Welcome to SearchMyTree.com

Bryan Gidley Genealogy Courses SearchMyTree is a website commited to helping genealogists
to understand the terminology and technology and to have
in one place all the tools necessary to learn about genealogy,
genetic genealogy and family history persuits. Learn to trace
your relatives, origins and roots. Please feel free to check
out the site. Why not start with Genetic Genealogy
and learn about how to research your genetic ancestry.
Good luck with your research,
Bryan Gidley

Interesting News


Eastern Shore Cemeteries

SearchMyTree begins to add Eastern Shore Cemeteries to its website
I have recently added some of the cemeteries to the website. You can mouse over
"Databases" on the menubar and choose Eastern Shore Cemeteries or follow the
link below. I have several more to add and will be doing so over the next few
days. If you have a preference, send me an e-mail and I will add it next.
You can find out more here.

Ancestry Launches DNA Testing 30 Aug 2007

Ancestry Launches DNA.Ancestry Website
From their website

"What you can learn from your DNA?
You might already be familiar with how DNA testing can help solve crimes, confirm
the paternity of children, and even determine the identity of ancient mummies. Now
DNA can also help you with your genealogical research. It's a simple and painless
process to gather your DNA sample and within a few weeks have results that you can
compare with the ever-expanding DNA Ancestry database to find potential genetic
cousins. Learn more about the science behind DNA, chromosomes, and genetics."
They also have a form that can be filled out to transfer your resuults from Family
Tree DNA. Be careful, once you give Ancestry your keys to your DNA results, there
will be no way to stop them from using your results as they please. I personally
will not send them my results.
You can find out more here.

Lost Cousins Free to 27 August 2007

At LostCousins our aim is to find your living relatives - accurately,
automatically, and confidentially. The more people who join, the more
cousins we can match - so we've decided to make the site COMPLETELY
FREE FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK!
Until Monday August 27 all LostCousins members, old and new, will have
the same privileges as paying subscribers. It's a great opportunity to find
living relatives who are researching your ancestors (and to invite your
friends to join!), just click here.

'Ghost writer' leaves letters on N.S. graves

An anonymous man who has been leaving biographical information on graves in Nova
Scotia says his unusual hobby is driven by a curiosity about the people buried
in cemeteries, just click here.

Marriage Licenses Issued by the Vicar General of the
Archbishop of Canterbury

WorldVitalRecords.com launched 8 new databases today including the Allegations
for Marriage Licenses issued by the Vicar General of the Archbishop of
Canterbury 1679-1694, and Familiae Minorum Gentium, Volumes 1-4. All of these
databases will be free to access until August 9, 2007, just click here.

Ancestry Free for 3 days

Ancestry can be free for 3 days. Go to Ancestry, click on SEARCH and you can
acquire it for three days free Check it out, just click here.

Spartan Bioscience announces Portable DNA Analyzer

The Spartan DC Personal DNA Analyzer is available on the market right now. Spartan Bioscience Inc. of Ottawa, Ontario, is now selling portable, real-time DNA devices that are designed for "on-demand, non-batched applications." The 9-pound desktop-sized device will analyze four DNA samples at a time. Check it out, just click here.

Sorenson Genomics announces partnership with Ancestry

Sorenson Genomics, a DNA research firm, has announced a partnership with Ancestry. Ancestry.com reportedly plans to launch the DNA testing product by the end of summer, offering customers the possibility of finding DNA matches in the site's 24,000 genealogical databases. Check it out, just click here.

Online Education Kit: Understanding the Human Genome Project

A wonderful site for educational videos and articles on the human genome project. Also a great resource for understanding the basics of genetic heredity and cell function.
Check it out, just click here.

Wiki's In Plain English

An explanation of Wiki's and how to use them. The future of genealogical sharing may involve the use of genealogically designed software to enable sharing of data using Wiki's. Also a great resource for planning family get-togethers and reunions.
To watch the video, click here.

DNA testing helps find lost legacies and cements connections

Edwin Blancher was looking for a genealogical breakthrough. Was DNA able to help him? Read more , click here.

DNA Accepted as Mayflower Descent Proof

This could be a landmark decision for lineage societies. The Mayflower Society has now accepted DNA evidence as proof of a descent from one of the passengers on that little ship. John Hawes married a granddaughter of Mayflower passenger John Howland, Desire Gorham. Therefore, John and Desire Hawe' children were descendants of a Mayflower passenger. They had a son John Hawes, who left New England and popped up in North Carolina. Same person? If so, his issue could join the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Historian General Ann S. Lainhart and Assistant Historian General Alicia Williams recently accepted this line - on the basis of a Hawes DNA study of the Hawes Y chromosome. Everyone involved in DNA genealogy seems to agree that the various lineage societies would accept DNA evidence sooner or later but this is the first such occurrence I am aware of. The fact that the acceptance came from Ann Lainhart and Alicia Williams further reinforces the acceptance. (Ann Lainhart is one of the nation's top experts on Mayflower and other New England genealogy while Alicia Williams is another expert in all the Mayflower genealogies with special expertise in the John Alden family.) Lainhart notes in an article in the June 2006 issue of The Mayflower Quarterly that the Myles Standish family and the Pilgrim Edward Doty Society are starting Y-line DNA projects. That's the male line, also known as the surname line. For information, visit www.mylesstandish.org and www.edward-doty.org . You can read the full article as posted by Dick Eastman Permalink Thank you Dick Eastman

Military Records Access

Free Access to Military Records

Ancestry is offering free access to their recent additional of many military records until 6 Jun 2007.

Encyclopedia of Genealogy

Encyclopedia of Genealogy Created, Updated by Readers

Writing in the Cincinnati Post's web site, Jan Mueller has published some very kind words about one of the projects that I am involved in. Jan wrote: The powerful and progressive impact of social networking sites continues to transform the Internet as well as online genealogical research with the ever-increasing popularity of interactive Web sites such as the free-content Encyclopedia of Genealogy. Sponsored by Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and online genealogy bookstores RootsBooks.com and RootsBooks.co.uk, the Encyclopedia of Genealogy "serves as a compendium of genealogical tools and techniques," providing "reference information about everything in genealogy except people." You can read the full article as posted by Dick Eastman Permalink Thank you Dick Eastman