Just days after my aunt died in February, one of the cousins passed as well, also from cancer. Dan Hay was his name. Son of Everett and Grace, he was a colorful character. For years he worked as a drywall man, lugging sheet rock and spreading “mud” around at construction sites in Oregon and Alaska. [...]
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While sorting through a few older email messages today I came across this one from July 2008. I sent a note to some relatives asking that they consider giving DNA samples for study. At the time there was no charge. Now, unfortunately, the project is no longer accepting samples from the public. Thankfully I did [...]
Speculation that the Postal Service may be nearing an end, a gal at Salon has put together a brief history of the situation and a slideshow showcasing some history. Included in the story is a link to the National Postal Museum, which is part of the Smithsonian. I love collecting stamps and have done so [...]
Last week my grandmother had just returned from the hospital, recovering at home from a broken hip. The doctor actually replaced the entire hip because of the way it was broken. “It was a nice clean break,” she said, which was, according to the experts, the best way to do it. Then, a few days [...]
Playing Around with Wolfram|Alpha
Posted: August 5, 2011 in BOAL, Databases, FROMKE, HAY, HILL, Iowa, LENTZ, Search Engines, South Dakota, VAN NOTETags: search engines, surnames
When I first heard of Wolfram|Alpha, in a news story, the search engine tool sounded pretty cool. And it is. For some reason I don’t recall, I found myself at the site and decided to experiment with various keywords to see what results were returned. There may have been a link to something in one [...]
Half of European Men Share King Tut’s DNA?
Posted: August 2, 2011 in Genetics, HAY, NewsTags: DNA, Genealogy, genetics
Is it a lot of hype or true? If the research holds up then I, too, am related to Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, popularly known as King Tut. It’s a big IF because Tut’s DNA profile has been interpolated, which basically means the scientists have made an educated guess. The key word in the press release [...]
While looking for information my great aunt using Google, I discovered her younger sister’s obituary. It was printed in the San Jose Mercury News on November 22, 2007. Jeane Engdahl (nee Doris Jeane Leek) Oct. 5, 1925 – Nov. 14, 2007 Surrounded by her loving family, Jeane peacefully departed this earth on November 14, 2007, [...]
Recently, and not so recently, my thoughts have dwelled on a project by one of my great aunts. I’d kept forgetting to ask her husband, my great uncle, about it. He’ll be turning 96 this month. Sadly she passed away in 1997. I finally remembered to ask him about it and just sent off a message to him. [...]
Ever since my great uncle agreed to submit a sample of his DNA for testing, I’ve been waiting to be notified by email of the results. It never happened.1 A few days ago I received a message about a sale at the company I’ve been using for the testing. So I logged in today and [...]
While poking around a cousin’s photos on Facebook, I came across one with four generations in one shot. The photo includes our great grandmother. ajh
