Month: May 2017

Cuban Digitized Church Records and 1919 Census

While Cuba goes through their changes, including the ability to freely travel to the island, one of the struggles for many is finding resources when researching Cuban ancestry. The Cuban digitized church records and the 1919 Census are now available. Fortunately, the internet has made it possible for many to locate many genealogical records on…

By Anna Bayala May 19, 2017 10

Understanding Your X Chromosome DNA

When it comes to DNA, I am either asked privately or see posts asking why Ancestry shows an individual further related than what the person appears on GEDMatch. This has to do with how Ancestry’s Timber software analyzes the DNA file.  Timber has been known to remove centimorgans (cM) where chromosomes are bunched together (clustered)…

By Anna Bayala May 14, 2017 0