Genetic Communities™ beta: New Innovation from AncestryDNA:
Ancestry"Today, we are pleased to share the roll-out of a new beta experience for AncestryDNA that we call Genetic Communities™. Applying rigorous statistics and scientific development, we’ve created a unique experience that can connect you through your DNA to places your ancestors called home and the migration paths they followed to get there.
This new experience gives you a more detailed connection to the people, places, cultures, and stories that led to you."
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Noah Wyle: Confederate Veteran’s and Widow’s Pensions:
Ancestry"The end of the American Civil War presented many difficult issues to resolve in regards to how the states and individuals previously in rebellion were to be treated. Among the more controversial of these issues was the treatment of soldiers who had served the Confederate cause. Although the United States government provided pensions for veterans of the Union Army, they naturally had no intention to do the same for the veterans of the Confederacy. Over time, the states that formerly constituted the Confederacy, as well as three states that remained in the Union but had large numbers of citizens who fought for the Confederacy, set up their own local pension programs."
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Searching for Women in World War II:
Ancestry"Prior to World War II, the primary roles of women were homemakers, mothers, wives, and daughters. Their main job was to stay home, take care of the family, and run the household. The man’s role was to go into the workforce and bring home the paycheck. This isn’t to say women did not hold jobs outside the home, but the overall professional arena belonged to men. As the war years approached, women began to have more options. Many more women attended college and joined the workforce."
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Tech:
How to Set Up Find My iPhone on iPhone:
Lifewire"If your iPhone or iPod touch has been lost or stolen, it's not necessarily gone for good. If you set up Find My iPhone before it vanished, you may be able to get it back (or at least keep the person who has it now from accessing your data). It's crucial that you enable Find My iPhone before your device goes missing. After it's already gone, it's too late."
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Is the Find My iPhone App Required to Find a Lost iPhone?
Lifewire"Find My iPhone is a huge asset for people who have lost their iPhones or have had them stolen. The free service provided by Apple uses the iPhone's built-in GPS to track the location of your phone. Even better, it lets you do things like locking the phone over the internet so the person who has it can't use it or remotely deleting all the data on the phone.
But what if you didn't install the Find My iPhone app on your phone before it was lost or stolen?
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Education:
Why Some Genealogy Family Tree Websites Don’t Work:
Ancestral Findings"Do family tree websites work? The vast majority of them do, if you know how to use them the right way. On today’s Ancestral Findings Podcast, I’ll show you what you need to know to get them to work for you."
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