GenWeekly, Vol. VII, No. 5
It's Genealogy. It's Weekly. It's GenWeekly.
January 29, 2010
Elisabeth Lindsay, Editor
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This Week's Articles
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Do You Have What It Takes To Be a Census Taker?
by Rita Marshall. If you've ever wondered what it's like to be a census taker, here your chance -- the U. S. Census Bureau is hiring.
by Alan Smith. DNA testing has a role in genealogy but it's good to keep it in perspective.
Recent News
- LiveRoots in the News. Genealogy Today's own LiveRoots website is praised for its access to "one-of-a-kind family history files."
- Google Newspaper Archive. Google is digitizing periodicals, including newspapers -- a work in progress.
- Tips for using the Find-a-Grave website. It's not like being there, but the ability to navigate some 40 million graves from your home computer ain't all bad.
The Genealogy Guide
In the interest of helping readers gain better insight into genealogical terms, Genealogy Today has created a Genealogy Guide. Each week, GenWeekly features a new term from the continually expanding Genealogy Guide.
Deep ancestry is a term used in the DNA research community referring to one's ancestral group or "clan," dating back to the dawn of humanity. Every person has at least one type of DNA that has been passed down from one parent unchanged through generations of time. The mutations or changes on this DNA is so rare that only a few such changes have occurred over the ages. As we know, one ancestor can have many descendants. Thus, people who share the same DNA are said to share a common ancestor. One type of DNA study is focused identifying and mapping these various ancestral groups around the world.
For genealogy researchers this type of DNA testing will not tell you much about your more recent ancestry, but it can help you discover how you were descended from our earliest forefathers and how your own DNA patterns traveled the earth. Other types of DNA studies can help researchers address more immediate genealogical questions. Understanding the various types of DNA testing and their uses can help researchers make more informed decisions.
Archive Articles
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