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The Common Room / Re: DNA - summary - worth it?
« on: Sunday 16 March 25 20:05 GMT (UK)  »
DNA has helped me confirm some suspicions I had as well as break down a couple of brickwalls. Before I took the test I wasn't that interested in the DNA side of things, but afterwards I became quite fascinated with it.
I'm definitely more focused on the matches than the ethnicity updates, but it is still interesting to see how that side of it develops over time.

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The Common Room / Re: Finding one of my Great Grandfathers
« on: Saturday 15 March 25 12:29 GMT (UK)  »
If you're looking for an unknown great-grandfather, taking an Ancestry DNA will give you a very good chance of at least getting closer to finding out his identity. I recommend it 100%.

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The Common Room / Re: Journeys Filter on Ancestry
« on: Wednesday 05 March 25 17:38 GMT (UK)  »
It can be useful for people with ancestors from different regions/countries. I like the fact that I can filter my match list to see people who also have the ancestral journey 'Belgium'.
But for people with overlapping or neighbouring journeys it might not be of much use.

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The Common Room / Re: Latin note included in marriage record
« on: Sunday 23 February 25 17:19 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: oldohiohome on Saturday 22 February 25 18:44 GMT (UK)
Elizabeth O'H... might be O'Hare. That's my first guess from the image and knowledge of the parish. My grandfather's family was from that parish and I've looked at a few other families from there also.

Thanks! I've seen what definitely looks like O'Hare in some of their children's baptismal records.


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The Common Room / Re: Latin note included in marriage record
« on: Saturday 22 February 25 18:31 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Kiltpin on Thursday 20 February 25 12:53 GMT (UK)
Sorry - I was looking at the wrong margin! 

Regards 

Chas


You had me scratching my head for a second there! I was beginning to lose faith in my ability to recognise my own language!  ;D

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The Common Room / Re: Latin note included in marriage record
« on: Saturday 22 February 25 18:30 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Bookbox on Thursday 20 February 25 12:45 GMT (UK)
The Latin note in the margin reads:

qui antea clandestine con
-juncti fuerunt

= ‘who previously were secretly united’

A glance at the full register-page shows that 20 is the day (20 October).

I think the second witness is Cillan [or Cillian?] Caulfield.

Thanks so much, that makes a lot of sense!
I stumbled upon this couple, who later moved to Liverpool, as my ancestor made the same journey from Kilbroney parish to Liverpool and had the same job (stone mason) and surname as Roger!

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The Common Room / Latin note included in marriage record
« on: Thursday 20 February 25 11:00 GMT (UK)  »
Hey everyone

I found a marriage record in Kilbroney parish, County Down, Ireland on 22nd October 1822. It's written in English and states that Roger Caulfield was married to Elizabeth O'H... in presence of Peter Caulfield and (? ?).
Written in the margin is an extra note in Latin which I can't make out.
Could anybody help me with this?
Could it possibly refer to the fact that the couple had had many children before getting married?

Thanks
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Upcoming changes to tools at AncestryDNA
« on: Saturday 30 March 24 18:56 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: CorleyMiller on Saturday 30 March 24 15:29 GMT (UK)
I'm also looking forward to seeing the relationship between my shared matches like MH does, would be really useful to me as well.

The one minor change I keep suggesting to them is on the main list page of all matches, just to show the number of shared matches I have with each. That way I can tell straight away that if they have no matches and no tree I can give them a coloured dot for 'no tree no matches' and just move on.   

That's such a good idea

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Upcoming changes to tools at AncestryDNA
« on: Monday 04 March 24 14:30 GMT (UK)  »
The sooner, the better. Knowing how many centimorgans shared matches share with each other will be of enormous benefit!
I hope we don't have to wait until the summer for this.

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