Did you inherit old postcards or letters from the family? If so, you have another source of genealogy information that perhaps you have not considered: DNA extracted from saliva used to attach stamps. NOTE: This isn’t terribly unusual. I know at least two people who frequently purchase old letters written and presumably mailed by famous …
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Scientists Settled a Century-Old Family Drama Using DNA From Postcards
Did you inherit old postcards or letters from the family? If so, you have another source of genealogy information that perhaps you have not considered: DNA extracted from saliva used to attach stamps. NOTE: This isn’t terribly unusual. I know at least two people who frequently purchase old letters written and presumably mailed by famous …
New Directions for the David Rumsey Map Center
The David Rumsey Map Center has published an article that will interest many genealogists: “The map center, home to an estimated 250,000 physical maps and more than 200,000 digital maps from 1500 to the present is a cross between a library and a laboratory, replete with leatherbound atlases, spinning globes, enormous high-definition touchscreens and several …