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GENEALOGIST- HENRY ALEXANDER CLIMBED THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN THE U.K IN A CAR
They commemorated a statue in Fort William in 2018. Here's the article from 1911 ascent.
GENEALOGIST- FLORA MACDONALD'S HEADSTONE ON THE ISLE OF SKYE
Flora MacDonald (1722 - 5 March 1790) was a member of Clan Macdonald of Sleat. MacDonald was visiting Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides when Prince Charles and a small group of aides took refuge there after the Battle of Culloden in June 1746. One of his companions, Captain Conn O'Neill from County Antrim, was distantly related to MacDonald and asked for her help. MacDonald of Sleat...
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CONTINUING WITH THE HERITAGE OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION AND THE CONSTITUTION
Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American statesman, lawyer, and Founding Father of the United States. He is the only person to sign all four great state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. He also signed the 1774 Petition to the King.
Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Sherman established a legal career in Litchfield County, Connecticut, despite a lack of formal education. After a period in the Connecticut House of Representatives,...
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GENEALOGY- SEVEN GENERATIONS OF OF A PREHISTORIC FAMILY MAPPED WITH ANCIENT DNA
An adult man buried some 6,000 years ago in what is now France was the son of the man from whom dozens of people also buried at the site are descended.
In the mid-2000s, archaeologists excavating a burial site in France uncovered a 6,500-year-old mystery. Among the remains of more than 120 individuals, one grave stood out. It contained a nearly complete female skeleton alongside a few assorted bones that looked like they had been dug up and moved from another grave.
Ancient DNA from the enigmatic relocated remains shows that...
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LEGACY- JEWISH REFUGEES IN SHANGHAI
One of our clients shared a story about her husband’s ancestors fleeing Nazi Germany by going to Shanghai. She had a small book listing all of the refugees. I had to look up that story.
An estimated 17,000 German and Austrian Jews first trickled into Shanghai after the beginning of Nazi persecution of Jews in 1933, and then, following the 1938 violence of Kristallnacht streamed in like a flood. These early refugees usually immigrated to Shanghai as families. Stripped of most of their assets before fleeing the Reich, these thousands of refugees swarmed into Hongkew because they...
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ANCESTRY- ALEXANDER HAMILTON'S FATHER-IN-LAW GOT TAKEN FOR A RIDE
A statue of the Revolutionary War general, newly prominent thanks to the musical “Hamilton,” has been removed from its place outside Albany City Hall because he enslaved people.
Lin-Manuel Miranda said that the portrayal of Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and other white historical figures by black, Latino and Asian actors should not require any substantial suspension of disbelief by audience members. "Our cast looks like America looks now, and that's certainly intentional", he said. "It's a way of pulling you into the story and allowing you to leave whatever cultural baggage you...
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GENEALOGIST- BLACKSTONE BEATS GENETIC PRIVACY LAWSUIT
Some folks were upset about or did not know that Blackstone had purchased Ancestry.com back in 2020, and sued, but the suit was dismissed, see the link: https://www.kirkland.com/news/in-the-news/2023/05/calling-lawsuit-bare-bones-7th-circuit-rejects-genetic-privacy-claims-over-ancestry-com-acquisition
However, it's not like Blackstone bought it from a bunch of genealogists. It was previously owned by at least four other private equity firms (see below), Were they good stewards of all of those DNA tests?
New York, December 4, 2020 – Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) have completed their previously announced acquisition of Ancestry® from Silver Lake, GIC, Spectrum Equity, Permira,...
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OBSERVATIONS ON ABORTION FROM THE 1700'S
With the recent controversy surrounding Roe vs. Wade, I thought I would see what our ancestors debated in earlier newspaper articles (remember, back then, “s” was written as “f”) in regard to abortion. Instead, I found the article above that argued that requiring a marriage license with a 30-day parish residency requirement would result in more abortions.
I also found an article that earlier in the story mentions “the people west of Hudson’s Bay” (that also says the same custom in Formosa, which is present-day Taiwan). The article discusses their traditions related to induced abortion, but...
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THE GREAT EFFORTS TO MAKE ABE LINCOLN LOOK MORE PRESIDENTIAL
Included painting his head on another politician's posing. Ironically it was the fiery defender of slavery John Calhoun.
The secret was kept for a century!
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abraham-lincoln-photos-edited
WE NOW HAVE THE LARGEST EVER HUMAN FAMILY TREE, WITH 231 MILLION ANCESTRAL LINEAGES
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-create-largest-ever-human-family-tree-using-two-decades-of-genomic-data
WE GET 50% OF OUR DNA FROM EACH OF OUR PARENTS. BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME 50% - UNLESS YOU ARE IDENTICAL TWINS.
Which is the most Irish of these four sisters?
https://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/whos-more-irish-you-or-your-sibling/?ancid=o4v2vr11lh&gclid=baa080a6-a39c-11eb-aacc-008cfa5b6750-7f6d63729700++355896011++9188562039++32710796134&o_xid=75807&o_lid=75807&o_sch=Content+Marketing
THE USE OF DNA TO TRACK YOUR FAMILY’S DISEASE HISTORY BACK 280 YEARS!
How a Rare Brain Mutation Spread Across America. The Bowlin family knew they...
