When the Google IPO was coming up, I walked into Citibank ready to buy. I met with the investments person and said I wanted in for the Google IPO and made my order - so I thought. Instead I faced an age old bias and the investments officer called my husband and suggested this might … Continue reading Googleology ~ I Love Google! Google, Google, Google!
Ancestry
Ruth’s Tree ~ Or Bulls-eye Wilson, Fact Or Fiction
When you get to know Bulls-eye, you have to fall in love with him. If nothing else, he brought a lot of people together for family history and DNA for genealogy. John Bulls-eye Wilson, 1812 - 1870. First off, the y-DNA. The Wilson line has a couple of confirmed matching males and gives me a … Continue reading Ruth’s Tree ~ Or Bulls-eye Wilson, Fact Or Fiction
Message Boards, Google and Internet Heirlooms ~ More Ways To Find And Honor True Ancestors!
Ever wonder how there came to be so many messed up family trees? Too much prosperity, too much money for chasing after desires and rumors, and too much sharing of mistakes. The rumor mill floats a good story one time and then a million gazillion clones spring up. I am upset with Ancestry.com because they … Continue reading Message Boards, Google and Internet Heirlooms ~ More Ways To Find And Honor True Ancestors!
“Spread The Love Around…” DNA ~ It Is The Stuff That Makes The World Go Round
"Spread the love around..." ...is what the instructor at GRIP (Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh) said, talking about acquiring lots and lots of DNA kits and distributing them throughout the world for people to use and join this community of those who know their chromosomal cousins and their haplogroups - all their ancestors' haplogroups - … Continue reading “Spread The Love Around…” DNA ~ It Is The Stuff That Makes The World Go Round
Ancient Ancestors Tour ~ Hotel Palacio de Trasvilla, Puente Viesgo ~ Cantabria!
DNA for genealogy or anthropology is not just about finding the ancestors, their information and rellies - it is about going to visit people and places from the cemetery down the street to the archives in any country in the world or the Ice-Age art of the caves of southern France and northern Spain. … Continue reading Ancient Ancestors Tour ~ Hotel Palacio de Trasvilla, Puente Viesgo ~ Cantabria!