Doing your DNA for family research
After Peter Sherlock’s [E.4.1a.6b.5c.1d.2e] talk and Q&A session (at our AGM on 8 November 2025) about Tom Winder, we had numerous members excited and offering […]
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Studying Family History
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Finding your place in Trove
The National Library of Australia recently secured funding to continue providing it’s wonderful Trove website, but I was surprised to learn that only 10% of
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How Amelia found the woman who had saved her life
Looking through the results of a DNA database, Amelia Lewis [E.2.6a.4b.2c.1d.2e.2f] was confused to see a “self” or “twin” living in the United States. After contacting her genetic doppelganger, she was amazed to discover the woman who saved her life.
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Could Irish naming conventions bust your brickwall?
If you’ve hit a brickwall with Irish ancestors, you might get some clues from a recent article about Irish naming conventions and baptism traditions, provided
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AncestryDNA Tips and Tricks
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A Demographic View of the Hungerford Family – Part 2
HAFS has, over the past three decades, accumulated a massive amount of information, providing a comprehensive family history and an extensive Hungerford family tree. It is timely, to therefore look at some demographic data pertaining to our Hungerford family.
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Two new members with unusual DNA
Welcome to all new members of course, but we’re excited to have two new members that help with our research – one that provides Y-DNA
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Father’s Day Specials
FamilyTreeDNA currently has specials on the pricing of their Y-DNA tests and upgrades. These tests are good for researching your roots over the centuries and
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When does a secret stop being a secret?
Over the last twelve months, our cousin and HAFS member Philippa Shelley-Jones [E.2.3a.6b.5c.2d.1e] has been writing about secrets which emerged about her great-great-grandfather Garland. She
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A Demographic View of the Hungerford Family – Part 1
HAFS has, over the past three decades, accumulated a massive amount of information, providing a comprehensive family history and an extensive Hungerford family tree. It is timely, to therefore look at some demographic data pertaining to our Hungerford family.
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Ellen Johnson DNA Update
Earlier in the year, we wrote about a project to discover the ancestry of Ellen Johnson and Tom Winder, who are ancestors of many Hungerfords in Australia. Here are our first findings.
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French records now available
If you have ancestors who are of French origin, then you might be excited by this news from the Society of Australian Genealogists: “Following their
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The Winder Johnson DNA Project – the background
Two of the most enduring genealogical mysteries in the Winder and Hungerford families are the parentage and ancestry of Tom White Melville Winder (c1788-1853) and
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Ancestry DNA members – We need your help
Many of our family members have taken an AncestryDNA test in the last few years and these have provided some interesting discoveries. In particular, several
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AncestryDNA changes in August – act now
AncestryDNA is making several during August 2020 to improve accuracy and validity of matches. From late August (no specific date) they will remove matches which
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Knight Hungerford ancestry – what the DNA showed
Following the story that John Knight appeared to be the son of Emanuel Hungerford, John’s great-grandson Alan Knight did an AncestryDNA® test and a Y-DNA
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John Knight DNA breakthrough
John Knight The family of John Knight (1812-1912) grew up with the story that he was the illegitimate son of Emanuel Hungerford [E]. Now, two
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Summer with SAG
This summer I joined the Society of Australian Genealogists (SAG) and attended four of their lectures and workshops – A Deep Dive into FindMyPast, AncestryDNA,
The finer points of ‘FindMyPast’
Professional genealogist Michelle Patient recently took a group of Society of Australian Geneologists (SAG) members for a deep dive into FindMyPast (http://findmypast.co.uk), a service which
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A New Role for Phillipa Shelly Jones
Philippa Shelly Jones [E.2.3a.6b.5c.2d.1e] was recently elected to the Board of the Society of Australian Genealogists. She is also the Editor of the publication ASSOCIATIONS
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