Marking the Death of John Rolfe - America's First Entrepreneur John Rolfe and Pocahontas Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022, is the 400th anniversary of John Rolfe's death. In his honor, my friend, Christine Dean, a retired College Lecturer, and fellow Pocahontas research enthusiast is planting a new mulberry tree at the Heacham Manor Hotel. Rolfe is … Continue reading Tuesday, March 22, 2022:
Science and Technology
America’s Plaques–Endemic, Epidemic, & Pandemic
COVID 19 (Coronavirus) has consumed the media, politics, big pharma, the health industry, and too many facets of our lives for the past three years. I'm not aware of any families who have totally escaped it. Worldometer.info has maintained a living clock dedicated to the global statistics for COVID 19 cases from January 22, 2020, … Continue reading America’s Plaques–Endemic, Epidemic, & Pandemic
Genetic Code from 5,700 Year-old ‘Chewing Gum’ Reveals Extraordinary Details of Young Danish Woman
The following article was excerpted intact from GoodNewsNetwork gnn@goodnewsnetwork.org By Andy Corbley (Good News Network) and Theis Jensen / University of Copenhagen - Apr 4, 2021 A 5,700 year-old lump of pitch from a tree provided intriguing details to archaeologists about the intimate details of a Stone Age Danish woman—and the ‘chewing gum’ sheds new light on … Continue reading Genetic Code from 5,700 Year-old ‘Chewing Gum’ Reveals Extraordinary Details of Young Danish Woman
Podcasts Available Now on My WordPress Blog
For your convenience, I recently added a podcast feature to my blogsite enabling you to read or listen to my posts. I have been creating stories at joannedi.wordpress.com/ for more than 10 years now, based upon my research into my family's genealogy. The topics cover a vast array of enlightening, informative, and unbridled themes and content intended … Continue reading Podcasts Available Now on My WordPress Blog
Pocahontas Heacham, England, Mulberry Tree DNA Test ‘Inconclusive’
To my regular followers, you may have been aware that this blog has been keeping up with the ongoing research here in the United States and England to determine through DNA testing whether trees in Jamestown, VA, and Heacham, Norfolk, England, share the same markers. Below is the newest information available, this time from BBC … Continue reading Pocahontas Heacham, England, Mulberry Tree DNA Test ‘Inconclusive’
Could Tobacco Cure Coronavirus?
Today is Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Today's Coronavirus updates from Worldometers: Coronavirus Cases: 2,044,221 Active Cases: 1,407,599 Deaths: 131,240 Recovered: 505,282 For as long as I can remember people … Continue reading Could Tobacco Cure Coronavirus?
In the Midst of Hurricane Season
The 2018 Hurricane Season began on June 1 and continues through November 30. To encourage storm preparedness, the Census Bureau compiled American Community Survey data showing that 54.3 percent of residents had an emergency water supply; 82 percent had enough nonperishable food to sustain the household's occupants for 3 days; 51.5 percent of American homes have an emergency evacuation kit; and 18.3 percent of single-family … Continue reading In the Midst of Hurricane Season
“Is Genesis History?”
It's Friday night and many from our church met in the auditorium for yet another FREE MOVIE NIGHT! Tonight we going to get to see the much-awaited viewing of the new compelling and perhaps controversial documentary movie Is Genesis History?. The film's title is a double entendre, or play on words. In my initial reading … Continue reading “Is Genesis History?”
Acknowledging Ancestry.com’s Assembled Content and Delivery Systems
I am quite impressed with some major and recent improvements in Ancestry.com's products and services marketing. Yes, that's right, I said "the ugly word--marketing, " as inferred by those who haven't been involved in it or have been the victims of marketing done poorly. Yet, I'm here to give credit to Ancestry where credit is … Continue reading Acknowledging Ancestry.com’s Assembled Content and Delivery Systems
From Spit to SNPs: Decoding My DNA
A few years ago I spit a small amount (about two tablespoons) of my saliva into a specimen collection tube provided in a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) testing kit that I ordered through Ancestry.com. My goal was to learn about my ancestors' through their genealogical beginnings and follow a familial chain of genetic links from generation to generation. … Continue reading From Spit to SNPs: Decoding My DNA
Our Ancestors’ Died From What?
Death Certificates Validate Our Lives The primary purpose of a death certificate is to explain how or why people died. The only thing we know for sure is that people died because they were born; because they were mortal. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that roughly fifty million people in the world this year will … Continue reading Our Ancestors’ Died From What?
When I Grow Up, I Want to be a Nurse!
Yes, a nurse is what I said I wanted to be for many of my developmental years. In third grade, I checked out a lot of biographical books from my school library. Two of them were on the lives of Clara Barton (the pioneer nurse who also founded the American Red Cross), (1821-1912) and Florence Nightingale, … Continue reading When I Grow Up, I Want to be a Nurse!
MEDIA WATCH: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SELLS TO FOX; OWNER RUPERT MURDOCH IS CLIMATE CHANGE DENIER
FYI: As a follow-up to yesterday's blog: Extra, Extra, Read All About It! Another 127-year-old renowned printed medium placed in the hands of a media mogul. Should we be delighted or concerned? By Miriam Raftery, September 12, 2015 (Washington D.C.) – First published in 1888, the National Geographic magazine has long been one of the … Continue reading MEDIA WATCH: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SELLS TO FOX; OWNER RUPERT MURDOCH IS CLIMATE CHANGE DENIER
Our Deaf Heritage, Part 2
Our Deaf Heritage Last January, I posted Our Deaf Heritage, that confirmed deafness in the Boling/Bolling/Bowling and Randolph families' ancestors from the 1700's in England and Virginia, and how they were responsible for founding the first schools for the hearing impaired in America, and later, the infamous Gallaudet University in the District of Columbia. Gallaudet was established in 1864 … Continue reading Our Deaf Heritage, Part 2
27 Million Newspaper Pages Digitized in a Living Room!
Original Article About Tom Tryniski was written by Jim Epstein at Reason.com If you have ever searched through newspaper archives you know just how tedious, time-consuming, sometimes costly, and most importantly, how iffy a find can be. But back in March 2013, Jim Epstein at Reason.com, profiled Tom Tryniski, an eccentric retiree who digitized about 27 million … Continue reading 27 Million Newspaper Pages Digitized in a Living Room!
Our Ancestors’ Periods of Sleep Differed from Ours – Are We Doing It Wrong?
Familial Sleeping Disorders My daughter. granddaughter and I all have sleeping disorders which prevent us from getting a full night's rest filled sleep. One of the best benefits of leaving my career job a few years ago was finding time to take a nap in the afternoons (not recommended, by the way) when life's activities … Continue reading Our Ancestors’ Periods of Sleep Differed from Ours – Are We Doing It Wrong?
‘Great Surprise’—Native Americans Have West Eurasian Origins
November is National Native American Heritage Month. In honor of this occasion, below I share with you National Geographic's article from November 2013: "Great Surprise"—Native Americans Have West Eurasian Origins Oldest human genome reveals less of an East Asian ancestry than thought. Native Americans may have a more complicated heritage than previously believed. PHOTOGRAPH BY ROLAND W. … Continue reading ‘Great Surprise’—Native Americans Have West Eurasian Origins
More Than a Few Names or Mere Numbers
As an addendum to this week's post What's In a Name?, I revised my Surname Report in Family Tree Maker™. This report shows that our family's tree (including my spouse's family) has 10,772 persons in it. Of those persons (living and dead), 52 percent of them are male; making my database's percentage of males three percentage points higher than the … Continue reading More Than a Few Names or Mere Numbers
Genetically Speaking, Could We Be Cousins?
Hard to believe, but we just might be near or distant cousins or cousins once or more removed. When I started my genealogy research about 35 years ago we may never have been able to answer my question about being cousins with any certainty in a single lifetime. However, 11 years after my initial genealogical research, the … Continue reading Genetically Speaking, Could We Be Cousins?
The Chesapeake Bay and Our Native American Heritage
This post focuses on our Native American heritage who resided along the borders of the Chesapeake Bay. Digressing just a little into my lineage, my paternal Bolling ancestors were among the first in Jamestown and my maternal Lathrop ancestors the first in New England. My ninth great-grandfather, Colonel Robert Bolling married Pocahontas' granddaughter, Jane Poythress … Continue reading The Chesapeake Bay and Our Native American Heritage
Our Unbounded Heritage: 12th Century & Beyond 