July 5th - Done! That means I didn't get much of anything else done, but it should help you the reader. One other bad thing about weebly: because I put the number of pictures next to the name of the pilgrim, e.g. "Cooke (51)", every time I add another photo and change the number I will have to go to the index and paste a new URL for each person linked to that pilgrim. Ultimately I see that meaning I don't post the number on the home page any more. My current plan, though, is to wait until I have a substantial number of pictures for each pilgrim. While I am nearing 100 for Alden-Mullins, I'm still at 0 for More & Fletcher, 3 for Edward Fuller, and 5 for Samuel Fuller. I may refocus and start looking harder for those descendants. Sources are always welcome.
I hope. By popular demand, I am creating an index page. The weebly format is not one I like and this suggestion was the best I'd heard about how to make the site even a little searchable. So far it's taking a day to do 2 letters, so this should be done in 2 weeks. Right now I've gotten through "D."
July 5th - Done! That means I didn't get much of anything else done, but it should help you the reader. One other bad thing about weebly: because I put the number of pictures next to the name of the pilgrim, e.g. "Cooke (51)", every time I add another photo and change the number I will have to go to the index and paste a new URL for each person linked to that pilgrim. Ultimately I see that meaning I don't post the number on the home page any more. My current plan, though, is to wait until I have a substantial number of pictures for each pilgrim. While I am nearing 100 for Alden-Mullins, I'm still at 0 for More & Fletcher, 3 for Edward Fuller, and 5 for Samuel Fuller. I may refocus and start looking harder for those descendants. Sources are always welcome.
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I just saw a link to this story on the NEHGS weekly online newsletter: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27668747 It's about a study/studies being done at 2 universities to take descendents' genes and use them to reverse engineer great grandma/grandpa's facial features. This is apparently different from the facial reconstruction using remaining bone fragments from old burial sites such as King Richard III's parking lot grave or the two sailors whose remains were found on the USS Monitor. I don't know how they would verify their results, how many generations back the technique would work, or what they do with family trees that intertwine instead of branching out. It's more of a teaser than a news article, but if I hear/see more I will post it here.
Spring has been horrendously busy so it took 5 months to add 100 entries and hit the 500 mark (actually 503), whereas it took just 3 months to go from 200 to 400. However, 500 is a milestone, so I hope you enjoy what we offer here and take time to learn about these people and their contributions to American history. Enjoy!
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AuthorDr. Maura Mackowski is an Arizona research historian who enjoys the challenge of looking for Mayflower descendants, hers and anyone else's. Archives
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