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Monthly Archives: May 2019
Making Discoveries With the New and Improved AncestryDNA Match List | Ancestry – YouTube Video
I saw this YouTube video recently – Making Discoveries With the New and Improved AncestryDNA Match List | Ancestry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jhhpg83S4M (around 43:52 minutes long). 1,300th post for 2019.
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Tagged Ancestry.com, AncestryDNA, DNA, Social Media, YouTube
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~đź’š~ Welcome to Mental Mingling ~đź’š~ Mental Health Awareness Month Meet & Greet! ~ Final Week! — Beckie’s Mental Mess
Hello, One & All! Well, this is the last and final week of “Mental Mingling” The Mental Health Meet & Greet. I want to send out a humungous THANK YOU! to all the participants that shared their blog links amongst … Continue reading
A Most Understanding Monster — Book Beach Bunny
Godzilla King of the Monsters Directed By: Michael Dougherty There’s a part in Godzilla where the humans are trying to help him and get him to help us that actually made me break my no talking during films rule. Because … Continue reading
The Family History Library 2019 Free Block Party Saturday June 15, 2019
I saw this on FamilySearch recently – The Family History Library 2019 Free Block Party Saturday June 15, 2019: https://media.familysearch.org/the-family-history-library-2019-free-block-party/. The Family History Library Block Party, sponsored by FamilySearch and the Church History Museum of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will … Continue reading
Never stop fighting — Beauty of my chaotic mind
So we’ve reached the final week of mental health awareness month, and I find myself in the most positive state I have been in a long time. This week started with a bit of reminiscing about our trip to Paris, … Continue reading
Ailish Sinclair – Featured Blogger of the Week May 31, 2019
I chose Ailish Sinclair: https://ailishsinclair.com/ as the Featured Blogger of the Week May 31, 2019. Has a book due out later in the year; Autumn (or Fall if you prefer) 2019. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ailishsinclair/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ailishsinclair/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ailishsinclairauthor/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ailishsinclair/ Past … Continue reading
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RIP Levi Oakes (2019), last surviving Mohawk World War II code talker
When I was searching Legacy.com for an obit, I saw the following – Levi Oakes (2019), last surviving Mohawk World War II code talker (What is a Code Talker? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_talker): http://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/notable-deaths/article/levi-oakes-2019-last-surviving-mohawk-world-war-ii-code. He died May 28, 2019 according to Legacy link … Continue reading
Informed Consent: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It’s Necessary — The DNA Geek
The genetic genealogy community is in turmoil. People are angry, accusations are flying, and friendships are sundering. All over something as seemingly straightforward as whether we have the right to decide whether our DNA data can be used by law … Continue reading
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How a Utah assault case upended the cutting-edge DNA website that caught the Golden State Killer – CNN
In looking for DNA articles a few days ago, I came across this article – How a Utah assault case upended the cutting-edge DNA website that caught the Golden State Killer: https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/27/us/genetic-genealogy-gedmatch-privacy/index.html. My next post is a re-blog from The … Continue reading
BillionGraves May 2019 Contest Ends Tonight
Updated May 31, 2019;Â Contest over – roughly 670,576 images uploaded and 715, 342 records transcribed – https://billiongraves.com/pages/help/leaderboard.php?month=201905. Just a reminder – Billiongraves May 2019 Contest –Â BillionGraves 8th Annual Million More in May Competition Ends Tonight 11:59 P. M. GMT, … Continue reading