The Ancestral Searcher Current Journal

The journal of Family History ACT is the Ancestral Searcher which is published quarterly. Members receive a copy as part of their membership. Back numbers and articles are available for purchase.

Table of Contents

Vol 49 No 2 June 2026

Articles
A mystery written in DNA	Mary McLarty	127
The Gift that Keeps on Giving	Kathryn Coughran	133
The Mystery of Lily Elizabeth’s Father	Jeffrey Bollard	141
DNA and a pedigree of 1,000 years	Cathy Day	145
DNA led me to my ancestral Irish townland	Cathy Day	150
Clusters are the key to DNA Analysis	Clare McGuiness	155
A Cluster Case Study - the Buchans	Clare McGuiness	162
Regular Articles
From the President	Michele Rainger	123
From the Editor	Clare McGuiness	124
From our Contemporaries	Pauline Bygraves	170
Book Review	Helen Cohen	174
Advertising		176
Society Education and Activities, Services		178