Data Analysis and Genealogy Research on DNA Matches
INTRODUCTION Do you feel a little overwhelmed when looking at your Ancestry DNA matches? I find that the best way to tackle thousands of matches is to download them into a spreadsheet and organize them in a way that every piece of information can be seen and filtered. The power of spreadsheets allows me to … Read more Tracking Ancestry DNA matches by Spreadsheet
“Ancestry Global Search” is chapter six in this in-depth series on using the Ancestry website. This chapter looks in depth at this powerful type of Ancestry Search. The series chapters to date are: 1: The Essential Tree 2: Entering Dates in your Trees 3: Entering Names in your Trees 4: Entering Locations in your Trees … Read more In-Depth Guide – Part 6 – Ancestry Global Search
“The Ancestry Search Engine” is chapter five of an in-depth guide to using the Ancestry website. This chapter looks under the hood of the Ancestry Search Engine to explain some of the more crazy-looking search results, and how to get the best outcomes from your searches. This is the series list to date: 1: The … Read more In-Depth Guide – Part 5 – the Ancestry Search Engine
“Ancestry Location Guidelines” is Part 4 of an in-depth guide to Ancestry. This chapter is about entering place names in your Ancestry tree.. This is the current chapter list in the series: 1: The Essential Tree 2: Entering Dates in your Trees 3: Entering Names in your Trees 4: Entering Locations in your Trees (this … Read more In-Depth Guide – Part 4 – Ancestry Location Guidelines
“Ancestry Name Guidelines” is Part 3 of an in-depth guide to Ancestry DNA. It covers how to enter names into your tree in ways that give you the most benefit from Ancestry. This is the current chapter list in the series: 1: The Essential Tree 2: Entering Dates in your Trees 3: Entering Names in … Read more In-Depth Guide – Part 3 – Ancestry Name Guidelines
This is Part 2 of an in-depth guide to Ancestry DNA. I’m going to discuss how to enter dates into your tree in a way that gives you the most benefit from Ancestry. This is the current list of chapters in the series: Chapter 1: The Essential Tree Chapter 2: Entering Dates (this post) Chapter … Read more In-Depth Guide to Ancestry – Part 2 – Date Format
This is Part 1 of an in-depth guide to Ancestry DNA. We aim to take you from beginner to advanced use of Ancestry’s features. The series of tutorials will help you understand and master topics including: Ensuring you have an effective tree on Ancestry Making the most of your Ancestry DNA Matches Understanding DNA to … Read more In-Depth Guide to Ancestry – Part 1 : The Essential Tree
Pedigree Thief is a free chrome extension that will download your DNA matches and shared matches from Ancestry and MyHeritage. The application is built for other purposes and does other things, but this review focuses entirely on the Ancestry download feature. What else does Pedigree Thief do? The tool allows you to transfer pedigree data … Read more Pedigree Thief – Downloading Ancestry Matches
Take a look at our YouTube channel for a quick video on how to search a shared match network graph in the Boyne Analytics Match Graph application.This article gives a pictorial tutorial. Must Have Search! This feature was specifically requested by a customer who had over 100 thousand matches. She told us: “On the big … Read more How to Search a Shared Match Network Graph
Are you wondering how to download your matches and shared matches from Ancestry? This article compares and contrasts differing tools to download Ancestry matches. DNA Match Manager from Heirloom Software (Free) This desktop application is free, fast, easy to use, and it works. In February 2020 I downloaded 2,800 matches in just under three minutes. … Read more A Comparison of Tools to Download Ancestry Matches
What is the DNAGedcom Client? The DNAGedcom Client is a desktop application that will download your DNA match information from several DNA test sites. The application includes many other features than the download, but this review focuses on the download for AncestryDNA. How do you get the DNAGedcom Client? Go to the DNAGedcom home page, … Read more DNAGedcom Client – A Review with AncestryDNA