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give me Liberty! or give me New Shoes… and everything else…

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Kusadasi, Türkiye brings tourists in many ways, for many reasons. We took a van and enjoyed great views, our cousin came on a cruise ship and then took a bus, and we all visited many of the same places - House of The Virgin Mary, Ephesus Ancient City and Ephesus Selcuk Museum, Rug Weaving and all were so wonderful to visit and experience. But Liberty Resort was so wonderful that with each outing we planned, we felt sad to leave the property that offered so many wonderful things for us to do and enjoy.

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Red Wing’s Son-in-law’s Deer Hides and Other Taxidermy

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The white tail deer pelt was there in Miss June's shop. Her son-in-law said all the money for the pelt would go to Miss June. The pelt has the mark where the bullet entered its side. The meat was eaten. It was shot for the food, not for the pelt or the lamp stand. The handiwork needed buyers.

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Reminder: Always get at least two sources. The Social Security Application

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The applications are easy to order and inexpensive (Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request link below) as records go, and for me I had hoped for clues also to find anything on my grandfather's father. But the applications are a document that will have the precious signature of the applicant - priceless!

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y-DNA. No, it does not have admixture, but it does have thousands of years of human ancestry.

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y-DNA. What is it? Who has heard of it? All the excitement about admixture aka ethnicity in at-DNA testing and matching trees took some of the focus away from the original DNA-for-genealogy testing and my own favorite test: -- y-DNA. What is your y-DNA, if you are a man? (Only men carry y-DNA.) Is it … Continue reading y-DNA. No, it does not have admixture, but it does have thousands of years of human ancestry.

Some DNA 101

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This is one explanation which comes up frequently, among others, where I have about two minutes to send an answer, but I know the person needs a lot more than a few charts and paragraphs. But this is a good start, if you have tested and are floundering a bit. For this minute, let's say, … Continue reading Some DNA 101