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Hello visitor! If you're a returning visitor - welcome back! This site is a redesign of one I had a few years back. Hackers got into the that one and I had to recreate from scratch. I also used to have a separate site for http://www.braniffs.ws - although I haven't done much in the way … Continue reading About My Site
Two weeks ago, my parents DNA tests results were finally active on Ancestry. I find it takes about 6 weeks from the time it's mailed before results are available. Anyway, I spent part of my Sunday evening logging into their accounts, printing the reports and connecting their profiles to the tree I have built of … Continue reading More DNA tests
A bit of family news this past week or so. I received in the mail earlier this month a nice letter from a Hosmer cousin, Sharon. We hadn't corresponded before, but I have exchanged letters in the past with her mom who due to health issues no longer writes. I've written back by snail mail … Continue reading Family connections: July 12-25
A few months prior to my adopted brother's death, I had purchased a DNA kit for him as an early birthday gift. He got to see the results of that kit just a month prior to the accident that contributed to his death. Fortunately in 1997 he had written to the BC Ministry of Social … Continue reading Lost family discovered by DNA
I'm reading today an article in AFP about the latest measurements of the Pacific garbage patch between Hawaii and California https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/pacific-plastic-dump-far-larger-feared-study-doc-12z3po3 Let me think about where all this garbage is coming from... no big secret it's from messy humans... probably some of it will still be remnants of the tsunami that hit Japan in 2011. … Continue reading The growing Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Yep! I finally did it! I've had to move my blog off my domain due to my hosting plan no longer being able to handle a WordPress installation. I was willing to upgrade to at least the basic WordPress hosting package, but my host kept pushing for an upgrade to dedicated VPS - that was … Continue reading Updated database online
In honor of International Women's Day on March 8th, the website - Canadian Encyclopedia - is featuring an "Heritage Minute" on Simpson cousin, author Lucy Maud Montgomery. How many of you have read one of her books? Great-aunt Bernie (nee Estacaille) was a fan of the Anne of Green Gables books, and was even re-reading … Continue reading Lucy Maud Montgomery – bio
Just recently made public a new site built for my current employers who have bought a resort on Loon Lake BC - Cabins on the Lake Resort. Formally known as Anuyou Resort, they have 8 rustic cabins overlooking Loon Lake BC between Kamloops and Clinton. The Peltier family took ownership of the resort last summer; … Continue reading New website project – Loon Lake BC cabin rentals
