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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hi #GenHour, how is your week going? I had two distant cousins contact me this week asking me how we were connected. I love it when others discover my tree. I have so much to share with them about our shared ancestry!

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Afternoon views. It's a gorgeous day.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Cruise ship sighting this afternoon!

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Hi #GenHour, how has your week been? My exciting news is a cousin sent me a photo of my 3rd great-grandfather, Meyer Hollander. He was born in the 1840s in Gorlice in Galicia. I'd never seen a photo of him before!

Photo of my third great grandfather, Meyer Hollander, who was born in Gorlice

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

In my latest video, I discuss the announcement made earlier this week that Y-DNA analysis has arrived on MyHeritage, courtesy of a collaboration with FamilyTreeDNA. This is a significant development, and one that I hope raises the profile of Y-DNA testing in the #genealogy community. #GenHour 2/3

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I am back with a new video for my Decoding Your Y-DNA series! Check it out here: youtu.be/BT9CIYUXAhg #GenHour #AncestryHour 1/3

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Y-DNA Comes to MyHeritage

YouTube video by Genealogy with Jeremy Lehmann

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hi #GenHour, how has your week been? Tomrorow I will be releasing the first of a series of short tutorial videos about TreeLab. My hope is that these videos can serve as a reference for users. I plan to publish about 1-2 videos per week. treelab.jernealogy.com

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TreeLab — GEDCOM Analyzer

Upload your GEDCOM file and instantly explore your family tree — lifespans, ancestor and migration maps, relationship finder, cousin counts, and more.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

That's wonderful news, congrats!

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

That's great! I've also been working on my wife's ancestry in recent days. Her great-uncle's DNA results came in a few days ago, which has provided some new leads. #GenHour

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

That's a good question. I don't know. If it does it would make it a lot easier to utilize Neighbors! Ancestry GEDCOMs don't typically include street addresses, which is frustrating.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Amazing! You definitely should check it out. It's a fantastic map. I'm trying to find more historic city maps like that where the property owners are listed. They are such a great resource. #GenHour

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I've also created a Calendar feature on TreeLab. You can see birth, wedding, and death anniversaries from your family tree on a monthly calendar. Customize your calendar view to filter for the family members that matter to you. And you can export it as an .ics file! #GenHour 5/6

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I've built Neighbors so that your research is saved. Uploading a new version of your family tree will not erase the addresses or research you have already added. I highly recommend trying it out! #GenHour 4/6

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I had an amazing discovery when using Neighbors. My 4th G-GF, Jacob Labishiner, lived in Albany, NY. I plotted his residence from the 1880 US Census using Neighbors, and then layered in a 1876 historical map. I realized that his name was listed on the map as a property owner! #GenHour 3/6

Neighbors plotted my ancestor's residence and a historical map confirmed he owned the property!

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Neighbors will require users to put in some work, but it's worth it! With Neighbors, you can add street addresses to profiles on your tree and they will plot on a map. This is perfect for seeing who from your family lived close to each other. You can also layer in historical maps! #GenHour 2/6

Map of my family members deom Albany, NY with an overlay of a historical map from 1876.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Hi #GenHour, how has your week been? I've made exciting genealogy progress this week. Thanks to the additional indexing of records by JewishGen, I was able to locate the death records for three of my direct ancestors in Slovakia. I was able to order digital copies of all the records too!

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

You can explore TreeLab here: treelab.jernealogy.com I’ve continued building out the Map Room, which now includes 230+ historical maps. It matches ancestors in your family tree to maps covering the places and time periods in which they lived. I hope you’ll check it out! #AncestryHour #GenHour

treelab.jernealogy.com

TreeLab — GEDCOM Analyzer

Upload your GEDCOM file and instantly explore your family tree — lifespans, ancestor and migration maps, relationship finder, cousin counts, and more.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

TreeLab was mentioned in DNAPainter's latest blog post! dnapainter.com/blog/an-expl... The post highlights a number of exciting new family tree tools, and I’m thrilled to see TreeLab included. Many thanks to @dnapainter.bsky.social for the mention! #AncestryHour #GenHour #Genealogy

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An explosion of new tree tools | DNA Painter Blog

There are lots of new family tree tools available online. Here I look at some of these tools and at web development in genealogy.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

How am I just learning about the EverythingWeather app?!? It's fantastic! I love that it features so many great products produced by NOAA. This will become my default weather forecasting app going forward. I recommend others try it out too!

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The best part: load your tree, and TreeLab matches your ancestors to the maps of the places and years they lived. Open a map and you'll see whose events fall inside it, with their places marked right on the old streets. Check out the Map Room on #TreeLab here: treelab.jernealogy.com 2/2

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I'm excited to launch the Map Room in #TreeLab! The Map Room is a collection of 150+ public domain historical maps, from world atlases down to street-level city plans, spanning the 1600s to the 1900s. Every map is aligned with today's world, so you can fade between past and present. #GenHour 1/2

The Map Room is a collection of more than 150 public domain historical maps that have been georeferenced. Available for all logged-in viewers on TreeLab.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Thanks! I'm really excited about this latest update. It's the biggest update since I launched TreeLab a couple months ago.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Hi #GenHour, how has your week been? We're dealing with poor air quality in NYC due to wildfire smoke. I'm happy to be indoors. I'm excited to release a major update to TreeLab in the coming days. More to come soon! treelab.jernealogy.com

treelab.jernealogy.com

TreeLab — GEDCOM Analyzer

Upload your GEDCOM file and instantly explore your family tree — lifespans, ancestor and migration maps, relationship finder, cousin counts, and more.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I continued to make updates to #TreeLab over the past week, including adding a My Research section and PNG image exports to Charts and Maps. Logged in users will see a "What's New" section on their Overview page that will highlight new features. treelab.jernealogy.com #GenHour #Genealogy

treelab.jernealogy.com

TreeLab — GEDCOM Analyzer

Upload your GEDCOM file and instantly explore your family tree — lifespans, ancestor and migration maps, relationship finder, cousin counts, and more.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I've added a feature in DNA Planner in #TreeLab called "Find best testers" that identifies your oldest generation living relatives that should be prioritized with autosomal DNA testing. My wife's great uncle ranked #1 on her list, so I'm glad I got it done! treelab.jernealogy.com #GenHour 2/2

treelab.jernealogy.com

TreeLab — GEDCOM Analyzer

Upload your GEDCOM file and instantly explore your family tree — lifespans, ancestor and migration maps, relationship finder, cousin counts, and more.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Hi #GenHour, how is your week going? I came back a few days ago from a trip visiting my wife's family in South America. My biggest #genealogy win? Getting my wife's great uncle to take a DNA test. He is the last of his generation and his testing will help with finding connections. 1/2

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I've added an initial enhancement that should include marriages of differing generations. I've also added a "Repeat Ancestors" subtab as well. Thank you for the suggestion! It was such a good idea that it couldn't wait 😊

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

You're correct. Let me see what I can do to enhance the feature to include marriages between relatives of differing generations. I know I've got a few of those too in my tree.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Have you checked out the Pedigree Collapse tab in TreeLab? I knew about some cousin marriages in my family, but it identified others I didn't know about.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Wow! That's amazing to have such a geographic concentration in your ancestry. I don't have anything quite like that in my tree, although there are a couple places where my ancestors lived for 200+ years (in northeastern France and eastern Poland).

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

That's great. So glad you are enjoying TreeLab! No need to worry about copyright rules. The map layers are all open source maps that can be used for any purpose.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

#GenHour Sounds like a great trip! Were you there for the heatwave last week?

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Very cool! I have 32 direct ancestors that immigrated to the US. When did your earliest ancestor immigrate to the US? Mine is 1839, which is quite early for Jewish ancestry but still way later than 1776. The Migration Map In TreeLab will detail this info for anyone in your tree! #GenHour

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Between Places lets you choose an origin and destination (or leave one open) and see everyone on your tree who migrated along that route. Where & When lets you pick a place, radius, and time period to find everyone in your tree who was there during that time. Treelab.jernealogy.com #GenHour 2/2

treelab.jernealogy.com

TreeLab — GEDCOM Analyzer

Upload your GEDCOM file and instantly explore your family tree — lifespans, ancestor and migration maps, relationship finder, cousin counts, and more.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hi #GenHour, how has your week been? No big #genealogy updates from me this week as I've been on vacation. But I did create two new maps in TreeLab (treelab.jernealogy.com) that are worth checking out: a new migration map called "Between Places" and another map called "Where & When". 1/2

treelab.jernealogy.com

TreeLab — GEDCOM Analyzer

Upload your GEDCOM file and instantly explore your family tree — lifespans, ancestor and migration maps, relationship finder, cousin counts, and more.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Thanks for highlighting this for me! Geocoding locations around the world has been difficult, and I had not properly geocoded for British Indian place names. I've implemented a fix that should hopefully do so now. Let me know if it is working now for you!

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Thank you for your suggestion of adding the errors export! So many of TreeLab's enhancements have come from people trying it out and sharing their ideas.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Thanks, let me know what you think!

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Hi! I'm so glad you are enjoying TreeLab! It really means a lot to hear that you're finding it helpful. If you have any suggestions or ideas you have as you continue exploring, please let me know. Feedback like yours has already helped shape several new features. #GenHour

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Hi #GenHour! It's been an exciting week as my free genealogy web app, TreeLab (treelab.jernealogy.com), continues to grow. I've just added interactive descendant charts and maps, and they've quickly become some of my favorite features. I'd love to hear what you think if you give them a try!

treelab.jernealogy.com

TreeLab — GEDCOM Analyzer

Upload your GEDCOM file and instantly explore your family tree — lifespans, ancestor and migration maps, relationship finder, cousin counts, and more.

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Jeremy Lehmann @jernealogy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

And now it is implemented. Thanks! ☺️

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