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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Staying Afloat in the Gene Pool - Genetic DNA News

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05 AUGUST 2011 - Family Tree DNA announced the launch of a new feature: Y-DNA "Third Party" uploads. This allows for the upload of 33 & 46-marker y-DNA test results from Ancestry, GeneTree and Sorenson's SMGF. The information for this blog is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. Information about the newsletter is available at http://www.eogn.com. More information is available from FamilyTreeDNA FAQ page.

Founded in April 2000, Family Tree DNA was the first company to develop the commercial application of DNA testing for genealogical purposes, something that had previously been available only for academic and scientific research. Currently, the Houston-based company is approaching 350,000 individual records – the largest DNA database in genetic genealogy, and a number that makes Family Tree DNA the prime source for anyone researching recent and distant family ties. In 2006 Family Tree DNA established a state of the art Genomics Research Center at its headquarters in Houston, Texas, where it currently performs R&D and processes over 200 advanced types of DNA tests for its customers.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Tombstone Thursday - Mattingly

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August Mattingly

1881-1899


Oak Hill Cemetery

Section 17, Row 5

Evansville, Indiana

"Drowned trying to save lives of others"


- Photo taken & submitted by JGWest


[Tombstone Thursday is dedicated in memory of Donald G. West 1952-2000]

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

From the FIRST MATE's
PHOTO ALBUM...

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Taken at the National Cemetery in Minneapolis on a June morning as it appeared in the Minneapolis Star/Tribune.

Talk about a picture being worth a thousand words!!! It says everything without a single word.This should become an official Memorial Day, 4th of July and/or Veterans Day remembrance photo; “Our National symbol standing guard”.

photo by Frank Glick-MSP


- Email with photo submitted by Don counts

Monday, August 1, 2011

Marker/Plaque/Monument Monday

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Freedom Plaza plaques...

located across the Martin Luther King Blvd. from the Evansville/Vanderburgh Civic Center


[Click on photo to enlarge image]
- Photo taken & submitted by JGWest