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Daily Archives: November 6, 2019
How to trace your Irish roots using this traditional Irish naming pattern – FamilySearch November 6, 2019
I saw this on FamilySearch – How to trace your Irish roots using this traditional Irish naming pattern: https://media.familysearch.org/how-to-trace-your-irish-roots-using-this-traditional-irish-naming-pattern/ Summary A popular tradition in Irish names could help you trace your Irish roots. Our ancestors in Ireland had a very … Continue reading
Brightside – Featured Vlogger of the Week – November 6, 2019
I chose Brightside – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4rlAVgAK0SGk-yTfe48Qpw as the Featured Vlogger of the Week. Some basics of Brightside’s YouTube channel – joined Mar 15, 2017. Has over 6,017,249,390 views, 31.4M subscribers, and 3,104 videos. Official website: https://brightside.me/ YouTube About: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4rlAVgAK0SGk-yTfe48Qpw/about Description Hey! Are … Continue reading
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Tagged Board Games, Facebook, Featured Vlogger of the Week, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube
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Genealogy Basics Chapter 3: Discovering Historical Records – MyHeritage November 6, 2019
I saw this on MyHeritage – Genealogy Basics Chapter 3: Discovering Historical Records: https://blog.myheritage.com/2019/11/genealogy-basics-chapter-3-discovering-historical-records/. Including Chapters 1 and 2 links below. Genealogy Basics · November 6, 2019 This is the third post in our Genealogy Basics series, in which MyHeritage … Continue reading
Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry – November 5, 2019
I saw this today on Ancestry.com – Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry – November 5, 2019: https://www.ancestry.com/cs/recent-collections. Only including updates since November 1, 2019. New and Updated NEW U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 11/5/2019 UPDATED Oaxaca, … Continue reading
How Low Will DNA Testing Go This Year? November 6, 2019
I am talking about sale prices between now and December 31, 2019. I make the comment near the bottom that it’s estimated full DNA testing will drop dramatically within the next 3 – 10 years. Right now, full DNA testing … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, AncestryDNA, Dante Labs, FamilyTree DNA, FindMyPastDNA, LivingDNA, MyHeritage DNA
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What Actually Happened to the Titanic Survivors – YouTube Video
What Actually Happened to the Titanic Survivors – YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zuqwZJqzTo (about 8:14 minutes long). The YouTube channel that posted this video has an article on their website: https://brightside.me/wonder-curiosities/what-happened-to-the-titanic-survivors-494510/ Posting this for a friend who is big on some of … Continue reading
Genealogical DNA Testing Companies and Current DNA Sales November 6, 2019
Current January 2019 DNA sales, updated daily or every other day. Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, FamilyTree DNA, LivingDNA, mtDNA, MyHeritageDNA, TeloYears, Veritas Genetics, WeGene, Y-DNA
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Cemetery/Graving Websites November 6, 2019
If you go to https://upsdownsfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/tag/Tombstone-tuesday/ or https://upsdownsfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/category/cemetery/, this is my weekly theme post about cemeteries, graving websites, and things related to the above items as well as posts that have been put in the Cemetery category. In addition to the … Continue reading
What I’ve Learned From Blogging — Kaci Ventures
November marks a very special occasion over here at Kaci Ventures. On November 6th, 2018, I published the first post! How exciting! I honestly can’t believe it’s been a whole year already. I’m still nowhere near where I want to … Continue reading
Oslo the Olympic Gerbil – Weirdness Wednesdays November 6, 2019
Here is this week’s Wednesday Weirdness post: Oslo the Olympic Gerbil: https://www.thedrum.com/news/2012/07/25/wednesday-weirdness-oslo-olympic-gerbil. Has a Twitter account:https://twitter.com/theolympicbrain. I used to have gerbils as pets in high school. Other Weirdness Wednesdays posts: https://upsdownsfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/tag/Weirdness-Wednesdays/