ancestors Tag

25 Jan

Posted at 23:44h in Newsletter

Good morning readers and now listeners, Don’t forget to listen in every other Saturday at 1 PM CST to the “Live Your True Life” Family Historian segment on the Ashley Berges show on KBTD 1160-AM in Dallas on the USA Radio Network or look up Ashley Berges on Facebook where the show is live. Listen to me on Spreaker at http://www.spreaker.com/user/ashleyberges Check out the website: www.ashleyberges.com The segment starts on January 25th. If you miss the show, the segments will be available as podcasts on our website at www.dancestorsgenealogy.com or on our YouTube channel Dancestors Genealogy, or at Apple podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-your-true-life-perspectives-with-ashley-berges/id839257367 The first few segments will be mostly background,...

20 Jan

Posted at 07:13h in Newsletter

Good morning fellow skin-wearers, Have you ever heard of "Anthropodermic Bibliopegy"? I hadn’t either, but I can assure you it is not a binding option for our beautiful Dancestors Genealogy books! Skin-bound books may sound like weird artifacts that belong in Evil Dead movies or Dungeons and Dragons campaigns. But from the 1600s to 1800s, these suede-like tomes were less necromancy, more commemorative plate. And converting yourself into human moleskin upon kicking the bucket made for a heartfelt present. The pre-anesthesia surgery blog “The Chirurgeon's Apprentice” has a charming overview of the history of "anthropodermic bibliopegy," or the process of binding books with human skin. Although this process sounds gruesome to...

17 Nov

Posted at 07:03h in Ancestry Explained

Good morning mortals, With my profession, I read more obituaries than most folks. None of us like to think about how someone is going to explain what we did during the “dash” as in John Smith lived from XXXX – YYYY. Unless you’re a serious planner, likely someone will have to write one for you. Have you ever wondered, who writes them?  Obit writers: Deadly serious about their craft At ObitCon, members of the Society of Professional Obituary Writers talk about the privilege of honoring lives well-lived. Mo Rocca reports on the annual gathering of obit writers, and their awards ceremony, where they...

20 Aug

Posted at 07:02h in Ancestry Explained

All, As successful people, one of your responsibilities is to not let your families pictures, stories, and historical documents be lost forever. You have the means to preserve those legacies forever in print and electronically. Don’t leave your legacy as a burden to your heirs. That’s often the missing piece to your estate planning efforts. You come up with a great plan for a distribution of your tangible assets, but does nothing for your intangible assets, your character, your families legacy.  When you think about your ancestors do you think about how they left money or such they left to so and...

18 Aug

Posted at 06:28h in Newsletter

Good morning Gene-bearers, A lot of news so far this year on how DNA has helped solve some horrible crimes. That’s good news if want to see criminals off the street, less so if you’re a bad guy. What the Golden State Killer Tells Us About Forensic Genetics: In the year since the arrest of the Golden State Killer, investigative genetic genealogy has emerged as the most powerful crime-fighting tool since DNA itself. Read in WIRED: https://apple.news/Acw9u04BgS8afhZtORqnLTQ Wouldn’t it be interesting to find out you had an alleged vampire in your family tree? A ‘vampire’s’ remains were found in 1990. DNA is giving him a...

19 Jun

Posted at 10:52h in Newsletter

Good morning grandchildren of your parent’s parents, I thought I’d just share some good stuff with you on the DNA of your possible ancestors. DNA from medieval Crusader skeletons suggests surprising diversity DNA suggests Crusaders intermarried with local people and their sons also fought. Read in Ars Technica: https://apple.news/ANUy8oBioQzOTt57l4WBVNg If you want to know for sure who you’re ancestors are and have it placed into a beautiful family heirloom for a family member’s birthday, anniversary or Christmas, just reply back and Dan-cestors will be on the case, putting the pieces together and capturing your family’s story! Let Dan-cestors help you find those “strangers in your box”....

09 May

Posted at 06:49h in Ancestry Explained

Good morning fellow descendants, Many of my clients have grown up with stories of their Native American ancestry, only to be disappointed when it doesn't show up in their DNA. Here's why that may happen. Do you have a sibling? Do they look more like your mom or dad than you do? That's because unless your identical twins you have differing percentages of your parents DNA in your blood. Here's an example of how your Native American DNA could persevere or disappear through just 5 generations and 150 years: Great-Great-Great Grandpa was 100% Native American. He has two boys (gender doesn't matter, just...

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