Monthly Archives: October 2017
Friday the 13th
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A day I won’t forget!! The worst meal served in the CARE dining room; the worst meal in the four years I’ve lived here!! A small chicken fried steak, tough as a piece of wood, impossible to cut with a steak knife. An ice-cream scoop of white rice that stuck together like glue and looked like paste. Squash appeared to have been cooked for hours and was “mush.” ~~~~ Some of my readers will remember this Friday the 13th blog message was published very early morning with the “clip art” only. If I were to write a separate blog message, I would title it “Elder Abuse.” I’m exercising restraint and will NOT subject my readers to a page of emotional old-lady narrative. (Remember, emotional old-lady reported her grief over Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Las Vegas. Tears come quickly, and expressing myself in writing is easy.)
Lorraine’s DNA with Ancestry kit
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The kit went out in the morning mail August 15, 2017. I read the “fine print” of the informed consent form.
As I processed through the “activation” information, I was asked to take some tests that, in reality. are surveys. 1) Family Details, 2) Hobbies & Interests, 3) Personality Profile, 4) Fun & Entertainment, 5) Travel & Culture, 6) Life Story, 7) Traits & Characteristics, 8) Lifestyle & Behavior. The questions are interesting and I’m curious about how they apply to my DNA. I may never have an answer for my curiosity but something to think about?!
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Individually, click the three pictures (below) to enlarge. They are an image of the email notification, from Ancestry, saying my DNA sample received.
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Below: The results arrived via an email message on September 6, 2017.
Two separate tests, two different organizations; I’ve wanted to “make comparisons.” So far, very few “cousin” connections. (Because they aren’t interested in family history?) See Lorraine’s DNA with MyHeritage.
DNA true story
DNA True Story
Pearl Olma Showalter Frantz rejected her baby daughter shortly after birth (1935). She believed the hospital “mixed up the babies” and she took home “the wrong baby.” The daughter was raised by her mother (and father) but there was no affection. Eager to get the girl out of the home, she was married off (age fifteen) to an illiterate legally blind young man. The fifteen year old was ill-prepared for marriage and suffered an emotional breakdown. After a few months, the marriage was annulled. Decades later, when the woman received the results from her Ancestry DNA test, the very first “cousin” listed was a Showalter first-cousin. The woman never doubted her Showalter/Frantz ancestry; DNA confirmed it.
Suggestions for “free” genealogy research
Recently, I wrote about the expense to participate in family history on MyHeritage. Here are a series of blog messages that direct the reader to “free” information. I hasten to say, “Research and publication by another individual; I’m just the ‘pipeline’ for information.”
Day 5: West Virginia Division of Culture and History
Day 6: Central Michigan University Digital Collection
Day 8: Missouri Digital Heritage
Day 12: Facebook pages and groups
Day 13: General Society of Mayflower Descendants
Day 14: Soule Kindred in America
Family Search offers free online United States and Canada Genealogy Research Seminar
Google Search tips for Better Results
Day 16: Germanna Foundation, First Colony and Second Colony
Meyersgaz Update Gives German Researchers New Search Tool Family History
Day 17: Wing Family of America
William Hunter Cavendish Revolutionary War Soldier
Selfishly, let me add my “free” websites: Digitized Library of Family History and Frantz Families–Kith & Kin. On my Digitized Library of Family History, I list many resources valuable to Brethren, Old German Baptist Brethren and Mennonite researchers.
Extremely useful: Cyndi’s List
“Yardening” !!
Extremely pleasant morning; worked for several hours in my “yarden.” Confession: I had to wear a sweater for about an hour!!
Horrified !!
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Time to spend less time on the computer and more time cleaning house??
Lorraine’s DNA with My Heritage
You’ve heard of “progressive dinners”? This will be a “progressive message” (I’ll build on it in the future). MyHeritage was quick and thorough. Within hours receiving my report, I received links to individuals identified as family members. Good news: Just today (10 Oct 2017) I received notification regarding a mutual link to my great-great-grandfather, Noah David Showalter (1826-1908).
Bad news: In order to contact this “cousin,” I need to upgrade to a Premium account–for $6.88/month (billed annually). ~~ I’m already paying (dearly) for Ancestry.com; I don’t want to build another family tree on another website!! ~~ My AncestryDNA.com is another story that I will save for another blog.
“August-type heat” !!
That’s the way the Houston TV-meteorologist described our day.
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The “power problem” is decades-old power system here at CARE. That “problem” may have contributed to my burned out A/C motor?
Tuesday, Oct. 10. 2017: the “power problem” may have damaged my “old” laptop. It’s really sick and I’m shopping for another computer. Yes, I have the laptop purchased in March but it is dedicated to the scanning project and digitized library of family history. This old computer has thousands of pictures, hundreds of clip art, and many years blog messages.
Three Quarters & Counting 