31 January 2021

Sunday Sundries

Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.


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Ancestry® Announces the Appointment of Mark Thompson as Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mark Thompson previously served an eight-year term as Director General (CEO and Editor-in-Chief) of the BBC. The appointment of a CEO for Ancestry is pending.



Ottawa Historical Association Lecture: The Battle at Bramshott: The Canadian Army Medical Corps and Influenza, by Hubert Larose-Dutil. 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-battle-at-bramshott-the-canadian-army-medical-corps-and-influenza-registration-137420156387

Do we really need to walk 10,000 steps a day?
Research from Harvard Medical School has shown that, on average, approximately 4,400 steps a day is enough to significantly lower the risk of death in women. 

Ancestry Updates Find a Grave
In the regular monthly update to Find a Grave, Ancestry now shows 9,424,067 records for The UK and Ireland and  7,724,613 for Canada.

MyHeritage adds Timeline Widget
Follow the migration pattern of a Genetic Group over time — and a more detailed, better organized Top Places section— see where members of a Genetic Group have lived during a given time period.

Thanks to this week's contributors: Anonymous, BT, Chuck Buckley, Daniel Horowitz, Elizabeth Vincent, K, Sophronia, Susan, Unknown

1 comment:

Gail B said...

The appointment of Thompson as Chairman of the Board of Ancestry is of interest. He has an impressive Resume. One waits to see if any changes will result from his leadership.