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While your DNA is unique, it also tells the tale of your family line.  It carries the genetic history of your ancestors down through the generations.  Now, says a Tel Aviv University researcher, it's also possible to use it as a map to your family's...

The DNA of a cave girl who lived about 80,000 years ago has been analysed in remarkable detail.  The research sheds new light on the gentic differences between modern humans and their closest extinct relatives.  Click here to read more in BBC News....

The September issue of the newsletter has been posted on this website under the News tab.  Just click on the News tab in the blue bar above and you can elect to read the newsletter in PDF, XPS or plain text format.

This month the newsletter contains a...

Ancestry.com is offering free access to all their census records from August 29th through September 3rd.  This includes the 1790 to the 1940 United States Federal Census collections.  Click here to access these censuses.

At the 2008 Olympics, every man in the 100 meter final was a descendant of the slave trade.  Michael Johnson, who won gold at 200 meters and 400 meters in the 1996 Olympics, set out to discover whether slavery determined the genetic make-up of black...