Question, re: 'ancestry' etc.
Want to learn my mother's birth, marriage and death dates; she died when I was 7 or 8, Dad remarried several years later and brother Billy and I were adopted; NYS 'obliterated' name/existence of birth-mother on my/our 'new' birth certificates (after adoption.)
Will 'ancestry' places include facts about my birth mother, in spite of NYState's practice? and which of several 'ancestry' places better (and less expensive) than others?
Thanks
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I don't have a subscription with them anymore, which is a bit expensive, but their collections are impressive. Better than the LDS (FamilySearch) overall, imo.
And the submitted family trees seemed more accurate too, in general. I found several INSANE family tree submissions to the LDS years ago, back in the days when I'd actually visit some LDS libraries.
EDIT:
Ancestry's DNA analysis seems the most accurate too. I didn't really NEED to do it to resolve any mysteries, but they confirmed my paper trails which pointed to origins from the British Isles.
I volunteer to conduct DNA adoption searches, using DNA results and genealogical documents to find birth parents, grandparents etc. It is a complicated process, but Ancestry makes it much easier with the way their site is set up.
Some of the trees on Ancestry can be really crazy trees. I just shake my head. In my work, information needs to be exact, checked and double checked. So I can start cussing up a storm when I see crap trees.
Years ago when commercial DNA genealogy sites began to spring up the ethnicity break down was pretty sketchy.
This is because not enough people had DNA tested to find comparison groups. But as more and more people are DNA testing we are getting better norming groups.
Yes I think it is safe to say your ancestors are from the British Isles. 