Not sure I understand, Stephanie. I just contact the person posting a tree that includes my person of interest—so a living person. But I don’t try to find them outside of the Ancestry messaging. I do occasionally, however, use Veromi or other services when I have built a tree that leads down to an obit recent enough that the individual can be searched in current records. And stop doing anything while you’re driving. : - ) Janis On Nov 19, 2015, at 4:02 PM, Stephanie Ray via <genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Sorry, Janis, I meant this question for you! Shouldn't be doing this stuff > while I drive! > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Stephanie Ray <stephanieray52@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Maranne, what time frame are you talking about? Post-1940, >> peoplefinders.com can help, as it groups together people living at the >> same address (you can guess at the family relationships by their ages). >> >> Also, Facebook sometimes shows family and friends... >> On Nov 19, 2015 2:24 PM, "Janis L Gilmore" <janis.gilmore@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I have had success in recruiting DNA candidates through *Ancestry*, by >>> culling the tree pages for entries for the ancestor in question. I then >>> send the owner of each pertinent tree an *Ancestry* message explaining >>> my objective and asking if they are descendants. Many don’t reply. Many >>> have the individual in their tree only as a collateral, with no blood >>> relationship—but the balance of them are usually interested in testing. >>> >>> Particularly when/if I offer to pay for it. The latter is, of course, >>> more doable with atDNA (my project) than with the more expensive Y-DNA. But >>> when you really need that data, it’s worth it. >>> >>> Mysteriously, one of the lines for which I need more tests is one of the >>> most prolific couples. Surely, out of 14 children, more than 2 descendants >>> can be located on Ancestry or somewhere. The only two I’ve found had >>> already been tested, which was nice. But where are the rest of them? :-| >>> >>> Janis Walker Gilmore >>> Pawleys Island, SC, & Seattle, WA >>> >>> >>> On Nov 19, 2015, at 9:22 AM, Stephanie Ray via < >>> genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> wrote: >>> >>> Good stuff, Marianne- thanks! >>> On Nov 19, 2015 9:18 AM, "Marianne Granoff via" < >>> genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I would also recommend looking on Facebook and even using Google for >>> people with your surname. I have been successful in finding people >>> with the surname I was researching and then sending them a short >>> message about why I am looking for people with that surname to be DNA >>> tested. You can offer to pay for part of a test as an >>> incentive. Keep a list of those you have contacted. Sometimes they >>> will get back to you months later. >>> >>> I have also kept up correspondence with some of the people I have >>> found, and sent them email or messages when someone new joined the >>> surname group or was tested. In one case, it took over five years >>> for the person to be tested, but that was the person who broke >>> through my roadblock because he was a perfect match to my second >>> cousin (my closest male relative with that surname), and he had a lot >>> of information about his family history. >>> >>> It only takes one person if it is the right person :-) >>> >>> Marianne Manley Granoff >>> Albuquerque, NM >>> >>> At 06:46 AM 11/18/2015 -0800, you wrote: >>> >>> Does anyone have any recent successes in recruiting candidates for >>> yDNA/Surname testing? There are 5 of us in a "group" within a surname but >>> 3 of us have paper trails that fall short of the probable common ancestor. >>> We need some New Englanders who probably feel no need to do DNA testing as >>> they've been in the same area for generations and all KNOW how they're >>> related. I'm assuming some good candidates are not genealogists or family >>> historians, so cannot be reached through traditional genealogical >>> >>> channels. >>> >>> >>> >>> Of course, I'll try via Ancestry and Family Tree DNA to try to find >>> candidates we don't have to "beg to spit" (nod to Blaine Bettinger) but >>> would like to find a good representation of descendant lines. >>> >>> Thoughts or suggestions? >>> >>> >>> Mary E Hall >>> Santa Barbara, CA >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> GENEALOGY-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2016.0.7227 / Virus Database: 4460/11025 - Release Date: 11/18/15 >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> GENEALOGY-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> GENEALOGY-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENEALOGY-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message