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Daily Archives: November 21, 2019
Consumer DNA Testing May Be the Biggest Health Scam of the Decade – Gizmodo November 20, 2019
I saw this on Gizmodo recently – Consumer DNA Testing May Be the Biggest Health Scam of the Decade – Gizmodo November 20, 2019: https://gizmodo.com/consumer-dna-testing-may-be-the-biggest-health-scam-of-1839358522. At the start of this decade, the federal government called out consumer DNA testing as … Continue reading
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Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry – November 20, 2019
Not related to this post, but I will be posting links to my brother-in-law’s obits – funeral home and newspaper tomorrow at 12:12 P. M. U. S. Central Time. His funeral will be around that time. I saw this last … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry.com, Newspapers, Obit, World War II
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Etowah-Horse Shoe Volunteer Fire & Rescue Dept … – YouTube Video
I saw this on YouTube this afternoon – Etowah-Horse Shoe Volunteer Fire & Rescue Dept … – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1yX9LS3-uQ (about 3:35 minutes long). This department is also in Henderson County, North Carolina, same as the Serpentarium Magic – Serpentarium Magic, … Continue reading
Serpentarium Magic, Mills River – North Carolina Thursdays November 21, 2019
Heading back east from western North Carolina for this week’s North Carolina Thursdays post. I was in Henderson County with an earlier North Carolina Thursdays post – Pinball Museums, Asheville and Hendersonville, North Carolina – North Carolina Thursdays April 4, … Continue reading
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Tagged Naval History, North Carolina, North Carolina Thursdays, Wikipedia, YouTube
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10 Catholic Gravestone Symbols — BillionGraves Blog November 19, 2019
This was originally sent me to me in an e-mail on October 26, 2019, but when I clicked on the link, it was invalid. Don’t know if it’s still going to be a two-part series or not. Been checking weekly … Continue reading
Humor and Why It Often Fails on the Internet – November 21, 2019
This post, https://rizziallen.wordpress.com/2019/10/26/humor-when-it-does-and-doesnt-work-2/, got me thinking about humor and the Internet. Humor frequently fails on the Internet, more so than in real-life situations. Some good examples are smiley faces, LOL (Laugh Out Loud), and humor that relies on tone of … Continue reading
Introducing the MyHeritage #HolidayHeritage Challenge – MyHeritage November 21, 2019
I noticed this today on MyHeritage – Introducing the MyHeritage #HolidayHeritage Challenge – MyHeritage November 21, 2019 https://blog.myheritage.com/2019/11/introducing-the-myheritage-holidayheritage-challenge/. Some good weekly prizes and the grand prize winner gets 10 MyHeritageDNA kits! by Esther · November 21, 2019 · Holidays Oh, the memories. The … Continue reading
You Wouldn’t Plagiarize an Airport — Plagiarism Today
In what has to be one of the more bizarre plagiarism stories in recent memory, Qatar Airways accused Singapore’s Changi Airport Group of plagiarizing not a paper, an idea or a proposal, but an airport. The accusation was made by … Continue reading
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Two FamilySearch Welsh Posts – November 17 – 18, 2019
I saw these recently on FamilySearch – How to Pronounce Welsh Words: https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/welsh-pronunciation/ and Traditional Welsh Food: https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/welsh-food/. How to Pronounce Welsh Words November 18, 2019 – by Amie Tennant Have you ever thought you didn’t have it in you to … Continue reading
Ajax Players Discover Their Family History with MyHeritage DNA – November 16, 2019
I saw this on MyHeritage yesterday afternoon – Ajax Players Discover Their Family History with MyHeritage DNA: https://blog.myheritage.com/2019/11/ajax-players-discover-their-family-history-with-myheritage-dna/. Earlier blog post: Dutch Soccer Players Are About to Uncover Their Roots – MyHeritage September 9, 2019; original link: https://blog.myheritage.com/2019/09/dutch-soccer-players-are-about-to-uncover-their-roots/ by Talya … Continue reading
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