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Research Your Family Tree Forward to Work Out DNA Matches

May 9, 2017 Melody Lassalle Comments 1 comment

I have many DNA matches on FTDNA and GEDMatch and I’ve researched collateral lines. Yet, I struggle to figure out how we my DNA matches are related to me. Knowing we’re related is only the beginning. Figuring out how is the hard part. I’ve spent considerable time going backwards with my research. I’m bringing my lines forward in hopes of learning who my DNA matches are. How about you? DNA Research is a Challenge My autosomal test results have confirmed…

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Fun with GEDMatch Chromosome Mapping

May 1, 2017 Melody Lassalle Comments 2 comments

Have you uploaded your raw DNA files to GEDMatch.com? If not, you should consider it. Not only is there the possibility of connecting with new cousins who tested with different DNA companies, there are some nifty tools not available anywhere else. There are a variety of chromosome mapping tools that allow you to analyze your DNA in a variety of ways. My Ancestry is Split Just a brief note about my ancestry before we get started so you’ll have something…

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Should I Get Rid of My Genealogy Binders?

April 28, 2017 Melody Lassalle Comments 0 Comment

Binders and folders are necessary for genealogy, aren’t they? You have to print your family group sheets and save them somewhere…don’t you? What if I told you I was seriously considering reducing my genealogy binders so that they only hold copies of documents? What if I took it one step further and got rid of them all? I know, crazy talk. Do I Need All These Binders? I started with folders. I still have a whole filing cabinet of them….

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Epson Perfection V550 Photo Scanner Scans Negatives, Too!

April 24, 2017 Melody Lassalle Comments 2 comments

Film negatives, I have a ton of them. Three shoe boxes and several assorted envelopes scattered around. Many of them are photographs that were lost long ago. I’ve been wanting to know their secrets, but I never had a scanner that could scan color negatives. Now I can scan them with the Epson Perfection V550 Photo Scanner. This is my review. What Comes in the Box? 6400 x 9600 resolution flatbed scanner Two Holders for slides and negatives Reflective Document…

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Researching Jeanette Jones Walther of San Francisco

Closing the Book on Jeanette (Jones) Walther

April 19, 2017 Melody Lassalle Comments 0 Comment

My quest to find descendants of John Joseph Jones and Mary Jane Haywards so as to work out some of my DNA connections has hit another wall. Jeanette (Jones) Walther was their last child I needed to research. It appears she died childless. The Three Children of John Charles Jones and Margaret Coffin John Charles Jones, a native of Australia,and son of John and Mary Jane, married Margaret Coffin, a native of New York, in San Francisco, California sometime around…

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