Jeremy Lehmann

Reclaim The Records We’re Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. We identify important genealogical records sets that ought to be...

What's a #FOIA Appeal? What's some good language to use when you want to argue with the government about why they should be giving you the file you asked for, instead of some "genealogy letter"?

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Some Thoughts on the Whole Genome Sequencing announcement from MyHeritage Introduction Recently, MyHeritage announced that they are going to process their autosomal DNA tests using Whole Genome Sequencing, rather than the traditional genotyping arrays. This means, in the…

🚨NEW blog post 🚨. I wrote some thoughts on the WGS Sequencing announcement from MyHeritage it's imaginatively titled "Some Thoughts on the Whole Genome Sequencing announcement from MyHeritage". I'd welcome any feedback.

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Decoding Your Y-DNA - YouTube This series is designed to help genealogists, DNA enthusiasts, and anyone curious about their family history understand the power of Y-DNA testing.

All of my videos in the "Decoding Your Y-DNA" series can be found here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

My plan is to wrap up the series sometime next week.

YouTube video by Genealogy with Jeremy Lehmann Y-DNA on a Budget

My latest episode in my "Decoding Your Y-DNA" series is now out. This video is titled "Y-DNA on a Budget" and has money-savings tips for Y-DNA testing.

Check it out here: youtu.be/80ecJ00j0e4

What better way to spend your time while Ancestry is down? 😛

Ah, OK. That would make sense. It's been down for me for about 20 minutes now.

Is the Ancestry website working for anyone? It seems to be down.

I could make a video just of outtakes from making my YouTube series 😂. I mess up all the time and have to redo a lot of recording. #GenHour

What I've done in the past is record my screen with the slides while giving over the presentation. OBS Studio is a good program for Mac devices. You can record audio as well as the screen. #GenHour

There are some helpful tutorials online to help you get started. It wasn't such a steep learning curve for me to pick up the basics, and I have no prior background in video editing. #GenHour

Nice! I've been using DaVinci Resolve with editing my YouTube videos as well. It's a great video editing tool.

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Hi #GenHour, this is the big #geneticgenealogy news of the week. MyHeritage is transitioning to a low-coverage WGS test.

I may look to test again directly with MyHeritage if the results can help with resolving their imputation issues.

What are your thoughts?

YouTube video by Genealogy with Jeremy Lehmann Y-DNA Genealogy Applications

My 10th video in my "Decoding Your Y-DNA" series is now out. The topic of this video is "Y-DNA Genealogy Applications".

You can watch the video here: youtu.be/vkRngksru-4

The full list of videos in the series can be viewed here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Let me know what you think!

Wow, that is quite granular!

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Yeah, I would consider those 1% ethnicities as just noise

Hi #GenHour, Ancestry is out today with their updated ethnicity estimates.

Have you seen any significant changes?

Hi #GenHour, I'm posting a little early since I will be busy for much of the hour this week.

Most of my free time lately has been devoted to my Y-DNA Series. I'm happy with the output so far, and my latest video has received nearly 300 views in just a few days.

My next video will be out tomorrow.

YouTube video by Genealogy with Jeremy Lehmann Y-DNA and Human Migration

My latest video in my "Decoding Your Y-DNA" series is titled "Y-DNA and Human Migration". I think many might find it interesting!

You can view the video here: youtu.be/f1R_CPM-GFc

My full list of videos in the series can be found here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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YouTube video by Genealogy with Jeremy Lehmann Navigating the Big Y Block Tree

My 7th video in the "Decoding Your Y-DNA" series is now out! The topic of this video is: "Navigating the Big Y Block Tree".

It's my favorite video thus far. I walk through how to analyze a Big Y Block tree, using my own results as an example.

Check it out here: youtu.be/RXdVRZD25pg

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YouTube video by Genealogy with Jeremy Lehmann The Benefits of Big Y Testing

Hi everyone! My 6th video in the "Decoding Your Y-DNA" series is now out. The topic of this video is: "The Benefits of Big Y Testing".

Check it out here: youtu.be/ArLcp7Ih-Qc

You can see all the videos in the series here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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YouTube video by Genealogy with Jeremy Lehmann Discover Your Y-DNA Haplogroup

My 5th video in the "Decoding Your Y-DNA" series is now out. The topic of this video is discovering your Y-DNA haplogroup.

Check it out here: youtu.be/MHRPwsrp6ck

My 4th video in the "Decoding Your Y-DNA" series is now out! The topic of this video is SNP testing.

Check it out here: youtu.be/oGF_oIgijVg

#Genealogy #Y-DNA

YouTube video by RootsMagic RootsMagic 11: What’s New (Top Features Tour)

After #GenHour I’m going to be watching this 👉🏻 RootsMagic 11: What’s New (Top Features Tour) & deciding whether to upgrade

Yes, so true! I have really come to appreciate obituaries that are full of information about the deceased's life and that contain important genealogical information about family relationships! #GenHour

Thanks, same to you!

Yesterday I spoke with a distant cousin on the phone who told me about a cousin of hers who I did not have on my tree. Today I found an online interview of this newly discovered cousin, and I am looking forward to watching it and learning more about her life.

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Thanks!

That's great! I'd love to know what you think of the videos when you get the chance to view them.

There will be about a dozen videos in the series, so there will be a lot more to come! I am hoping to publish 1 -2 videos per week.

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Decoding Your Y-DNA - YouTube This series is designed to help genealogists, DNA enthusiasts, and anyone curious about their family history understand the power of Y-DNA testing.

Hi #GenHour, how has your week been?

Over the past week I have published the first three videos in my educational YouTube series about Y-DNA. And the next one comes out tomorrow!

You can check out the series here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

She has also volunteered at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and told me that she would help connect me with the librarian there. I am hoping to donate several copies of my forthcoming book about my great-grandmother's sister to their library.

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This cousin has had an eventful life. She was born in Siberia during World War II and lived in post-war Poland until she moved to the United States while in her 20s. She is a writer and several short essays about her family are found online.

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