I am trying to find the father of William Munford Stubbs, my second great-grandfather who was born to Ann Munford in Hethel, Norfolk, England in 1858. I am using DNA and traditional genealogy research to aid my quest. Over the last fe ...
Finding William’s Father: My Research Plan
In the last post in this series, I discussed locality research as well as ethnicity estimates from Ancestry and MyHeritage. The next step in my project is to create a research plan for both DNA and traditional genealogy research. Her ...
Finding William’s Father: DNA Ethnicity Estimates and Locality Research
I have been working through the steps to complete a project in which I am trying to discover the name of my 3x great-grandfather using DNA and traditional genealogical research. I’m using my Dad’s DNA reports at Ancestry and MyHeritage for this proj ...
Finding William’s Father: DNA Cluster Analysis
Last weekend while working on my DNA project, Finding William's Father, I uploaded DNA data to MyHeritage and Gedmatch. While waiting for the DNA to finish processing, I created a timeline of Ann Munford's life and analyzed my sources. This past we ...
Finding William’s Father: Timeline Analysis in a DNA Project
Last week I gave some background information and shared my objective and limitations for my current DNA project, Finding William's Father. I also sent a letter to a potential Y-DNA test taker. On Sunday afternoon I uploaded my Dad’s DN ...
Finding William’s Father: Using DNA and Traditional Research to Solve a Family History Mystery
I have a 3x great-grandfather who seems to have disappeared into thin air. Only one thing about the story is certain: My 2x great-grandfather William Munford Stubbs never knew his father's name. William Munford Stubbs There are a couple of ...
Reflection: Research Like a Pro With DNA Study Group
The last two weeks have been busy ones! The bulk of my time was spent completing the report for my Research Like a Pro with DNA study group. It was exciting to organize everything I had discovered and write an analysis and conclusions along with fu ...
Research Like a Pro with DNA Study Group: Research Planning
Last week in the Research Like a Pro with DNA study group, we discussed Research Planning. I love the planning stage of a research project. This is where everything starts coming together. My research objective is to extend the ance ...
Exploring DNA Tools
Last week in my Research Like a Pro with DNA study group we began exploring DNA tools and methodology. Up to this point, I have spent a lot of time looking at family trees of DNA matches and examining shared matches as I have been color-coding DNA m ...
Discover, Gather, and Connect
This week I helped a young woman discover some of her ancestors. She previously didn’t even know her grandparents’ full names. She was able to track down their names, and we entered them into her new FamilySearch account. One of her grandfathers is ...
