Uploading a GEDCOM file to the Geni website is trickier than with other sites. You may have some extra work to do to ensure that the import of your family tree completes successfully. It will save you time and headaches if you know about the challenges and pitfalls in advance. This article shows you what … Read more
When I first encountered Geni.com, I was intrigued by the site’s concept of a collaborative family tree. So I wanted to take a closer look at the Geni World Family Tree. The Geni.com website was a little tricky to figure out, so this article covers all the questions that I had to go searching elsewhere … Read more
RootsMagic 7 runs on many, but not all, Mac operating systems. Mac users don’t get every RootsMagic 7 feature available in Windows, but the missing few may be of no interest to you. This article describes these features, and some simple workarounds to get the same benefits on a Mac. Both Windows and Mac users … Read more
July 2020 was a bad month for security hacks and breaches in the world of genealogy and DNA testing websites. On 19th July 2020, GEDmatch (owned by Verogen) announced a security breach on their Facebook page. They took their website down to address the issues. It remained unavailable for a number of days. A major … Read more
In Ireland, the “townland” is a small area of land supporting a number of households. The townland of Creeny (or Creeney) is in County Cavan. In 1901 there were six households in Creeny. This reduced to five in 1911. Two of the households have the surname of Gamble. Thomas and Mary Gamble sold their farm … Read more