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* BigY-700 results finally arriving; we recommend the upgrade

Randy Harr - Sun 15 of Sep, 2019 17:04 EDT
With the larger scale roll-out of BigY-700 results (after many delays over the past year), we are seeing benefit with the new test and encourage all members to upgrade or test anew, While no guarantee of apparent improvement in your particular genealogical line, the opportunity now and into the future of such improvement makes it worthwhile to consider. Not to overlook the cost of an upgrade is a significant discount versus simply taking the new test.

* The "new" FamilyTreeDNA Phylogenetic Tree (both public and private)

Randy Harr - Sat 29 of Sep, 2018 09:45 EDT
A lot of noise is being given to FamilyTreeDNA making their Big Tree publicly available in Fall 2018; created from the Y chromosome testing. And now also available as an internal, private Big Tree with a lot more information in Alex Williamson's yTree block format. Here we cover the pluses and minuses of the FTDNA tree overall and the two forms newly available

* (DRAFT) New EU GDPR regulation and associated FamilyTreeDNA project permission changes

Randy Harr - Fri 25 of May, 2018 10:41 EDT
Due to the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that went into effect on 25 May 2018, many genetic genealogy companies and sites have either closed down or made changes to tighten access. In many cases, finally bringing needed privacy to DNA testers that some projects, admins and sites had been pretty lax about. But also now generally disabling the more open exchange of information some had come to rely on. Members of projects we manage must, at minimum, give "Grant Limited Access" to each administrator in the project. Those that leave it as "Group Project Access Only" risk being removed from the project.

* The Fallen in time for GDPR (24 May 2018)

Randy Harr - Tue 15 of May, 2018 09:08 EDT
We pay tribute to the fallen websites and features that are directly or indirectly (by timing) attributable to the EU GDPR regulation going into effect 24 May 2018. In some cases, this brings better privacy protections that were long needed (in our opinion). In some cases, more the death of a major feature that the community relied on. After the tribute list, we cover more detailed explanations of the individual situations. We will periodically update this post with new information as it becomes available. And change to a saved Wiki page if necessary to retain coverage of the topic.

* FTDNA problems with Ancestry Autosomal transfers (continuing)

System Administrator - Mon 22 of Jan, 2018 16:39 EST
FamilyTreeDNA took many months before they would upload the new v2 format from Ancestry. But they eventually did. Now seems they are falling back into the same cracks and issue with many users reporting problems. We found a forum heavy under discussion of the issue and a fix that works for some.

* Malcolm offers new English ancestry for John Hord, c1675, Shady Grove, VA

Randy Harr - Sun 10 of Dec, 2017 17:58 EST
Malcolm has been researching the possible English ancestry for John Hord of Shady Grove, VA by looking through early Virginia records. He thinks he has found the story in a John Hore, son of Giles Hore, who was involved in a rebellion and sent away from England. This John Hore is likely the father of John Hord of Shady Grove.