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pinkypinky · 05-02-2021 10:39am

Well, if you find a birth cert for a person in that period, you could then approach the parish with the details and say "I'm just looking for the godparents' names".

I did that exercise for all my grandparents' siblings. Some churches charged me and some didn't. Sadly, it didn't yield any new family members. I recognised almost all the names.

L1011 · 08-02-2021 9:14pm

I have managed to completely break Ancestry's family tree rendering, by finding the docs (Booterstown Parish records are fantastic) to show that my great-grandfathers first and second wifes were first cousins (and hence linking them). Totally legit, likely quite common but it now shows every descendent of the second marriage twice.

This is software designed for Mormons, it should really be able to handle someone remarrying after being widowed!

Hermy · 08-02-2021 11:39pm

I have a few similar events which seem to cause Ancestry the same difficulty.
In on instance an individual was left out on their own unconnected to any relative.
Of course it all depends on which person's perspective you have chosen to view the tree from.

mindhorn · 21-02-2021 2:44pm

Anyone else having issues with accessing irishgenealogy.ie? I'm getting a message saying that it's certificate has been revoked.

Hermy · 21-02-2021 2:57pm

mindhorn wrote: »

Anyone else having issues with accessing irishgenealogy.ie? I'm getting a message saying that it's certificate has been revoked.

Yep, me too.

CassieManson · 21-02-2021 4:59pm

Yes and it's annoying when you have nothing else to do on a Sunday afternoon ðŸ˜’

ath262 · 21-02-2021 5:11pm

the site has been fine for me this afternoon for civil records, I'm on FireFox 64bit
SSL cert expires December 2021, same for church record section

Jellybaby_1 · 22-02-2021 12:28am

mindhorn wrote: »

Anyone else having issues with accessing irishgenealogy.ie? I'm getting a message saying that it's certificate has been revoked.

Me too!

Mick Tator · 22-02-2021 12:17pm

Me too (and I'm using Firefox, latest version)

spurious · 22-02-2021 12:41pm

Using Brave browser here. No issues.

mindhorn · 22-02-2021 12:50pm

Tried Brave just now and managed to make it to the homepage but won't allow me to access the civil records, for example.

spurious · 22-02-2021 12:54pm

mindhorn wrote: »

Tried Brave just now and managed to make it to the homepage but won't allow me to access the civil records, for example.

There must be something else going on.
Can you try it with Brave's 'shields down'? Right hand side of address bar.

mindhorn · 22-02-2021 1:13pm

Thanks, tried it the shield down but no joy.

ath262 · 22-02-2021 2:25pm

I haven't been having any problems on IrishGenealogy, all worked ok for me yesterday also in FireFox

Just tested in MS Edge & Chrome (related engine) which are giving a cert revoked error, seems to be an issue with it's reading of the assignment to the home which is site gov.ie, this should link it to the associated sites which include www.cultureireland.ie, civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie, churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie, www.irishfamine.ie etc

Edit - Similar error in Safari (iPad) 'connection is not private', seems it doesn't think the cert is associated with civil records subsite

For ref my FF is 86.0.2 64 bit

mindhorn · 22-02-2021 4:04pm

It's back working now.

Hermy · 22-02-2021 4:31pm

mindhorn wrote: »

It's back working now.

That's a relief!

mindhorn · 02-03-2021 9:42pm

DNA Family Secrets, a new BBC show, airs in twenty minutes.

Hermy · 02-03-2021 9:48pm

mindhorn wrote: »

DNA Family Secrets, a new BBC show, airs in twenty minutes.

Alas, it’s presented by Stacey Dooley.

Jellybaby_1 · 02-03-2021 9:55pm

Hermy wrote: »

Alas, it’s presented by Stacey Dooley.

Oh no! Not Stacey Dooley. Doesn't matter now, I just missed it!

mindhorn · 02-03-2021 9:56pm

Hermy wrote: »

Alas, it’s presented by Stacey Dooley.

Forgot to include that warning!

Jellybaby_1 · 02-03-2021 9:57pm

Was it good enough to record next week?

mindhorn · 02-03-2021 9:59pm

Think it's the first episode.

Jellybaby_1 · 02-03-2021 10:00pm

What did you think of it?

mindhorn · 02-03-2021 10:05pm

It's only starting now. Background noise so I'm not really paying any attention to it.

Jellybaby_1 · 02-03-2021 10:11pm

Misunderstood the time, I'm recording it now as I can't watch right now.

pinkypinky · 02-03-2021 10:39pm

No need to be mean about the presenter please.

I think it's good so far. Not all genealogy focus - there's a story about Huntington's disease as well.

Hermy · 02-03-2021 10:50pm

pinkypinky wrote: »

No need to be mean about the presenter please.

I’m not being mean - I just don’t like her presentation.

spurious · 03-03-2021 2:34am

I know it was terribly basic, but it covered a little bit about why DNA can be useful for finding relatives, how there is less and less common per generations etc..

I liked how the DNA results did not always end in a neat tying up of loose ends. I preferred it to 'Long Lost Family' which is really very samey at this stage.

Mick Tator · 03-03-2021 9:35am

The presenter is a 'people person' and while empathetic is a lightweight for a science topic, so it exemplifies what the show is and will be about. Very basic, far too long/drawn out for the content.

pinkypinky · 03-03-2021 10:31am

Sorry Hermy - lots of people on the twitter hashtag were saying terrible things about Stacey Dooley while the show aired - of a personal nature. Perfectly fine not to like her style of presenting.

ITV will be airing a very similar show from next Wednesday with celebrity pairings, based on the Ant & Dec format they did about 18 months ago.

These shows will always be too lightweight and not in-depth enough for us. However, I'm happy that television programs are covering DNA from all the angles, and Spurious said, not just happy endings.

I wanted to know why they weren't more conclusive about the beardy guy's father. If there were 5 siblings, and one had no children, but the others did, yes, you couldn't be definitive, but you could rule everyone else out. Were there people who didn't want to test?

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