Genealogy

For quite awhile, I've been cautioning people that 23&me did not want genealogists, and was not serving us. Now although they still hide the tools, they are available. First, many people have now "opened" their profiles, allowing matches to see what the match IS. Of course this is the default on all other sites. And I've figured out how to see all those opened matches on your matches page:  https://you.23andme.com/tools/relatives/#people . Sort by Open Sharing . Now for the fun stuff. Go to  https://you.23andme.com/tools/relatives/dna/  and search for your first open match. The code controlling the search is a bit funky, but keep at it and search for the rare part of the name, rather than the common part -- "hiram" rather than "smith". One can compare two other users as well as with yourself. I do that before before writing to people, so I can give them a bit of information. Be sure to scroll down below the simplified chromosome map to the...

Create your own timeline : http://www.ourtimelines.com/ , HistoryWorld : http://www.historyworld.net/default.asp Step-By-Step: Creating A Timeline : http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=6529&o_iid=831&o_lid=831&o_it=831 Food - what people ate: http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/kid/food.html This Day in American Weather History : http://www.weatherforyou.com/history/ American (Smithsonian): http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/timeline.htm    Interesting animated timeline/atlas: http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie2.html - great little 10 minute brush-up on the highlights of US history Australian : http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/timeline/ British : http://www.britannia.com/history/time1.html     BBC : http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/     Ulster : http://www.cruithni.org.uk/ Scottish : http://members.aol.com/skyelander/timeline.html Upper Canada - later Ontario, Canada : http://www.uppercanadagenealogy.com/chronologyS.htm...