California native Christine Cohen will be the featured speaker at the April 9 virtual meeting of the Genealogy Club of Newtown. Cohen will present “Online Cemeteries: What Lies Beneath,” reviewing some of the best online resources of deceased including Internet.net, GraveStonePhotos.com, FindAGrave.com, and BillionGraves.com, among others. Online sites have both US and international information about …
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23andMe Buyer Must Honor Firm’s Privacy Promises for Genetic Data
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said he’s keeping an eye on 23andMe’s bankruptcy proceeding and the company’s planned sale because of privacy concerns related to genetic testing data. 23andMe and its future owner must uphold the company’s privacy promises, Ferguson said in a letter sent yesterday to representatives of the US Trustee Program, a Justice Department division …
Body Found Drifting in Pacific Ocean in 1998 Identified
With the help of DNA testing, the remains were identified as Deborah Mitchell Cordier, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. Photo from Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Nearly three decades after a woman’s body was found drifting in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast, it’s been identified, deputies say. With the help of DNA testing, the …