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Welcome to my Blog Archive. I am not the most active blogger, but I am trying to get better. You can click on a year / month to see the postings. In addition, while on a blog page, you can shorten the url (web address) to just the month or year to get to the listing.... check it out.

New Site Feature

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Ian — Mon, 03/30/2009 - 03:00

One of the great things about using a CMS like Drupal is that you can add new "features" to a site by installing a module.  I was (and still am) using the Tagadelic module, which creates a list of the blog topics that I have.  The terms in the list are then scaled in size based on the number of blog posts that have been flagged with that term.  If you look to your right, You can see that the term "Genealogy" is big, and the term "pi Day" is not.  I

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Adding Historical Facts to you PGV Timelines

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Ian — Mon, 03/23/2009 - 03:00

PGV LogoAs most of you know the Familytree.itowler.com runs PGV (PhpGedView).  I have been using the program for a few years now, and have seen it grow and become better and more refined.  One of the newer (although I must admit, I am not sure how new) features is the ability to add historical dates to the time line. 

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Fund raising for Cancer (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)

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Ian — Tue, 03/17/2009 - 11:20

Doc with ChemoIt's not Often that I post stuff about my family (or in-laws) but this is a worthy cause.  My father-in-law was diagnosed with a leukemia / lymphoma (Still not totally sure what it is) in 2003 and has been dealing with it since that time.  

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MRCA: What is it and what does it mean?

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Ian — Thu, 03/05/2009 - 16:15

Probabilities for MRCA

If you have participated in DNA Genealogy you may have seen the acronym MRCA.  What does it mean?  Well it is short for Most Recent Common Ancestor.  MRCA is the first person that two different people share.  For instance, I share my MRCA Robert Towler with a fellow Towler researcher.  MRCA does not only apply to DNA testing, but it is often used often in this setting. 

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Advice Book Review Computer Humor Computers DAR Library Deep Thoughts DNA Genealogy Drupal Family Family Tree Genealogy Goals Green Living Indiana Records itowler.com Keira Maps Money Online Genealogy PGV Pi Day Random Saving Money Surname:Cox Surname:Hoffman Surname:Spaugh / Spach Surname:Toler Surname:Towler Update Work
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Blog Topics

Advice Book Review Computer Humor Computers DAR Library Debt Deep Thoughts DNA Genealogy Drupal Family Family Tree Genealogy Goals Green Living Indiana Records itowler.com Keira Maps Money Online Genealogy PGV Pi Day Random Saving Money Surname:Cox Surname:Hoffman Surname:Spaugh / Spach Surname:Toler Surname:Towler Update Work