Lake-Sumter Magazine
“Some family trees have beautiful leaves, and some have just a bunch of nuts. Remember, it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking.” —Author Unknown.
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Roots Tech Streaming Schedule:
Roots Tech
"Not able to attend in person? Several sessions at RootsTech, including the general keynote sessions on Thursday and Saturday, will be streamed live on the home page of RootsTech.org. After the conference, recordings of these sessions will be posted on the website for a limited time.
See the streaming schedule below for times, session titles, and presenter names."
February 3 - 6, 2016.
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DNA, Genealogy And The Search For Who We Are:
cosmos & culture: The author's view of DNA testing...
"Consider these facts:
- You share no DNA with the vast majority of your ancestors.
- You have more ancestors — hundreds a few generations back, thousands in just a millennium — than you have sections of DNA.
- You have 64 great-great-great-great-grandparents — but if you are a man, you share your Y-chromosome with only one of them.
- The amount of DNA you pass on to your descendants roughly halves with each generation. It is a matter of chance which of your descendants actually carry any of your DNA.
PLEASE! Link Your DNA Results To A Tree:
The Dead Relative Collector:
"If you've dipped your toes into the well of DNA genealogy, especially via Ancestry, you know the hair pulling frustration of having pages of results with "No Tree". WHAAATTTT?"
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Getting the Most from Your Offline Research Dollars:
Ancestry
Unless you were the winner of the recent $1.5 billion lottery, you probably don’t have unlimited money to spend on your genealogy. Although Ancestry provides access to billions of records, there are times when you have to obtain a copy directly from a record office. Here are some tips...
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Password Managers Compared: LastPass vs KeePass vs Dashlane vs 1Password:
How-to-Geek
"There are dozens of password managers out there, but no two are created alike. We’ve rounded up the most popular options and broken down their features so you can pick the right one for you."
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This Day In History: 1 February
1587: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, signs the Warrant of Execution for Mary Queen of Scots.
1633: The tobacco laws of Virginia are codified, limiting tobacco production to reduce dependence on a single-crop economy.
1861: A furious Governor Sam Houston storms out of a legislative session upon learning that Texas has voted 167-7 to secede from the Union.
1878 Birthday: Hattie Caraway, first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
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