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Happy Genealogy Day - March 11, 2023

3/11/2023

Today, on Genealogy Day 2023, I was inducted into my local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). What better way could there be to celebrate Genealogy Day, March 11, 2023?

I qualified for DAR membership based upon my direct line of descent from ancestor Robert Beville of Georgia.

As my late grandmother, Asselia Lichliter (aka "La La") had documented her genealogical research of her Beville lines on her father's side so meticulously, and had such passion for the subject of anything related to her father's Beville family history, I truly felt like she was watching over me, and guiding me, as I collected and organized family records and prepared my application. For this, and other reasons, receiving my national number was a milestone and I cherish the experience.

So much I learned at my grandmother's knee while she was alive -- and so much she continues to share with me, about all of my family history, many years after she has passed. To my grandmother, genealogy was not only about "who begat whom." To my grandmother, genealogy was also about the stories and the histories that brought her family together, and at times, drove them apart.

For my grandmother, discovering the intricate details of each of her family member's stories was an essential part of her research -- and she wove those details into our family genealogies effortlessly, as ancestors moved from place to place, and surnames were passed from one generation to the next, and these stories have since become a part of our "lore."

Thank you, "La La" (pictured wearing one of her many fabulous hats) and to the Chapter, for all of your help in preparing and submitting my successful application, and Happy Genealogy Day to all!

Asselia Lichliter, aka "La La"

New Research Published in Nature (March 9, 2023): "Large-scale genomic analysis documents migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers."

3/10/2023

"Image from Prehistoric Times, European bison, from a painting on the roof of the cave of Altamira, Spain" 1913. Image Source: Public Domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prehistoric_Times_FP.jpg

From the University of New Mexico News Release of March 9, 2023:

"With the largest dataset of prehistoric European hunter-gatherer genomes ever generated, an international research team has rewritten the genetic history of Europe’s human ancestors. This study was led by researchers from the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, Peking University, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, in collaboration with 125 international scientists including The University of New Mexico Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology Lawrence Straus.

"The results Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers were published recently in the journal Nature. The team analyzed the genomes of 356 prehistoric hunter-gatherers from different archaeological cultures, including new data sets of 116 individuals from 14 different European and Central Asian countries."

Link to Open Access Journal Article in Nature:

Posth, C., et al. (2023, March 1). "Large-scale genomic analysis documents migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers." Nature. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05726-0

Link to University of New Mexico News Release:

UNM Newsroom. (2023, March 9). "Large-scale genomic analysis documents migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers." University of New Mexico. News Release. http://news.unm.edu/news/large-scale-genomic-analysis-documents-migrations-of-ice-age-hunter-gatherers

Happy Genealogy Day - March 11, 2023

New Research Published in Nature (March 9, 2023): "Large-scale genomic analysis documents migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers."

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