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Beethoven’s genome has been sequenced for the first time by an international team of scientists using five genetically matching locks of his hair.

Heres whats happening at Seymour Library in Auburn this month.

For this clipping, and the clipping was the obituary of the oldest gates, jane gates, my great-great-grandmother who was a slave. it was dated january 6, 1888. and it said died this day, jane gates, a colored woman. my father showed me a picture of her, and that picture now hangs on the wall of the kitchen in my house back in cambridge. the next day i got a conversation book and interviewed my mother and father about their family trees. ive been interested in genealogy ever since. >> what stands...