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Shame: Comment Spam Spotted from World Vital Records
I’ve written a lot lately about the new activity and information found on World Vital Records, but you won’t be hearing much from me about them for a long time. In fact, until they make a public apology. It appears … Continue reading
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Give the Gift of DNA Testing For the Holidays
Thinking of giving the gift of DNA testing to family members this year? Giving them the joy of researching their ancestors through their blood lines? Genetics and Health offers a list of the prices for DNA testing on the CNA … Continue reading
Who Do You Think You Really Are? Is It What You Think?
“So You Think You’re English” (print version), by the Telegraph in Britain, is a fascinating look at the issue of DNA research and genealogy, especially where it helps squish racism as well as how DNA research is beginning to break … Continue reading
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Richmond Civil War Newspaper Now Online for Research
Eastman Genealogy Newsletter announces that the “Richmond Civil War Newspaper Now Online”, and can be found at the Richmond Civil War Newspaper. This will hopefully be a great resource for facts and insights into the American Civil War, especially for … Continue reading
Tracing Historical Humans Through Their Teeth
A Yahoo News article from HealthDay Reporter E.J. Mundell discusses how a “tooth finding shakes the human family tree”. Vaporized gas from million-year old tooth enamel is stirring debate on how modern humans’ ancient kin won the evolutionary race. The … Continue reading
Will You Soon Be Able to Trace Your DNA Ancestry Back to Neanderthals?
Discovery News announces the “Neanderthal Genome Being Mapped”, a bit of news that will certainly help turn the future of DNA research, as well as archeology, on its ear. A bone fragment that scientists had initially ignored has begun to … Continue reading
Research Your Family History Through Business Card Collections
I’m learning so much about the various ways people can research their family’s history and was stunned to find out that there is a Historical Business Card Collection that can be researched by name to find out which businesses your … 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
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
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
