Geeze Loueezz. Update coming. The story of the lost newspaper archives' plots thicken. More information has been sent about where the dear Pages of the Past has been relegated to and still not a word about CH 1844 😦 I shudder as a genealogist to think what I would not know about our Toronto … Continue reading Newspapers, My First Love For Research ~ R.I.P. The Toronto Star’s Pages Of The Past, At least for most of the world
Peanut butter is as much a part of our lives as is our DNA. It conjures up memories of home and family for many people. Dai gets his own jar with his name, he likes to double dip and he is allowed - in his own jar! Aunt Fanny and I still sing the 1961 song … Continue reading Peanut Butter ~ Friends And Lovers and Others. Filling Memorials With Memories And Correcting Mistakes!
Family Tree DNA announced a new dashboard! Love all things new. Why not? I did not read the announcement to see why they made the changes -- whether to create new page formats for smart phones and tablets, or to add new and more page links, or a combination of all the above. All this … Continue reading ftDNA Has A New Dashboard ~ Its Great! Keep The Bifocals Handy!
Actually it was in the 18th century, and it was the father of anthropology and his friends that decided to "group" people where this term gained momentum in the lexicon of some folks. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, called the father of anthropology and Christoph Meiners both, were two of the great thinkers of the day and did … Continue reading Genetic Ancestries, What A Can Of Worms ~ The Three Great Races, oops, great languages, oops, great haplogroups
We are all excited to match up with our genetic cousins at the several DNA-for-genealogy-and-other-stuff companies. There are many different features at each company, but few that explain the rules of the road or help us to understand the street signs. We get exactly half of our DNA from each of our parents, but beyond … Continue reading Genetic Ancestors? Do What? We Only Get Readable DNA From Some Ancestors 😦 ~ But there is a way to ‘see’ lots more!
Cherie Lynn's Herstory 