Ancestry
"The automobile manufacturing company founded by Henry Ford in 1903 has been very much a family business right up to today, with Henry’s son, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and even great-great-grandchildren all playing roles in its success."
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U.S. Coast Guard’s 226th Birthday:
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"This August marks the 226th birthday of the U.S. Coast Guard, originally created as the Revenue Marine in August 1790 by Congress. The Revenue Marine was formed at the request of Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, as an armed service to collect and enforce customs duties at U.S. ports."
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Springfield, Oregon Funeral Home Offering Service To Preserve DNA Of Loved Ones:
The Register-Guard
"Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service and a Canadian DNA laboratory firm are collaborating to offer the opportunity to purchase a DNA sample from a deceased loved one as a way to preserve the person’s genetic record before he or she is cremated or buried.
Andreason’s is charging $263 for the service, owner Jeff Andreason said."
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Gone Fishing: Tips for Using Autosomal DNA Test Results in Your Genealogy Research:
FamilySearch
"Over the last few years, each of the major genetic genealogy testing companies (Family Tree DNA, Ancestry.com, and 23andMe) has expanded to offer services in more distant areas of the world, and more and more people are taking DNA tests just to see what comes back. Particularly with autosomal DNA tests, customers frequently “go fishing” at the various companies to learn more about their ethnicity, see who they are related to, or determine if DNA can help them with their family history research."
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Protecting Privacy In Genomic Databases:
MIT News
"Genome-wide association studies, which try to find correlations between particular genetic variations and disease diagnoses, are a staple of modern medical research.
But because they depend on databases that contain people’s medical histories, they carry privacy risks."
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How to Install and Set Up the Ring Video Doorbell:
How-to-Geek
"The Ring Doorbell ($200) looks just like any other doorbell for the most part, but it comes with an integrated video camera so that you can see who’s at the door–from your smartphone–even when you’re not home. Here’s how to install and set up the Ring Doorbell quickly and easily."
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This Day In History: 17 August
1833: The first steam ship to cross the Atlantic entirely on its own power, the Canadian ship Royal William, begins her journey from Nova Scotia to The Isle of Wight.
1960: American Francis Gary Powers pleads guilty at his Moscow trial for spying over the Soviet Union in a U-2 plane.
1978: Three Americans complete the first crossing of the Atlantic in a balloon.
1786 Birthday: Davy Crockett, American frontiersman and politician who died in the defense of the Alamo.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.
Alaska:
1848: American whalers began fishing Alaskan waters
1853: Oil discovered at Cook Inlet
1861: Gold discovered
1853: Oil discovered at Cook Inlet
1861: Gold discovered
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