Month: November 2014
Biography of Pleasant M. Rhodes, b. 1838 IL, of Woodson Co., KS
Here is the link: http://rhodesfamily.org/pleasant_m_rhodes.php
Biography of S. O. Rhodes, b 1839, of Allegheny Co., PA
Here is the link: http://rhodesfamily.org/s_o_rhodes.php
Biography of Joshua Rhodes, b 1823, London, Eng., of Pittsburgh, PA
Here is the link: http://rhodesfamily.org/joshua_rhodes.php
Biography of John K. Rhodes, b 1827, of McKeesport, Allegheny Co., PA
Here is the link: http://rhodesfamily.org/john_k_rhodes.php
First Europeans ‘weathered Ice Age’
From the BBC News: The genetic ancestry of the earliest Europeans survived the ferocious Ice Age that took hold after the continent was initially settled by modern people. That is the suggestion of a study of DNA from a male hunter who lived in western Russia 36,000 years ago.
His genome is not exactly like those of people who lived in Europe just after the ice sheets melted 10,000 years ago.
But the study suggests the earliest Europeans did contribute their genes to later populations . .See the whole story here.