Today: Wednesday: March 23, 2016
Brick Wall SIG Meeting
8:30 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center
Today: Wednesday: March 23, 2016
General Monthly Meeting
10:00 AM in the Atlanta Room in the Savannah Center
The Ireland That We Dreamed Of:
Ancestry
"I first visited America in the 1990s when I went on holiday to Boston to visit my cousins. Boston is a city I absolutely love and for an Irish person it can feel like a home away from home."
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A Fitting Ending:
The Legal Genealogist
"This past week has been a painful one for the genetic genealogy community, with a spat between two key players going public when it should not have, and members of the broader community taking sides without any way to know all the facts."
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A Fitting Ending:
The Legal Genealogist
"This past week has been a painful one for the genetic genealogy community, with a spat between two key players going public when it should not have, and members of the broader community taking sides without any way to know all the facts."
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Concepts – Identical by…Descent, State, Population and Chance:
DNAeXplained
"In genetic genealogy, what does it mean when someone says they are “identical by” sometime…and what are those various somethings?"
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Oldest Ever Human DNA Sample May Rewrite Evolutionary Tree
DNA Genealogy
"New Scientist is reporting a team of archaeologists and geneticists from the Max Planck Institute in Germany have successfully sequenced the oldest sample to date of human DNA. The sample in question comes from a person who lived in Spain over 430,000 years ago."
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When to Do an mtDNA Test for Genealogy?
Lisa Louise Cook
"DNA testing is becoming more and more integrated into our traditional genealogical research. Over 1.5 million people have completed some form of autosomal DNA test, testifying that the idea has finally taken root and now is almost a commonplace notion."
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Artificial Light Is Wrecking Your Sleep, and It’s Time to Do Something About It:
How-to-Geek
"We’re collectively staying up later, sleeping less, and enduring a lower quality of sleep thanks to the abundance of electronic distractions and the accompanying bright screens. For your health and happiness, it’s time to do something about it."
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This Day In History: 23 March
1760: The Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings.
1792: In Paris, the Legislative Assembly approves the use of the guillotine.
1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe‘s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published.
1928 Birthday: Fred Rogers, television performer (Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood).
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