We are just about one month into 2010 and with the new year comes a new design for my blog. If you read my posts through a feed reader, be sure to stop by for a visit and see the new look. My previous design had an Asian theme, but I went for a more […]
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I’ve been doing some extra reading on genetic genealogy these days and I just had to post this video. My husband found it for me last night on YouTube. It is a video of a woman who is opening up her results from African Ancestry on camera and giving her reaction. Appended to the video
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After talking to my mother for this week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun post, we began to talk about other things from the past and I asked her a question about one of the houses we used to live in when I was a child. I remembered this house, particularly because it was next to a
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Tonight’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun prompts us to recall a day from when we were 12 years old. 1) Remember when you were 12 years old? On a summer day out of school? What memory do you have of fun activities? 2) Tell us about that memory (just one – you can do more later
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My mother sent this to me and of course I had to post it. I am related to Charles Barkley (I’m his 3rd cousin once removed), and last night on Lopez tonight they revealed his ethnic ancestry from a DNA test. Turns out he is: 0% Asian 14% Native American 11% European 75% Sub Suharan
“God is the color of water.” Do you know where that quote comes from? If you do, then you too have probably had the opportunity to absorb the life story of Ruth Shilsky McBride Jordan, mother of author James McBride and the topic of his best-selling book, The Color of Water. Written in 1996 the
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This evening, as I was just finishing wrapping the final presents for the kids, I received an email about a distant cousin of mine. I was contacted by a woman (we’ll call her Ms. C.) who is part of a project to identify remains of Korean War soldiers who died during the war. Ms. C contacted
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In this installment of Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories, the blog prompt is “Christmas Music.” This was an easy one to think about. This song is one my mother played all the time, every single Christmas season! I will forever associate it with my childhood memories of Christmas. ” Silent Night,” as sung by the
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Last week I learned that the NC Office of Archives & History was having a sale on some of their publications so I ordered a couple of books. Onslow County: A Brief History by Alan D. Watson — as the county coordinator for Onslow County, NCGenWeb project, I thought it was a good idea to
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This week @ GeneaMusings Randy has asked us to consider what our dream database would be Define one or more genealogy or family history databases, that are not currently online, that would really help you in your research. Where does this database currently reside? What are some of the things people are wishing for?? 1)Randy
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