12 Dec Genealogist for Hire- December 12 2020
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- 2 As this 1829 wanted ad shows, you could get a $572 reward from the Territorial Governor and the respectable and responsible townspeople if you could catch John Smith!
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- 4 SO AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE COULD A WOMAN GIVE BIRTH TO HER GREAT AUNT OR UNCLE?
- 5 OR COULD THERE BE EMBRYOS FROM THE FUTURE?
- 6 DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A CENSUS DOCUMENT?
As this 1829 wanted ad shows, you could get a $572 reward from the Territorial Governor and the respectable and responsible townspeople if you could catch John Smith!
Since everyone has a John Smith in their family tree, let Dancestors find out if this is your John Smith!
SO AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE COULD A WOMAN GIVE BIRTH TO HER GREAT AUNT OR UNCLE?
Frozen embryos of the 1990s are now being implanted in today’s mothers. The embryo is the age of the mother’s aunts and uncles. This could make for some interesting family trees!
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/science/tennessee-embryo-donate.html?
OR COULD THERE BE EMBRYOS FROM THE FUTURE?
In this case, DNA was used by this man to find out he’s not related to Captain Kirk.
DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A CENSUS DOCUMENT?
It turns out it represents a count of 132 Incans. Read below how the knots allowed a census to be recorded without having a written language.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/khipus-inca-empire-harvard-university-colonialism?
