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Figuring Out an Individual's mtDNA Ancestral Line
Below I am using my own pedigree to illustrate the line of an individual's mitochondrial DNA. If you have access to someone's pedigree chart you can easily see their mitochondrial line. Mitochondrial...
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David (NO M) Thacker - or Why you should always look at source material...
Okay, a couple of years ago I went on a disciplined rant to the tune of six separate posts on why Nimrod Nicholas Thacker's wife was Frances J. Thacker and not Mary Frances Grover (or Frances Mary...
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The Death of Wed Napper, Malachi Dorton, and Dennison McGinnis
The following brief account of the death of Wed Napper, Malachi Dorton and Dennison McGinnis appears in Volume 1 of A Standard History of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio: “Among the early...
View ArticlePension File Stories: What we can learn from Joseph Thacker's Pension File
Joseph Thacker enlisted with Ohio 56th Infantry on October 31, 1861 and was part of Company I. His enlistment papers, found in Joseph’s compiled military file, give the following details:Height: 5...
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