I am watching from SW Fl. But I was born in Maine 72 yrs. ago. I moved to Fl. When I was 18. Not my choice, my mother past away and so they broke up the family!! I started doing Genealogy in the 1980’s. It was a lot of fun. I had heard there was going to be a Genealogy tv program awhile back, but as time flew by I forgot.. Yesterday up popped your Genealogy site on UA-cam!!! How wonderful!!
Ryan Monroe is a very captivating young man. I am very impressed and will check out his channel. You covered so much that captivated my interest. I have been in a research paralysis because it all feels overwhelming at the moment. Thanks for the uplifting encouragement.
I’m originally from the Midwest. I’ve been researching my family tree for a number of years now. I have strong family ties to North Carolina. So many of my ancestors passed through North Carolina in the mid-1700s to the mid-1800s. I’ve been to Concord in Cabarrus County for family research and hope to go back to the area some day soon. I love your channel and find it very informative. Thanks again!
Daniel Masters Thank you! I appreciate it. I’m having so much fun doing them. Also NC is a great state and fun place to do family history. I have a North Carolina Ancestry website and UA-cam channel called NC Ancestry and NCAncestry.com you might be interested in too. I just don’t get to do as much work there as I do on this channel. GTV is my main focus.
Howdy from Ripley, TN I am the blind genealogist of my family and really enjoy your UA-cam content So thank you for all the transcribing you do so that a person like myself are able to read those images I would not otherwise be able to read
Friends in my local women's club are planning to start a genealogy group and I'm hoping to use your videos as a research tool. I enjoy your work and have learned so much from viewing your videos. Keep up the good work.
Hello! I'm watching from Litchfield, IL. I began Genealogy research just a few weeks ago, after receiving a DNA Kit for Christmas. I am really enjoying your videos...you have a great way of explaining things so that even someone new to this can understand! Best wishes for continued success!
Enjoyed this video, Connie, as I always do! You do such great work with your videos, always informative and interesting. Best wishes for future plans for your channel! Greetings from Alleghany County, VA
I like the sound of your future plans. I wish you luck and look forward to see them come to fruition. I'm watching from High Point, NC. I would like to know more about Y dna
Hi Nancy. Thanks for the comments. Here's a few videos that talk about YDNA. "FamilyTree DNA, YDNA Test - Part 2," ua-cam.com/video/XAlAnrM_Rhg/v-deo.html and "What DNA Test Should you Take? ua-cam.com/video/6w9qM4uFxBU/v-deo.html. If you have any other questions, just let me know. Depending on what you're looking for, this video might help too... "DNA Strategies the Pros Use"... about finding missing links and parents, ua-cam.com/video/792WHKBIOy4/v-deo.html
just saw this video.. What a SPECIAL young man..Sadly Ryan has not produced a video in a yr or so (since 2020).. but I am a new subbie for him.. We are from West Central coast of Florida ( Hurricane country) and am a lifetime (60+ yrs) family researcher..
Watching from Omaha, Nebraska. Found your channel a few months back. Have really enjoyed the photoshop tutorials. I've owned Photoshop 6 since it was released many, many years ago. It is overwhelming to learn when you have no clue. Watching your photo restoration tutorials are encouraging to try photoshop once more. Thank you for your step by step explanations as I attempt to restore hundreds of photos dating from as far back as the 1890s. Now if you could provide one on how to restore photos that are extremely washed out to the point of being nearly white? I would hug you!
Hi connie..your videos are very informative .Ryan did an excellent job with his interview with you. ..yes those medical terms are interesting..consumption was another term used in causes of death..my family is from Harnett county area.... looking forward to more of your videos .thx..I'm watching from Montgomery AL
Thanks for the compliments. You might also be interested in my NC Ancestry channel on UA-cam. I'm not as active there... but I do provide videos of interest to North Carolina researchers. I don't have Harnett county covered yet, but there might be other resources there for your. That's at UA-cam.com/NCAncestry. Also there is a website to match at NCAncestry.com. Enjoy your genealogical researching day! Thanks again, Connie
Just found your site. Great stuff. I am the President of a small historical society and when i find things in our collection, say a letter or a photo, i will use my Ancestry account to search to see if someone is doing research on the person. I will then reach out offering to share it with them (for free of course). Very few will respond. Am i breaking some ethics code by doing this?
Not at all. I think what you’re doing is a generous act. I find that more and more people are not responding to Ancestry messaging. Some of that will have to do with new privacy settings on their accounts. However you might do the same thing on FamilySearch since it is a collaborative tree. You might get more response there just by adding the image to the right person (if that’s possible without you being connected to the ancestor yourself. I think it is. Thanks for the comment.
Great show. I’m watching from BURNSVILLE in Yancey county. I would like to help with North Carolina genealogy, since there doesn’t seem to be much interest in the area, maybe because there aren’t many people here. There at at least six small cemeteries on my way to town. I could also go to the courthouses and document things. For upcoming shows, I would like help with church records. Everyone says to look at church records, but never tells how to find them. Help, please.
I am way behind with watching your videos but I am also like many researching the Quakers in NC. I am connected to many families from Guilford, Cane Creek, Deep Creek etc in Randolph & Guilford counties...I thought only on my mother's side BUT have in researching my gmother's line which she was a foster child...that many of her mother's family came from those same communities!! OMIGOSH...so many Davis'....luckily her line does not mix much with my own mother's family. (she is my father's mother!!!) So, I would LOVE it if...you would do a vid about how to unravel all this. I am not having too much trouble figuring out who is who...they are Bond's & Beesons mostly but not sure how this affects figuring out who the real mother and father are. IE how it would mess up my dna connections. But anyway...thought I'd let you know that your videos are awesome and you have a fellow researcher in Indiana wading thru those records with you. My lines all migrated to Wayne Co or Boone Co, Indiana....some to Hopewell mm in Ohio too.
Is Ryan’s family tree available? , because he is only the 2nd African American, that I’ve come across with my last name and I’m getting NO where with my father last name who grew up in the DC AREA. I’m stunned that schools are no longer teaching handwriting ✍️😵😵😵WTH
There's also the fact that there are small genetic mutations that may make "exact" DNA matches impossible. DNA is a nice tool, helps, but never eliminates the records. Might be able to figure out where the ancestors originated, but most times it won't guarantee the "Who" of their identity.
I am on different search websites and one of them is 23&me. I did a DNA test. and came out that many were 2nd or 3rd cousins. my problem is the tree they gave me was only one side of the family. My daughter thinks it's on the mother's side. all my matches that are 2nd or 3rd cousins don't have any last names on my other tree that I have on the other website. even the places they were born don't match. is this website for real. I paid money to see both sides not one.
Yes. 23andMe is real and it the second largest website for DNA and ancestry research out there. I suggest you test at AncestryDNA (if you haven't already). They are far bigger with about 23 Million tests. Ancestry is on sale this weekend prf.hn/click/camref:1101l4aFW/creativeref:1011l28282 Keep in mind that the different testing companies have different reference panels, so you will get different results with each company. If your DNA cousins have tested at several companies, you may see them on your match list. I hope that helps.
What an AWESOME young man! Just brilliant. Thanks Connie!
You are so welcome!
Ryan! Don't give up! Keep digging and thinking! ❤
Watching from Prescott Valley AZ. Been doing Genealogy since about 2014. Keep up the good work. I always learn something new.
Thank you Diana.
I am watching from Queensland Australia. 🇦🇺
Hope the fires are not close to you. Stay safe.
I am watching from SW Fl. But I was born in Maine 72 yrs. ago. I moved to Fl. When I was 18. Not my choice, my mother past away and so they broke up the family!!
I started doing Genealogy in the 1980’s. It was a lot of fun.
I had heard there was going to be a Genealogy tv program awhile back, but as time flew by I forgot.. Yesterday up popped your Genealogy site on UA-cam!!! How wonderful!!
Thank you Judith.
Ryan Monroe is a very captivating young man. I am very impressed and will check out his channel. You covered so much that captivated my interest. I have been in a research paralysis because it all feels overwhelming at the moment. Thanks for the uplifting encouragement.
Love this interview!! Really great interaction!! Hope this interview inspires people to learn about their heritage.
Thanks Rebecca.
I’m watching from Kuwait City, Kuwait. This is all fascinating information for people working on their family history. Thanks so much!
Wow. You’re the first from Kuwait that I’m aware of. Welcome.
I’m originally from the Midwest. I’ve been researching my family tree for a number of years now. I have strong family ties to North Carolina. So many of my ancestors passed through North Carolina in the mid-1700s to the mid-1800s. I’ve been to Concord in Cabarrus County for family research and hope to go back to the area some day soon. I love your channel and find it very informative. Thanks again!
Daniel Masters Thank you! I appreciate it. I’m having so much fun doing them. Also NC is a great state and fun place to do family history. I have a North Carolina Ancestry website and UA-cam channel called NC Ancestry and NCAncestry.com you might be interested in too. I just don’t get to do as much work there as I do on this channel. GTV is my main focus.
Howdy from Ripley, TN
I am the blind genealogist of my family and really enjoy your UA-cam content
So thank you for all the transcribing you do so that a person like myself are able to read those images I would not otherwise be able to read
Love all that you do to teach us how to keep unveiling those family treasures! Sandy from Camarillo, CA
Thank you Sandy from Camarillo.
What a great service you are doing! I’m retiring in just a few weeks and plan to get busy again. Can’t wait!!
Thanks
Congratulations on the retirement
Friends in my local women's club are planning to start a genealogy group and I'm hoping to use your videos as a research tool. I enjoy your work and have learned so much from viewing your videos. Keep up the good work.
Super. Glad to have all the different clubs watch the videos. Thank you for the compliments.
Watching from Cypress, TX. Thanks for all you do to educate and inform us, Connie!
😀👍
Hello! I'm watching from Litchfield, IL. I began Genealogy research just a few weeks ago, after receiving a DNA Kit for Christmas. I am really enjoying your videos...you have a great way of explaining things so that even someone new to this can understand! Best wishes for continued success!
Thank you Angela. Be sure to see some of my more recent DNA episodes when you get your results back.
I have enjoyed watching your videos. Thought-provoking videos. Kind Regards. Watching from the UK.
Fabulous from the UK!
Watching from Montague, Michigan. I've been subscribed to your channel since March 2019.
Wonderful
dpslager , I’m watching from Montague, Prince Edward Island, Canada 🇨🇦
Love your channel, Connie!!! Great format... Great information!! Watching you from Centerville, Minnesota.
Awesome. Glad you’re liking it. Tell all your friends. 😀
Enjoyed this video, Connie, as I always do! You do such great work with your videos, always informative and interesting. Best wishes for future plans for your channel! Greetings from Alleghany County, VA
Thanks Lora. I appreciate the compliments.
Watching from Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas. Thank you for what you are doing!
I like the sound of your future plans. I wish you luck and look forward to see them come to fruition.
I'm watching from High Point, NC. I would like to know more about Y dna
Hi Nancy. Thanks for the comments. Here's a few videos that talk about YDNA. "FamilyTree DNA, YDNA Test - Part 2," ua-cam.com/video/XAlAnrM_Rhg/v-deo.html and "What DNA Test Should you Take? ua-cam.com/video/6w9qM4uFxBU/v-deo.html. If you have any other questions, just let me know. Depending on what you're looking for, this video might help too... "DNA Strategies the Pros Use"... about finding missing links and parents, ua-cam.com/video/792WHKBIOy4/v-deo.html
just saw this video.. What a SPECIAL young man..Sadly Ryan has not produced a video in a yr or so (since 2020).. but I am a new subbie for him.. We are from West Central coast of Florida ( Hurricane country) and am a lifetime (60+ yrs) family researcher..
Yeah... he's a really good guy. I keep in touch with him. He has moved, so that might be why he has not produced anything for a while.
Hello from Prince Edward Island, 🇨🇦. Your best video to date 🙃
Love watching your videos. Always learn something new. Broken Bow, Oklahoma. I have a lot of research from North Carolina with road blocks.
Thanks for watching!
Watching from Omaha, Nebraska. Found your channel a few months back. Have really enjoyed the photoshop tutorials. I've owned Photoshop 6 since it was released many, many years ago. It is overwhelming to learn when you have no clue. Watching your photo restoration tutorials are encouraging to try photoshop once more. Thank you for your step by step explanations as I attempt to restore hundreds of photos dating from as far back as the 1890s. Now if you could provide one on how to restore photos that are extremely washed out to the point of being nearly white? I would hug you!
Try this one. Learn Genealogy - Easy Restore Washed Out Family Photos ua-cam.com/video/ZjuBidQRc-o/v-deo.html.
From New Jersey.
Watching from Mobile, Alabama. Some of my family was from NC, way back in the day.
LOL. I think everyone was from NC at one time. Thanks for the comment.
I enjoyed this video. I am watching from Renton, WA.
Thank you Dave.
Hi connie..your videos are very informative
.Ryan did an excellent job with his interview with you. ..yes those medical terms are interesting..consumption was another term used in causes of death..my family is from Harnett county area.... looking forward to more of your videos .thx..I'm watching from Montgomery AL
Thanks for the compliments. You might also be interested in my NC Ancestry channel on UA-cam. I'm not as active there... but I do provide videos of interest to North Carolina researchers. I don't have Harnett county covered yet, but there might be other resources there for your. That's at UA-cam.com/NCAncestry. Also there is a website to match at NCAncestry.com. Enjoy your genealogical researching day! Thanks again, Connie
Love your channel, Connie! Keep up the great work.
Thank you. I’m having fun with it.
Just found your site. Great stuff. I am the President of a small historical society and when i find things in our collection, say a letter or a photo, i will use my Ancestry account to search to see if someone is doing research on the person. I will then reach out offering to share it with them (for free of course). Very few will respond. Am i breaking some ethics code by doing this?
Not at all. I think what you’re doing is a generous act. I find that more and more people are not responding to Ancestry messaging. Some of that will have to do with new privacy settings on their accounts. However you might do the same thing on FamilySearch since it is a collaborative tree. You might get more response there just by adding the image to the right person (if that’s possible without you being connected to the ancestor yourself. I think it is. Thanks for the comment.
I am in High Springs, Florida--I do alot of research in Surry County, my Mom's hometown is Mt. Airy
Great job! 🌹
Thanks Pamela.
Not far away.....Randolph County NC................near Guilford Cty-High Point
Ah... I’ve been doing a lot of research in Randolph County lately. Trying to find the local expert there. Is that you?
Great show. I’m watching from BURNSVILLE in Yancey county. I would like to help with North Carolina genealogy, since there doesn’t seem to be much interest in the area, maybe because there aren’t many people here.
There at at least six small cemeteries on my way to town. I could also go to the courthouses and document things.
For upcoming shows, I would like help with church records. Everyone says to look at church records, but never tells how to find them. Help, please.
Hey Susan. Are you offering to help explain how to research church records?
@@GenealogyTV I was actually asking you to do a show on how to find church records.
I am way behind with watching your videos but I am also like many researching the Quakers in NC. I am connected to many families from Guilford, Cane Creek, Deep Creek etc in Randolph & Guilford counties...I thought only on my mother's side BUT have in researching my gmother's line which she was a foster child...that many of her mother's family came from those same communities!! OMIGOSH...so many Davis'....luckily her line does not mix much with my own mother's family. (she is my father's mother!!!) So, I would LOVE it if...you would do a vid about how to unravel all this. I am not having too much trouble figuring out who is who...they are Bond's & Beesons mostly but not sure how this affects figuring out who the real mother and father are. IE how it would mess up my dna connections. But anyway...thought I'd let you know that your videos are awesome and you have a fellow researcher in Indiana wading thru those records with you. My lines all migrated to Wayne Co or Boone Co, Indiana....some to Hopewell mm in Ohio too.
Thanks... I appreciate the compliment.
Is Ryan’s family tree available? , because he is only the 2nd African American, that I’ve come across with my last name and I’m getting NO where with my father last name who grew up in the DC AREA.
I’m stunned that schools are no longer teaching handwriting ✍️😵😵😵WTH
I don’t know. I’ll ask him next time I see him.
There's also the fact that there are small genetic mutations that may make "exact" DNA matches impossible. DNA is a nice tool, helps, but never eliminates the records. Might be able to figure out where the ancestors originated, but most times it won't guarantee the "Who" of their identity.
Iowa
I am on different search websites and one of them is 23&me. I did a DNA test. and came out that many were 2nd or 3rd cousins. my problem is the tree they gave me was only one side of the family. My daughter thinks it's on the mother's side. all my matches that are 2nd or 3rd cousins don't have any last names on my other tree that I have on the other website. even the places they were born don't match. is this website for real. I paid money to see both sides not one.
Yes. 23andMe is real and it the second largest website for DNA and ancestry research out there. I suggest you test at AncestryDNA (if you haven't already). They are far bigger with about 23 Million tests. Ancestry is on sale this weekend prf.hn/click/camref:1101l4aFW/creativeref:1011l28282 Keep in mind that the different testing companies have different reference panels, so you will get different results with each company. If your DNA cousins have tested at several companies, you may see them on your match list. I hope that helps.
@@GenealogyTV I did, and did find many families. by 23&me never match any of them
California
Born and raised a California girl!