New York Public Library Archives - Megan Smolenyak https://megansmolenyak.com/tag/new-york-public-library/ genealogical adventurer & storyteller Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:08:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 Genealogy Roundup, December 18 https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-december-18/ https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-december-18/#respond Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:08:55 +0000 https://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=160277 In this week's Roundup: A gift idea for book worms and a thoughtful article about DNA privacy

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]]> The Perfect Gift: Your Loved One’s Name in an NYPL Book – Gift idea for the book worm in your life 📖 🐛 🎁

10 Years Ago, DNA Tests Were The Future Of Medicine. Now They’re A Social Network — And A Data Privacy Mess. – “You might be comfortable with all of this. You might not. You should definitely think about it because when the information is your own DNA, there really is no such thing as “de-identified” data.” 🧬

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]]> https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-december-18/feed/ 0 Genealogy Roundup, August 2 https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-august-2/ https://megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-roundup-august-2/#respond Wed, 02 Aug 2017 15:35:33 +0000 http://www.megansmolenyak.com/?p=158691 In this week's Roundup: A DNA test opened up a mystery and eventually led to the discovery of a century-old baby swap in a NY hospital, how one man set out to immortalize his father, and more . . .

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]]> Humans of New York: “I don’t think the library is threatened.” – h/t Messy Nessy Chic

Who was she? A DNA test only opened new mysteries. – DNA reveals century-old baby swap in NY hospital

Slave Descendant Ana Navarro Tests Ted Danson’s Sense Of Responsibility At ‘Finding Your Roots’ Panel

‘Dadbot, do you love me?’: How I immortalised my dead father through Facebook messenger – This article is more thoughtful than the title suggests. Thoughts?

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