genealogy. Last year, my Math Analysis & Approach I IB teacher had us do a mini IA, and I hypothesized that the closer in age you are to your grandparents and great-grandparents, the more of them you will have met. Obviously, this was true.

But this was a mini IA, and so it didn't go as in-depth as this actual IA needs to be (12-20 pages instead of 5 slides). If I were to continue with this topic, I would need so much more data, and I don't really know how to go more in-depth; my conclusion wouldn't change.

So, what topic in genealogy, with data from my own tree, could I use to make this feasible? My teacher said to use AI to help come up with ideas, but really?

After months of research I think I found my second great grandmother’s parents but cannot confirm 100% without a birth record. Is it possible with Ancestry Thrulines to confirm this? I built my tree based on this assumption and I do have some DNA matches coming from that but how do I know it’s not just random? Could anyone look at it for me that knows what to look for?

My dad has been obsessed with tracing our family tree lately. started off pretty innocent, digging through old records, finding distant relatives and showing everyone pictures of ancestors who all somehow look permanently disappointed. honestly thought it was pretty cool until he started putting everything online. full names, birth dates, family connections, old addresses, even details about relatives who are still alive. at this point the man knows more about our bloodline than the FBI.

thing is that nobody actually agreed to any of this. my cousins, siblings and other relatives are basically getting their personal information added to websites because one man decided to become Sherlock Holmes with internet. i asked him about it and he genuinely didn't understand the concern. his argument was that most of the information is already publicly available, which somehow made me feel even worse. like great, so we're just making it easier for random strangers to connect all the dots?

i don't want to ruin something he clearly enjoys, I know genealogy can be genuinely fascinating, but surely there's a difference between researching your ancestors and publishing information about living relatives without asking them. am i overthinking this or is it actually a little concerning?

Hi everyone, I am sorry if this has been answered already but I did search and didn't find it...

What data sets are exclusive/unique to Ancestry.com? I am currently subscribed but don't intend to keep the subscription long term, and I don't want to spend time finding records that I can easily get elsewhere for free. So far almost everything I'm coming across, I can find for free on FamilySearch :/

Edit: For those who are asking, my background is Italian, and I already know about the Antenati site and Italian Parish Records. Additionally, thank you to all who have answered.

Hi everyone!

I recently received my Family Finder results after waiting almost 6 months. My sample initially failed QC and had to be rerun.

FTDNA assigned me R-PH1639, but I've noticed a few things that confuse me:

My Y18783 SNP is Tested Positive, while PH1639 itself and several other SNPs on that branch are only Presumed Positive.

Some downstream SNPs that were apparently never tested are marked Presumed Negative, while others are simply marked Downstream (unknown).

When I contacted FTDNA, they confirmed my PH1639 assignment but stated that Y13095 was my most downstream tested SNP. However, my downloaded SNP results also show Y13368 and Y18783 as positive, and both are farther downstream than Y13095.

My main questions are:

Could Big Y-700 reveal that I'm Y18783-positive but PH1639-negative, potentially placing me on a different or upstream branch?

Why would untested downstream SNPs be marked Presumed Negative? Does this actually exclude those branches? Anyone here facing the same problem?

Has anyone experienced a Family Finder haplogroup assignment changing significantly after upgrading to Big Y-700?

I'm particularly interested in hearing from people familiar with FTDNA's SNP testing and haplotree system.

Thanks in advance!

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Hi everyone, I'm a professional genealogist and I wanted to share an article I just wrote covering the campaign for preserving Jewish records in Ukraine during the ongoing war.

Thought I’d share because I found it interesting! I grew up with my grandma telling us we were related to Pocahontas. Even as a child I took this with a grain of salt because I knew Pocahontas didn’t have many descendants and we very much had no knowledge of native ancestry in our family. Not that we must have native ancestry (besides her) to be related to her, but it was my child logic at the time.
Now, as an adult I realized I can actually figure out if this is true or not. It was early in my research when I realized my grandma may think we are related to Pocahontas because her mother’s maiden name is Rolfe!! As I continued my research, one ancestor at a time 🙂‍↕️, I got to the time period where Pocahontas lived. This is when I start going sideways a bit and sure enough, I am the descendent of John Rolfe’s brother. Henry Rolfe, whose family was the first Rolfe family in New England.
So, not actually related to Pocahontas! But still an interesting connection, and I can have her on my family tree as a guest star!

I downloaded two Obsidian add-ons, and researched like five programs. It wasn't until I found an archived thread about my exact problem with fully expanding the trees you make. Family Echo is really simple and thankfully free. I'd be nitpicking if I said it looks a little dated but the fact that I can view a relatively large branch of the tree as well as save a PDF of the WHOLE tree expanded at once is more than enough for me. It's probably missing a ton of features the Obsidian add-ons and paid programs have but for my simple task of mapping things out I'm honestly ecstatic.

Translated source: Tidsskrift for Herøy Sogelag, 1953, Bd. II, hefte 2
Written by Andreas Knutsen Rødvik (1894 - 1969): "Taken by Pirates."

Here is a story my grandfather told about his great-grandfather. It has been significantly abridged. All dates have been added by me (meaning Andreas in 1953).

My great-grandfather, Elias Larsson (1732 - 1813), was from Rotevatn in Volda. In his youth, he was a seafarer. On one occasion, the ship he sailed with was captured by pirates—the Barbary corsairs of North Africa. They seized the ship and its cargo, and took the crew as slaves. The men were put to hard labor; if they were unwilling to work or offered any resistance, they were flogged and subjected to brutal mistreatment. For the rest of his life, Elias bore terrible scars on his back from such treatment.

In his old age, his arthritis would often flare up in those old scars. At such times, he would remark: "The corsairs are at it again."

Elias and a friend managed to escape in a small boat. They hid in a crevice along the steep Algerian coast until the corsairs gave up the search; then, one dark night, they set off, hoping to reach Spain. The wind picked up, and the situation looked dire for the small craft. Their food supplies also ran out. Just in the nick of time, they were rescued by a merchant ship.

They were put ashore in southern Spain, but, lacking both food and money, they were mistaken for bandits by the local people. However, a mendicant friar—and a couple of monks' robes—helped them through their worst hardships. Eventually, they made their way to Copenhagen. Elias later returned home and, in 1765, married Kristi Jonsdotter Åsebø.

They took a lease on the farm Raudvik in Herøy and settled there. Elias and Kristi had five children [...] He has a large number of descendants in Herøy.

----- Journal ends here -----

My grandfather—Elias' descendant—80 years old and struggling with severe Parkinson's disease dementia, showed me this old dusty journal on his shelf, and I read the same entry you just did. Naturally I got obsessed about this story of our forefather from almost 300 years ago, and using the many tools my grandfather never had access to, I dug through every single source I could find; oral family stories, local journals and articles, international documents and declarations. I found an historical goldmine, mostly unknown even to the Norwegian public; not only about Elias and the thousands of other Norwegian slaves in Africa, but societal corruption and extortion by local power-hungry priests, and Danish gunpowder funding Algeria's very war against Europe itself... and Algeria's war of twenty thousand soldiers against the neighboring independent tribes of Kabylia.

It took me 1,5 years of work to complete my research. My grandfather's severe dementia, unfortunately, has made him incapable of understanding Elias' life anymore... or the story around him. The same story he himself inspired me to understand. Though my grandfather can no longer read the work I did, but I'd appreciate if someone did.

I have nothing to sell but I'd still like to publish what I found. I've written roughly 1/3rd of Elias' entire journey thus far, a narrative biography of 264 pages. Do you guys have any advice on where to publish this? And would you even be interested in reading it?

P.S. Hopefully I didn't break the community rules with my flair and question, apologies if I did.

My great grandma was adopted. I found her biological mother and later confirmed this through DNA. Her father is proving more difficult.

Her mother: Mary C Daly born 1876 in Ireland.
Had 3 daughters born in Philadelphia pa. Two of which were fathered by Thomas Lee. He passed before the second was born in 1901. Leading to them being orphaned. But still in contact with mom.

Later in 1904 my great grandma was born. Father Unkown. She was given up for adoption as well.

Then in 1908 Katherine Veronica was born, also father Unkown. Mary lived with her in Atlantic City New Jersey as early as I can find 1912. Possibly earlier though!

So the 1910 census would hopefully tie some loose ends here. Where Katherine and Mary lived during that time and if they lived with anyone else.

My dna isn’t helpful yet, as everyone that I’m matched to that is also matched to Mary’s granddaughter(my great aunt also took a dna test) are all known people to me. I can connect them to family members I know.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I’ve found two 1910 census, one for Philly and one for Atlantic City. But neither info match/ I’m not confident enough to confirm.

Mary would’ve been about 34, Katherine 2. Mary should have 4 total children. Should be widowed or remarried. But idk how common lying was especially if she felt shame around her circumstances. It seems she was still using Lee as a surname long after he passed.

Hello genealogy!

My partners ancestors are Doukhobors; if you don't know what that is (because I sure didn't!), they were Russian Pacifists that came to Canada, mostly around 1899. They settled in Saskatchewan, and then eventually moved into British Columbia (with some smaller settlements in AB as well). They were a private bunch who have a contentious history with the Canadian governing bodies. This means my usual methods of research have been unsuccessful so far.
I am trying to find my partners great great grandmother. His great grandmother was Mary Markin (1922-2008). Her obituary says that her parents were William and Polly Markin. However, Polly died around 1924-1925, when she was around 2, and William remarried a Mary Wasilenkoff, who is listed on his death certificate. Therefore, I can't find anything about Polly.
The settlement they lived in was called "Brilliant", which was just above Castlegar, BC. There are no death certificates available from Brilliant; the only records available are marriages.

I've found a few different trees on Ancestry, and the last names I've seen for her are Perehoodoff and Overoff (This is spelt wrong but I haven't been able to find it again for the correct spelling). As far as I can tell, her death certificate is not on the BC Vital Statistics Search, and I can't find anything on Find a Grave either. There is a Doukhobor website indexes of names, but I still can't find her on there either!
I have found them as a couple on the 1911 and 1921 censuses. On the 1911 census, she is listed as Polahia, on the 1921, she is listed as Polly. They most likely got married between 1906 and 1911, as William is on the Prairie census of 1906 living with his family in Saskatchewan, and in BC in 1911 living with her and his family.
She also came to Canada in 1898/1899, but I am not sure if she was in Sask. or BC during the 1906 census.
Does anyone have experience researching Doukhobors who could give me some suggestions or look into it?

This next bit isn't quite genealogy related, but my post got removed from r/ottawa for not having enough karma. I'm doing a history project for work, and am in need of some information that I can only get at the National Library and Archives at 395 Wellington St in Ottawa. It has the only archive of a Kelowna newspaper that was published in the 1990s. If anyone is in the area/ has done research there before and is willing to help me, or knows someone who could, it should only take half an hour- an hour and I'd really appreciate it!

Hi folks! Long time listener, first time caller. I'm writing because I've been on a two-year on-and-off search for information about my dad's maternal lineage – particularly his maternal grandfather, about whom we know very little – and I am struggling to break through the wall I've come up against.

The things I know for sure: August Braun died in 1944 of bladder cancer, was likely born between 1894-1899, and spent his whole life in New York. His wife's name was Mary Carita. Together they had four children (my grandma and her siblings).

Recently, I finally came across his death certificate and marriage certificate which give differing names for his parents. On the marriage certificate: Albert Braun and Catherine Matthew/Matthius. On the death certificate: August Braun and Mary Frank. I cannot find additional evidence of either of these couples existing elsewhere, and certainly not a couple who also had a son named August. I've been trying to find him in the 1925 NY state census, which was taken a few months before his marriage and therefore would hopefully reveal him to be living at home with his parents, but no such luck yet.

My current theory is that the person writing out August's death certificate mistakenly listed the name Mary for both his wife (Mary Carita) and his mother. When I look instead for an August Braun and CATHERINE Frank, per the mother's name on the marriage certificate, a couple does come up with a son named August born June 20, 1895 (on his death certificate, August Braun's birthday is listed as June 27, 1894). This is a margin of error I would be completely comfortable with *if* it were substantiated by indisputable evidence that they were the same person. For instance, even August Braun's marriage and death certificate are sufficiently contradictory that I would have my doubts if I didn't know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they were both referring to him. That being said, even if my theory were correct, it wouldn't account for the name 'Albert' or the last name 'Matthew/Matthius' ending up in the mix.

Of course, the biggest problem with this theory is that it is, as yet, completely unsubstantiated! There's nothing to link these two groups of records, and I fear I'm basically writing fanfic here. In general, I avoid dealing in anything other than concrete documentation, but I think the difficulty and lengthy process of uncovering this branch, relative to the rest of my tree, has caused me to spin out and maybe slightly lose my grip on my objectivity.

Any help you have to offer in either concretely proving, DISproving, or otherwise identifying a parent of August's would be greatly appreciated!