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Daily Archives: January 17, 2020
Free Play Florida: 2019 Review — The Arcade Blogger
November 2019 saw the Free Play Florida arcade event in Orlando come around once more. The fact that I fly across the Atlantic each year to make it part of my arcade calendar each year should tell you that I … Continue reading
TracFone’s “SmartSIM” Could Be An Industry Game-Changer, But It Will Depend On Its Implementation — BestMVNO
Tracfone may be readying the launch of a new service titled “SmartSIM.” FierceWireless, recently detailed what is known about the new product in an article. In short, it will likely be a SIM card based service that will allow subscribers … Continue reading
Laura / Pictinpa, pictink – Featured Blogger of the Week January 17, 2020
For this week’s Featured Blogger of the Week, I chose Laura – https://pictinpa.wordpress.com/ and https://pictink.wordpress.com/. About page – https://pictink.wordpress.com/about/ About Bio: I am from Scotland but moved to Pennsylvania, USA in October 2013. I maintain two blogs. pictinpa.wordpress.com documents my … Continue reading
Posted in Bloggers, Social Media
Tagged Cryptids, Featured Blogger of the Week, First Nations/Native American, YouTube
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What is Austronesian ancestry? – 23andMe January 16, 2020
I did not see this yesterday when I looked on 23andMe’s blog – What is Austronesian ancestry?: https://blog.23andme.com/ancestry/what-is-austronesian-ancestry/. The article is over 1,200 words long, but I cut it down significantly. Worth a read if you have Filipino ancestry. Part … Continue reading
Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry – January 14, 2020
I saw today on Ancestry.com – Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry – January 14, 2020: https://www.ancestry.com/cs/recent-collections. Only including updates after January 9, 2020. I did not see it the last few times I checked this link on Ancestry. … Continue reading
LivingDNA Kit Update #4 – January 17, 2020
I checked yesterday and it was still showing as Returned. I checked this afternoon and it is now showing as Genotyping. That means LivingDNA has started the lab process of processing my DNA sample. They didn’t include an expected date … Continue reading
Posted in Bloggers, DNA
Tagged 23andMe, AncestryDNA, FamilyTree DNA, Kansas, LivingDNA, Sequencing.com, Wichita
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Five Year Blogiversary Giveaway! — socially awkward bookworm.
Hey! As of today, I have been blogging for five years! I know I say this all the time, but it’s still pretty mind-blowing! A big achievement that I made was reaching 1700+ followers. I never thought that was a … Continue reading
Hammer-headed Bat Photo – January 17, 2020
When I go to the default home page on my phone’s browser, it has various news articles, along with a few clickbait ads at the bottom. The one that drew my attention a few days ago was a clickbait tease … Continue reading
If The Twilight Zone was Southern – YouTube Video – It’s A Southern Thing
I saw this on YouTube recently – If The Twilight Zone was Southern – YouTube Video – It’s A Southern Thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAULsL_FR2A (about 5:28 minutes long).
Search new UK Parish and Military records – FindMyPast Fridays January 17, 2020
I saw this last night on FindMyPast. Here’s this week’s FindMyPast Fridays – Search new UK Parish and Military records: https://www.findmypast.com/blog/new/does-your-family-tree-have-roots-in-the-garden-of-england. They can usually be found athttps://www.findmypast.com/blog/new/, either Thursday or Friday, depending on when they get posted. Alex Cox 17 … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, Genealogy, History, Military History
Tagged Family, FindMyPast, FindMyPast Fridays, Newspapers
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