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ktlett

Behind the scenes at Ancestry.com

Virginia Family Tree - a genealogy resource | December 4th 2009 by Kevin

I found this neat video today, a look behind the scenes at Ancestry.com.  It is obvioulsy intended as an advertisement but it does highlight the importance of their company in the genealogy world.  Much of the research I do is still done " read more

djbigmike

Genealogy – Digging Up the Roots of Your Family Tree

Evolution | December 2nd 2009

Many families today have lost touch with their genealogy. We know who is alive and around us in our every day lives, but that’s about it. For many, genealogy is often overlooked and not considered until it was too late. It is a great way to see read more

newindian

Fas and FasL gene polymorphisms are not associated with cervical…

Zamp BioTopics | December 2nd 2009 by Zamp

Background: Cervical cancer is one of the most important cancers in African women. Polymorphisms in the Fas (FasR) and Fas ligand (FasL) genes have been reported to be associated with cervical cancer in certain populations. This study investigated wh read more

ktlett

What I am genealogically thankful for this year.

Virginia Family Tree - a genealogy resource | November 27th 2009 by Kevin

I know this is a day late but I was thinking about it last night...what are the top ten things I am thankful for in genealogy this year?  It took me awhile to fill this list but here we go, in no particular order... State budget cuts this year read more

danceadvantage

Keeping Rhythm Fascinatin’ — How to Make Tap Dance Come Alive

Dance Advantage | November 24th 2009 by danceadvantage

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Columnists Today, I’m proud to introduce our new columnist, Sarah Mason! Sarah brings a wealth of experience as a dance educator, ensemble director, and  tap dancer to Dance Advantage and will be a regul read more

stephv73

Ancestry History

Irish Genealogical | November 20th 2009 by Stephanie

It is easy to see why it is important to know about history. History tends to repeat itself and we often encounter the same issues of a number of years ago. It is not always that we have been learning from our mistakes… Being religious or not, it i read more

HeadStones

List of Genealogical Societies in OH

Headstonesgenealogy’s Weblog | November 16th 2009 by Tina And Todd Atkinson

It has been a few months but we got a list of OH Genealogical Societies on our website now. We hope this will help your search in what you are looking for. To see our list go to http://www.headstonesgenealogy.com/recommended_sites.php  We have other read more

eldorado

Acosta Family Crest

sairafblog | November 15th 2009 by Eduardo Farias

Costa and Acosta are the same family name, as well Cuña and Acuña by example. The lineage according to the Catalog of Nobility Lusitana, comes from a distinguished gentleman who flourished in time of the King Don Manuel, who reigned in Portugal fr read more

WestWing999

Genealogy Research Tips

Genealogy Tips and Information | November 5th 2009 by Korbin Newlyn

Thanks to the Internet, more and more people are able to trace at least part of their family tree. Genealogy research has become easier to do, though there are still some things you will have to do on your own. If you are fortunate, some of your gene read more

oesterhoudt

OBAMA IS GENETICALLY RELATED TO STALIN, MAO AND CASTRO : I HAVE P…

Reason, Commerce, Justice & Free Beer | November 4th 2009 by Balthazar Oesterhoudt

PALIN ON POLICYFamilies are very important in America. I, for example, come from a very strong family. Alaskans believe in good family values. That's one of the reasons I entered politics. It saddens me to see declining family values in America. read more

schelly

Illinois: Family history Internet resources, Nov. 8

Tracing the Tribe - The Jewish Genealogy Blog | November 3rd 2009 by Schelly Talalay Dardashti

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois will host Harriet Rudnit on "Using World Wide Web Resources in Researching Your Family History," on Sunday, November 8.The program will cover use of various websites and the finer points of searching Google read more

Nwartist

Germany, Heart of Europe

Nw Artist: Musings About Life, Art & Sprituality | November 2nd 2009 by Lynn Brunell

This for my German ancestors. This video not only has great pictures, but beautiful music with sweet lilting voices. read more

bobbyfamilytree

Voice recording your current ancestry

Bobby Family Tree | November 2nd 2009

For sometime i’ve been wanting to catch a bit more of the my current ancestry, whats happening right now. Not really wanting to do a hand written diary thing, nor did i want to just jot down stuff on the computer. So then it dawned on me to rec read more

ElizabethBaskin

Beyond Social Networks: Making Connections That Cross Centuries

Life-Sized Business | November 2nd 2009 by Elizabeth Cogswell Baskin

Eunice Shepard Cogswell The Internet makes it possible to create relationships beyond time and space. At Tribe, we often say that social media allows human connections without physical proximity. We can build relationships with people all over the wo read more

Nwartist

Honoring More Ancestors - November 2

Nw Artist: Musings About Life, Art & Sprituality | November 2nd 2009 by Lynn Brunell

"May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter, and every window open to great possibility" -Mary Anne RadmacherThis video is to honor my French ancestors, and my Lithuanian mother who played the accordion read more

hirsutemal

Casual Listening

The Word of Sinna Luvva | October 28th 2009 by Malcolm

As my beloved chauffered me home, from making a bulk purchase of wild bird food, Radio 4 twittered away as an accompaniment to our journey. One item was about taboos surrounding organ donation, the following item concerned the ubiquity of flip-flops read more

bobbyfamilytree

Ancestry, what about yourself?

Bobby Family Tree | October 26th 2009

Whilst you are alive you are busy researching all the dead folks in your tree its easy to forget about yourself and the valuable documents etc that you can collect over the years and put away. Giving the next person whom will take over your ancestry read more

webduck

AdBlock No – Colorful Tabs Yes

iPentimento - Genealogy and History | October 23rd 2009 by webduck

Chris on Thermal blog asked yesterday if anyone was using AdBlock Plus with Firefox, and cited my unfortunate experience in clicking a particular link on his site, saying that if I had this add on installed that it wouldn’t have happened. That read more

GretaK

Using Ancestry Family Trees in Research

Greta's Genealogy Blog | October 21st 2009 by Greta Koehl

It is commonly accepted that while online genealogies may provide helpful hints, as a whole they tend to be unreliable or at least poorly sourced. I often use WorldConnect to find “leads” on families and also as an avenue to get in touch with ot read more

darkphantom

Interview with Linda Weaver Clarke

The Dark Phantom Review | October 18th 2009 by Mayra Calvani

Linda Weaver Clarke writes historical novels and teaches family legacy workshops across the country. Her latest book, Elena, Woman of Courage, has just been released. She's here today to talk about her popular workshops and about her writing. It& read more

ksmithaiea

The joy of genealogy and family history

One Great Family | October 18th 2009 by jezuwa

See the reasons why people do genealogy and family history. Connect with your family and your ancestry at worldvitalrecords.com. Find your ancestry. Duration : 0:5:14 addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onegreatfamily.info%2Fgenealogy%2Fthe-joy- read more

ksmithaiea

The joy of genealogy and family history

One Great Family | October 18th 2009 by jezuwa

See the reasons why people do genealogy and family history. Connect with your family and your ancestry at worldvitalrecords.com. Find your ancestry. Duration : 0:5:14 addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onegreatfamily.info%2Fgenealogy%2Fthe-joy- read more

max1max

Family History: Much More Than Just Names and Dates

Funny Detective Story | October 14th 2009

My grandmother used to tell me stories ab,out her childhood, she described her mother and her brothers and sisters, clearly she loved them very much. She spoke with less warmth about her father who had kept the family poor while his money went read more

yuxelmurat

Touch Screen Faucet by Fima

...:::YuXeLMuRaT:::... | October 13th 2009 by murat

This acute blow awning faucet by Fima comes able with able appearance that do all the cerebration for you. Pamper yourself with this new tap design, different for its high-tech ancestry that accomplish it so stylishly simple – in agreement of looks read more

oesterhoudt

FROM SLAVERY TO THE WHITE HOUSE : ANCESTRY AND AMERICAN HISTORY

Reason, Commerce, Justice & Free Beer | October 9th 2009 by Balthazar Oesterhoudt

AN ESSAYRecently, the New York Times ran an article about Michelle Obama's ancestry. See N.Y. Times, October 7, 2008, In First Lady's Roots, A Complex Path from Slavery. Thanks to a genealogist's work, we see deeply into Mrs. Obama's family history read more

HeadStones

Headstone Symbols

Headstonesgenealogy’s Weblog | October 7th 2009 by Tina And Todd Atkinson

I have moved the headstone symbols pictures to a new blog to view them go to http://headstonessymbols.wordpress.com/ .  If  you would like to see the head stones to these pictures and more go to http://www.headstonesgenealogy.com . read more

SophiaRose

From whence I came...(Hungary)

In my sepia studio | October 5th 2009 by Kelly

I began many years doing research of my family tree. Both sets of my grandparents hail from Western Europe (except for my dads dad who comes from Ireland). And Europe being the intriguing, beautiful place that is, to me anyways, I've always wanted to read more

webduck

Your Ancestor Might Have Been Recorded On Tape

iPentimento - Genealogy and History | October 5th 2009 by webduck

Your Ancestor Might Have Been Recorded On Tape Of course, there are time and technology limitations to the above statement. Even so, but I just ordered through inter-library loan an audiotape of my cousin Louise H. Martin’s interview from 1976 read more

HeadStones

Lost Anne Frank Video Uncovered

Headstonesgenealogy’s Weblog | October 5th 2009 by Tina And Todd Atkinson

Video – It has no sound, is shot in black and white and is only a mere 20 seconds long, but the only known video footage of Anne Frank to see and read more go to http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212259817.shtml read more

Philip0207

Hark Back to Ppuri Park

Pcacho's Adventure | October 5th 2009 by Pcacho

Tracing lineage is a real nice trait that I believe Filipinos still upholds. In fact we are known for our close Family ties. One abode may consist of two or three households. Our grandparents are housed in our respective dwellings and we recognize re read more