Since the story broke in April, a number of people have asked me how it is the police could use the DNA of regular joes to crack a cold case. Its very simple- you go online, shout Go Go Gadget DNA KIT!!!! and voila!
Also, GEDMATCH.com and some basic knowledge of genetics helps. But mostly work on your Don Adams impression.
Cheers!
The New York Times article referenced in the video can be found at: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/science/dna-family-trees-cold-cases.html
Today’s Video is a simple reading of the Declaration of Independence. If you’re a student who has never read it in full, try hearing it instead. Some people learn better by hearing instead of reading it. Pay special attention to the reasons given and the list of grievances.
Happy Independence Day!
Today’s video explains why you’re likely to hear about America’s “real” Independence Day on July 2nd rather than July 4th. It turns out that July 2nd simply wasn’t AWESOME enough. Cheers!
It happened twenty three hundred years ago, so we’re just hearing about it now. Sounds about right… In this video, Paul discusses the recent news of an intact Roman burial found just outside Rome.
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Today’s video is a continuation of an earlier video about John Stoetzel, the progenitor of most of the New York Stoetzels. This video discusses how we can identify his paternal grandparents using the identities of his uncles on his marriage record.
Cheers!
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Today is the anniversary of the day James Madison officially proposed what became the Bill of Rights. To celebrate, here is as brief a refresher as I dare.
Now, because the Bill of Rights includes certain controversial topics, I do insist that comments be family friendly and in the spirit of civil discourse. Unless you’ve got a problem with the Third Amendment, in which case you’re just a Communist….
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This video will be especially relevant to other Stoetzels here in the United States. I will use several documents to identify the Stoetzels of the 1850 US Census in Lyons, NY with those Stoetzels of the 1846 French Census of Kutzenhausen, Bas-Rhin.
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A new video today- I use two examples of famous people who were counted twice in the Census to show why details are so important in identifying duplicate documents.
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Since I haven’t heard anyone get offended this hour, here’s something else that you can be indignant about: the month of August! Seriously. Get a grip, folks.
Also, if you don’t like this video, my daughter says you’re supposed to stick it to the man. So there’s that.
In this video, I mentioned I would put the link to Tertullian.org on the website. Here it is:
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/dionysius_exiguus_easter_01.htm
Cheers!
Notes on History 