Your Ancestry search engine has a problem! It’s not so much that Ancestry is becoming a lackluster research platform, it’s just that we’ve become so finicky! Genealogical research has advanced so far in the last 5 years alone that what once seemed like alchemy is now commonplace and ill-adjusted to […]
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My dog watches television. However, he is kinda weird, he doesn’t just watch television he watches me watching television in order to obtain his social cues. Every once in a while he’ll find something interesting on the TV screen; however, he’ll quickly lose interest in it as that bit that
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I’m literally in shock thinking about the fact that while complaints against the new Find A Grave website are mounting, not only is the site getting worse, but those complaints are actually being ignored. What gives? We all want to know. Things are getting so bad that there are actually
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How do you compare DNA testing companies? Which DNA test is the best? Well, size does matter when comparing DNA testing companies and here’s why: it’s all about their DATABASES which includes factors such as number of USERS, FAMILY TREES, and most importantly the size of their REFERENCE POPULATIONS. Reference
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Her name is Joyeuse meaning ‘joyous’ and she is the magnificent sword of Charlemagne that accompanied him on his rise to power from Frankish King in 768 to Holy Roman Emperor in 800 to the posthumously acknowledged ‘father of all Europe’ after his death in 814. Joyeuse has a 32.6 inch
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If you were in the city of Kaunas on March 11, 2018 you would have witnessed Lithuania rolling out a 656-foot (200 meter) flag to celebrate Lithuanian Restoration Day! Here are 16 photos I’ve gathered from around the net to show you just how amazingly inspirational and patriotic that flag
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Is Christopher Columbus Polish? Or is this just polish-ed rhetoric? Apparently Christopher Columbus has a new identity: he’s Polish according to author Manuel Rosa in his newly-released book “Columbus: The Untold Story.” I have just 2 problems with Rosa’s conclusions: (1) there is no basis in actual fact; and (2)
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Being interested in both Lithuania and the Medici family from different perspectives, I never thought the two would be connected! I always knew that the Medici banking influence ran from Italy to London to Bruges; however, I had no idea that the Medici family itself was also connected to medieval
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Staying organized in genealogy can be quite difficult, Genealogy Research Redundancy is something you need to get to know! Here’s a major tip! Organization is often the simple act of keeping multiple records of known ancestors; however, it is also involves something super counter-intuitive – that is, in tracking families
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Believe it or not social networks have been around forever, it’s just that in this day and age they are able to bridge time and space. While Ancestry and other research platforms can instantly connect you to billions of records, the information that YOU are specifically looking for represents only
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Lithuania: February 16, 2018 marked 100 years of Lithuanian independence and the country sure went above and beyond in its efforts to celebrate its centennial! The amount of creativity and forethought that went into these festivities is just not to be believed, and it wasn’t just things that were happening
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The key to cracking the code of vexillology is to understand ‘proportions’ and ‘hues!’ Flags are not just about designs and colors, they are a bit more subtle than that, they are about the hues and the proportions that inform those designs. If you understand that, you’ve hoisted yourself up
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How many flags of Europe are there? There are 50 recognized countries, 28 of whom belong to the European Union (EU). Each country’s flag is an iconographic representation of its history and culture and is often an indicator of a secretive relationship to another nation with whom there is a
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President Donald J. Trump delivers a flawless (SOTU) State of the Union address! It was remarkable to behold President Trump speak to the American people with such poise and power, his message was clear, his words reassuring of our national future. His SOTU speech was equal to our national character.
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The story of the Lithuanian Nation is one of the best kept historical secrets! As the centennial of Lithuanian Independence was commemorated on February 16, 2018, let’s look at the story of this nation and its illustrious history from pagans to kings, for in it are lessons for us all.
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