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Genealogy website MyHeritage offers low-cost DNA tests (Guardian Unlimited)
MyHeritage, the genealogy social networking website, is offering its 27 million global users a "cheek scraper" DNA test for less than £100. The site is expanding its family research features after linking with US company FamilyTreeDNA to offer the DNA test for an additional payment that will help identify living relatives with common ancestors. Israeli-based MyHeritage's 27 million ...
Genealogy group to discuss symbols of West Africa (Springfield News-Sun)
The African American Genealogy Group of the Miami Valley will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, 1350 Bush Row Road, Wilberforce.
I Can't Find it on my Computer! (About.com)
If you use a computer in your genealogy research, then you likely have a large collection of digital files. Digital photos, downloaded census records or wills, scanned documents, emails... If...
Pete Barth column: Petersons close out football journey (Sheboygan Press)
Theyre not related, but in football genealogy, Cedar Grove-Belgium seniors Josh and Chris Peterson have been blood brothers for a long, long time.
John O'Connor, Family Tree: Chasing the genealogy for a friend was an adventure of love (The Republican)
Robert Joseph Goff was born in Letterman Hospital in San Francisco on June 17, 1933. The family moved to Utah, to Windsor Locks and, finally, after his father retired from the military, to Springfield, in 1947.
Genealogy Meets Social Networking at Genoom.com - Now in Chinese and 16 Other Languages (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Social media takes on the family network with family history / genealogy-based social network, www.Genoom.com. Genoom recently added Chinese language support - the network is now fully accessible in 17 different languages, letting users connect with, and stay in touch with, family across the globe.
Descendants of Confucius exceed 2 million (People's Daily)
The Confucius Aristocratic Family Genealogy will be printed at the end of this year after ten years of revision. The total number of descendants in this updated edition exceeds two million, not only dissolving the crisis of the family's discontinuity, but also providing precious historical material for researchers. With a history of over 2,500 years, the Confucius Aristocratic Family Genealogy ...
Barack Obama’s Bedouin roots (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Galilee’s Abdul Rahman Sheikh Abdullah has thoroughly studied the Obamas’ genealogy and claims to be the next U.S. President’s uncle. Obama’s African relatives are preparing to meet with the President-elect.
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