Follow the OnGenealogy blog for fee and free genealogy deals.
Fee items that are currently on sale include:
DNA tests:
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AncestryDNA, now through August 15th, AncestryDNA tests are $69, marked down $30 from their regular price of $99, not including taxes or shipping
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FamilyTree DNA, now through August 31st, FamilyTree DNA is offering 20% or more off various DNA tests
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MyHeritage DNA, now through August 10th, MyHeritage DNA tests are $69, marked down $30 from their regular price of $99, not including taxes or shipping, order two kits for half price shipping, order three or more kits for free shipping
Printable family trees:
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GedTree is celebrating their recent launch with 25% off any order of a single printable family tree
Free genealogy stuff this week includes:
Printable trees:
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GedTree is celebrating their recent launch with free downloads of male and female xDNA inheritance charts. These charts will show which lines the xDNA can be inherited through-it’s not necessary to have done any DNA test prior to downloading this chart. Also, Ancestry and MyHeritage currently sell only the autosomal DNA tests (atDNA), which test inheritance from all lines. If you’ve tested autosomal DNA (atDNA) only, this is still a worthwhile chart to download as a reference if later
you test to trace certain family lines. This chart links to a blog from Blaine Bettinger, explaining xDNA inheritance.
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TreeSeek offers free downloads of printable family trees
Books:
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Free Genealogy DNA book download, “Intro to DNA Crash Course” by Blaine T. Bettinger, author at www.thegeneticgenealogist.com (from @Heirs2U in the UK)
Free Handouts:
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10 Clever Ways to Find More Ancestor Articles While Searching Old Newspapers, by Kenneth Marks at theancestorhunt.com
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TIP: Register for free webinars that interest you, they’ll often send you a link to free class handouts
New free, online Records and Databases:
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FamilySearch Historical Record Collections from around the world are always free, and new databases and updates to existing databases are added regularly; it’s worth checking to see if a record set you’re interested in has been updated with images or indexed records; this week updated indexes have been added to North and South American record sets and the Netherlands
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IndianaAncestors.org, the website for the Indiana Genealogical Society, has new free databases online for Jasper County, Lawrence County, Morgan County, and Washington County
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OpenArchives in the Netherlands has added 1921 Indexes to population registers by the Dutch government in Suriname and records of Indigenous East Indian Officers of the Dutch-Indian government
Free Genealogy Webinars:
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Legacy Family Tree Webinars A Taxing Matter: Using Tax Lists in Genealogy, by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL, Wednesday, August 9th, pre-register
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Legacy Family Tree Webinars Using Pictures with Legacy Family Tree, by Geoff Rasmussen, Friday, August 11th, pre-register
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FamilySearch Webinar Using the FamilySearch Catalog Effectively (Beginner), Monday, August 7th, 10 am, MDT
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FamilySearch Webinar Starting Family Tree: Navigating, Adding a Person, Standardizing Views, and Printing (Intermediate) Tuesday, August 8th, 1 pm, MDT
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FamilySearch Webinar British Case Study, (Beginner), Tuesday, August 8th, 1 pm MDT
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FamilySearch Webinar Genetic Genealogy: An Introduction to DNA, (Beginner), Tuesday, August 8th, 3 pm MDT
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FamilySearch Webinar DNA: I’ve Tested; Now What? (Intermediate), Thursday, August 10th, 3 pm MDT