Month: June 2017

A Filtering Wish on AncestryDNA

I’m still playing with my results on AncestryDNA, so I’m still learning. However there is one thing I wish I could do there: filter my results by submitter. Manually searching trees and searching trees by specific surnames seems highly inefficient to me. And there’s no guarantee that a surname that matches is even the line on […]

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Ancestral Clues and Lessons: Maria (Bruns) Fecht

Maria (Bruns) Fecht was born in Wiesens, Ostfriesland, Germany, and died probably in Hancock County, Illinois, before the fall of 1877. She married Hinrich Jacobs Fecht in Wiesens, Ostfriesland, Germany. Some things I’ve learned about research from Maria: people sometimes marry their in-laws. Maria married Hinrich Jacobs Fecht after his first wife Trientje Bruns died. Trientje […]

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My First Six “Cousin” Matches on AncestryDNA

I have hundreds of cousin matches on AncestryDNA. I’m not yet certain how many I will eventually try and contact. The first six matches were particularly interesting for me  as  AncestryDNA grouped them as “second cousins.” The first five matches were indicated as being “first or second cousins” and the sixth was indicated as being a  “second or […]

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Ancestral Clues and Connections: Hinrich Jacobs Fecht (1823-1912)

Hinrich Jacobs Fecht was born in 1823 in Wiesens, Ostfriesland, Germany, and died in 1912 in Elvaston, Hancock County, Illinois. He married Marie Bruns in Wiesens, Ostfriesland, and later married Antje (Jaspers) Habben in Hancock County, Illinois, in 1877. What I’ve learned about research from Hinrich: last names can be dropped. Hinrich is enumerated in […]

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My AncestryDNA Results Are In and I’m Surprised

I was surprised just a little with my Ancestry.com DNA test results which came in over the weekend. Using my third great-grandparents as a point of reference (simply because I’m not going to use my 10th great-grandparents to create the percentages for this post), my genealogical ancestry is approximately: 50% Ostfriesen (my maternal side)–which qualifies as […]

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Ancestral Clues and Connections: Antje (Jaspers) Habben Fecht (1823-1900)

Antje was born in Wiesens, Ostfriesland, Germany, in 1823 and died in Hancock County, Illinois, in 1900. She married Mimke Lubben Habben in Ostfriesland and later married Hinrich Fecht in Hancock County, Illinois, in 1877.  Some things I have learned from Antje: wills get denied. The Hancock County, Illinois, judge over probate affairs refused to […]

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