What To Do Once You Have Your DNA Test Results:
Family Tree Tips"So you’ve just received your chosen DNA Tests results. Now what? A lot of people don’t realise that you can do a lot more with the raw test results than what is shown on any of the sites that test DNA."
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Historic Papers Found In A Skip To Be Donated To The State:
The Irish Times"A chance discovery in a Dublin skip and a curious coincidence 40 years later have resulted in a significant historical find including grants of land bearing the royal seals of Elizabeth I, kings George I, James I and Charles I ."
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How to Get Your Genealogy Questions Answered:
Amy Johnson Crow"All of us need to ask questions when we’re doing our genealogy research. Whether you’re talking with a librarian, a courthouse clerk, or a cousin, there are some strategies you can use to get your questions answered."
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Three Civil War Veterans Reburied With Full Military Honors:
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"They were recently removed from an overgrown and mostly forgotten cemetery near Carlisle (PA) and buried earlier this week in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery."
How to Contact Customer Support and Actually Get a Human:
How-to-Geek"Companies are making it harder and harder to actually get a human being who can help you solve a problem. Call them, and you’ll often end up in a phone tree, asked to enter number after number or speak your issue for an automated system."
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This Day In History: 26 December
1776: After crossing the Delaware River into New Jersey, George Washington leads an attack on Hessian mercenaries at Trenton, and takes 900 men prisoner.1786: Daniel Shay leads a rebellion in Massachusetts to protest the seizure of property for the non-payment of debt.
1917: As a wartime measure, President Woodrow Wilson places railroads under government control, with Secretary of War William McAdoo as director general.
1907 Birthday: Albert Gore Sr., US Senator from Tennessee who was instrumental in sponsoring and pushing through legislation that created America’s Interstate Highway System.
State Timelines:
Even though it is hard to tell what made people move or disappear, these are just a few possibilities.Nebraska:
1812: Became part of the Missouri Territory
1848: Nebraska Territory organized
1860: Population at 29,000
1862: Homestead Act brought substantial immigration
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