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The Spittoon: A DNA and Family History Research Blog
The Spittoon is the company blog of 23andMe, a DNA testing company. The blog includes articles by their scientists, researchers, and other employees. The goal of the site is to help customers understand their DNA, health, traits, and ancestry, and … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy Resources
Tagged dna, family dna, family history research, family history resources, research, resource, resources, science
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WordPress Customization Highlights Letters From the War Front
Letters from the Front | My Grandfather’s Letters 1914-1919 is a tribute to John Adams of the 9th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, from his letters from 1914-1919, preserved for all time on the web by his grandson of the same … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy Techniques
Tagged army, army history, blog design, blogging, categories, custom post types, england, family history blog, family history blogging, how to blog, ireland, letters from the front, military, military history, uk, war, web design, wordcamp, wordpress, wordpress family history, wordpress plugins, world war i
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Save a Life: Build a Family Cancer and Disease Tree
Tracing our family history isn’t about connecting the dots in our family tree, it is also about connecting the medical history and genetic path cancer takes through a family. In “My Semicolon Life: Tracing my family’s cancer history” in USA … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, cancer research, cancer tree, disease, family cancer tree, family health tree, family history, family medical tree, genes, genetics, health, illness, inherit, medical, medical history, medical records, medical research, medical tree, research
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Family Search Library Expanded to 40,000 Genealogy and Family History Records
The The Oklahoman highlighted the Family History Library recently, a fantastic resource with more than 40,000 genealogy and family history publications from family history library archives around the world not just for families associated with Oklahoma. The collection features family … Continue reading
Posted in Family History Research Notes, Genealogy News, Genealogy Resources
Tagged cemetery records, county records, death records, divorce records, family histories, family history research, family search library, farm histories, genealogy books, genealogy magazines, genealogy research, library, military records, newspapers, norway, norwegian, pilgrim notes, research, tax records
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Dig Into Your Family History Now – Don’t Wait
In “Researching Family History: Find a missing part of your family history” in the Deseret News, Russell Bangerter described uncovering a family treasure that would rock the world. Stephon Tull did not know what he had until he was going … Continue reading
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Tagged attic, boxes, discovery, family history, history, national history, old records, research
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Gordon VanFossen (1929-2011)
We lost one of our VanFossen family members this week. Gordon W. VanFossen, 82, of Billings, Montana. There is currently an obituary listed on the Dahl Funeral Chapel site. For posterity, we include it here. Name: Gordon W. VanFossen Dates: … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Family News, VanFossen
Tagged death, funeral, gordon van fossen, gordon vanfossen, montana, obituary, van fossen, vanfossen
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Find an Image that Defines the Life of a Family Member
The New York Times is launching a new project, “The Lives They Lived: Share Your Photos,” asking the public to contribute a photograph representing the life of a family member or close friend who died this past year. For our … Continue reading
Posted in Anderson, DesRochers, Family, Genealogy News, Knapp, West
Tagged anderson, desrochers, family, family photographs, family pictures, knapp, memories, photography, scrapbook, west
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Genealogy is Serious Big Business for Ancestry.com and MyHeritage
In a time when all online businesses are looking at how to turn their sites into profits, genealogy sites are reporting online business models that are turning our passion for family history into big money. Investors.com reported recently on Ancestry.com … Continue reading
