Manatee Genealogical Society

11/20/2025

Black Friday sales will provide lots of deals for family history buffs. How about this one?l

11/11/2025

Do you have an English or Welsh will that you have thought about ordering? It's time to place that order! Act before 17 November, when the price of ordering English and Welsh wills, from 1858 onward, increases from £1.50 to £16. £1.50 is a real bargain for what can be a multi-page document. Now is the time. Go to https://www.gov.uk/search-will-probate using the link below.

Search online for a will, grant of representation or probate document for a death in or after 1858

10/14/2025

Wow - this is big! MyHeritage announced that they will be moving their standard DNA testing kits to Whole Genome Sequencing

Whole Genome Sequencing reads almost the entire human genetic code, covering around 3 billion base pairs (nucleotides). This is superior to the standard genotyping arrays used by most consumer DNA tests, including MyHeritage until recently, which read only about 700,000 base pairs.

Whole Genome Sequencing is now being applied to most new MyHeritage DNA kits currently being processed at the lab, and to every new MyHeritage DNA kit sold moving forward.

10/10/2025

Ancestry released a new DNA origins update today with 68 new and updated European regions. It is more specific than in the past.... did your percentages change?

10/03/2025

Do you have New York ancestors? Check out this free week of programming on NY from the NYG&B in November.

Join the NYG&B for a week of interactive events and digitization opportunities, both in person and online. We invite you to take part in however many events you would like!

09/23/2025

Do you have New York ancestors? You might be interested in the NYG&B New York conference that just completed this weekend. You can purchase online access to all the sessions and watch them until Nov 18th. Go in-depth on NY topics. Check out the sessions using the link below.

2025 New York State Family History Conference Registration Is Open! Join the NYG&B and other genealogy experts for New York’s largest statewide family history conference: September 3–November 16, 2025 (On-Demand Access) September 19–20, 2025 (Livestreamed Programs from Kingston, NY) This year'...

09/02/2025

Sales on Ancestry six-month memberships AND FTDNA DNA tests and upgrades have been extended for Labor Day deals.

08/31/2025

Ancestry Pro Tools are on sale until 9/3 at 10:00 AM ET. Get one month of Pro Tools for $7. Only availalbe to those with current Ancestry account and only for one month. But you can get a lot of insights on your DNA match list in one month!

08/27/2025

MyHeritage is opening up access to a massive collection of historical records — over 892 million U.S. and Canadian census records — completely free starting today.

The free records include every U.S. federal census from 1790–1950, plus state censuses and Canadian national censuses.

08/24/2025

It’s baacckkk. One of the best features of ProTools at Ancestry is now back for FREE for all users! No additional subscription necessary.

08/15/2025

You can do amazing things with AI. Randy Seaver created a song (lyrics, music and voice all from AI) about being a genealogist using AI. Check it out!

An AI-assisted song about genealogy with lyrics by Grok 3 and song by Suno.com

07/24/2025

Ancestry is having a sale on DNA kits. $39 each. Who will you test next? And if you have Amazon Prime you can buy it at Amazon for this price with free shipping.