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Can DNA Really Solve Family Mysteries?
In an article on MSNBC called “DNA Solves a Family Mystery”, author Matt Crenson tells of how modern DNA testing has helped to solve the mysteries about his great-grandfather’s history. It also includes some rather stunning information on what DNA … Continue reading
Ethnic Groceries: Step Back in Time with Your Ancestors’ Food
Slashfood, a blog on food and cooking, asks “Are There Ethnic Grocery Stores in Your Neck of the Woods?” I thought it was just in my neck of the woods that small ethnic grocery stores were the place to go … Continue reading
The Web Helps Make Genealogy Business Big Business
In an article by the Wall Street Journal Startup called “Web Helps to Create Genealogy Businesses”, it tells of how family history researchers are turning their personal skills and experiences into online businesses, helping others find their own family’s roots. … Continue reading
Bringing the Past Alive in Historical Gardens
According to a press release announcement from the UK National Archives, “Germinating History: 200 year old seeds spring to life”, is exciting news for biologists as well as genealogists: Against all expectations, seed scientists from the Millennium Seed Bank at … Continue reading
New Collection of Over 100 Million US Immigrants Now on Ancestry.com
Discovery News announces “Immigrant Passenger Logs Now Online”, referring to the digitization and collection process by Ancestry.com to bring together immigration records and collections. The digitization project contains more than 100 million names and is now searchable online, according to … Continue reading
Online Census Images: Ancestry.com or Heritage Quest – Which One is Better?
The Plymouth Library Genealogy Blog pointed me to Everton Publishers Genealogy Blog examines “Which to Use? Ancestry.com or HeritageQuest for the Best Census Images” for researching genealogy census reports online. …So to make a long story short – today we … Continue reading
The Master Genealogist: Tips for Sources, Citations, and Credits
In genealogy, sources are complicated. This is putting it mildly. Every bit of information you gather in your family history research must be documented with where you found it, and where it resides after you found it. It also helps … Continue reading
Archaeological Dig Reveals Sulter Store Along Hudson River
The Discovery Channel reports on an 18th Century store evacuated in the Fort Edward area in the Hudson River region near Albany. A five-year-long archaeological project has unearthed the 250-year-old site of a merchant’s establishment that sold wine, rum, tobacco … Continue reading
The Mayflower: The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony
The more I dig into our West family history, the closer I come to linking us to the Mayflower, which is a little intimidating. In a recent post by Dick Eastman of Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter, he reviews the The … Continue reading
About Genealogy: Creating a Family Cookbook Tips
Kimberly Powell of About Genealogy offers “Creating a Family Cookbook”, a good guide to creating a cookbook that represents the history of flavors and meals in your family to pass down to your descendants and share with other family members: … Continue reading
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