Tuesday, July 28, 2015

VGS Latest News & Tips: 28 July 2015

Glossary of DNA Terms:
Ancestry.com
"An allele is a variation at a specific location along the genetic code. As a simplified example, at the locus that contains the code for eye color, some people have the allele for blue eyes, and others have the allele for brown eyes. When comparing individuals to determine they share a common ancestor, the allele values at each of the tested loci (also known as markers) are compared."
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Korean War babies still searching for G.I. fathers:
USAToday
"Me & Korea, a nonprofit organization, helps Korean War orphans connect with their American G.I. fathers and roots in Korea."
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What Does “Defer Upgrades” in Windows 10 Mean?
How-to-Geek
"Your Windows 10 system may have a “Defer upgrades” option for Windows Update. This option delays feature upgrades for several months while allowing security updates through."
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6 New Features and Changes to Facebook You Should Know:
makeuseof
"Facebook introduces new features all the time, and slowly rolls them out to users. It’s difficult to keep up with all the changes, or know what’s new and useful in the world’s largest social network. So we are revisiting the best things to come from Facebook recently, in case you missed any of them."
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Genealogy Center, Allen County Public Library:
YouTube: 9:17minutes
"Part one of this informative tour of the Genealogy Center in the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana."
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This Day In History:
1615: French explorer Samuel de Champlain discovers Lake Huron on his seventh voyage to the New World.
1868: The 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees citizenship to all those born or naturalized in the United States, is adopted.
1898: Spain, through the offices of the French embassy in Washington, D.C., requests peace terms in its war with the United States.


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