2020 Ethnicity Estimate Update
Well, here we go again. AncestryDNA recently released a new ethnicity update, apparently an annual exercise at this point. The company keeps adding new samples to their reference populations and updating the logarithms that define ethnic…
Photo Discovery: 2GGs John K. & Alice Vermilyea
In plodding through my Mother's personal effects, I recently came across a 1921 family reunion photo involving several Vermilyea brothers and their relations. It's 99 years old! One of the brothers in the photograph is John Knickerbocker…
Display Your Ancestry Over the Fireplace!
There are lots of ways to display your family tree, but here's one I bet you never heard of. My father, Nelson Jonnes, had the idea 20 years ago to create a fireplace mantel that displayed the key surnames in his ancestry. He asked his good…