Fonda DNA and History
I had my DNA tested a few months ago, using the Paternal Lineage Y-46 method through Ancestry.com. I compared my results to some info I found on the Frisian peoples and to a couple of other…
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Let There Be Light
Bright Idea: The Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb From the April 2008 ConservationistBy Shannon Brescher SheaSince its creation by Thomas Edison in Menlo Park, New Jersey in 1879, the light bulb has undergone a number of changes.…
ECO on Patrol
Lightning Strikes - Suffolk County From the August 2007 Conservationist By Lt. Ken Didion ECOs Vernon Fonda and Jason Curinga were checking fishermen at a popular spot in Shoreham as a thunderstorm approached. The officers had…
Earliest Record in America
I came across this record last year sometime, and the exercise to determine the voyage date spurred my memory. The first tangible record of Jellis (Gillis) in America has been established as that found in Fort…
Voyage to America Update
The "Famous Frisians in America" book had a record for the burial of Abraham Fonda, youngest child of Jellis Douw, in Amsterdam on October 28, 1650. This new information has led me to revise the thinking…