Tag: DNA
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Genealogy and my ongoing search
In early 2016, I heard about a genealogy conference called Rootstech to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah. Its location shouldn’t be a huge surprise since the largest source of genealogical records in the world reside here with the LDS Church in their FamilySearch Library. I was finally at a place personally that I…
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1950 Census. Too spoiled to wait?
Depending on your age, you may have never looked at an old census. Maybe that should be rephrased to say you have never wanted to or needed to look at an old census. I didn’t. It was more a novelty than a necessity. However, If you are a regular on Ancestry.com, Family Search, or any…
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Long distance goodbye
Eileen was my only living aunt and we met once, 3-years ago. Unfortunately, I missed that opportunity with her husband Charles. We were able to speak though, which made the meeting with Eileen even possible. Charles was my fathers younger brother, and before our first phone call, had no idea I existed. His brother Al…
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Goodbye… Hello!
Aside from all the political bullshit, it was a pretty good week. It is hard not to get drawn into it but at some point my mental health won’t take anymore. I decided (for the umpteenth time) to focus on something, anything really, that is different and hopefully positive. That opportunity came about in two…
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Take a picture
I receive so few handwritten letters anymore, probably because nobody has time to write them. I can text or email so why bother with pen and paper and who even sell stamps? My mom-in-law does it weekly which makes me appreciate the fact I am watching a dying art form from a front-row seat. Now…
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Eileen and more gloves
The “Stones” said it best, “Paint it Black.” Partially out of boredom, partially necessity, my front door is getting remodeled. Like many projects, this started out simply enough to rebuild/replace the original 1960 bespoke door knob. It was not meant to be so a modern unit became the plan. For anyone curious most door knobs…
a life always under construction 