This is a very simple question for which the answer may provoke me to slap my forehead and say "D'OH". Is there a common term for the "earliest ancestor" in a given surname pedigree? I want the shorthand sort of like MRCA is used. Anyone? Doug Beezley Cincinnati OH
Do you mean most distant known ancestor - MDKA? John Carey (GOONS 6565) -----Original Message----- From: GOONS [mailto:goons-bounces+johnca=quickclic.net@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Doug Beezley Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2017 10:40 AM To: GOONS Forum <GOONS@rootsweb.com> Subject: [G] Searching for a word (or phrase) This is a very simple question for which the answer may provoke me to slap my forehead and say "D'OH". Is there a common term for the "earliest ancestor" in a given surname pedigree? I want the shorthand sort of like MRCA is used. Anyone? Doug Beezley Cincinnati OH _____________________________________________ Information and admin page: http://one-name.org/guild-information-administration/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Patriarch? Paul On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 11:54 AM, John Carey <johnca@quickclic.net> wrote: > Do you mean most distant known ancestor - MDKA? > > > John Carey (GOONS 6565) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: GOONS [mailto:goons-bounces+johnca=quickclic.net@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Doug Beezley > Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2017 10:40 AM > To: GOONS Forum <GOONS@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [G] Searching for a word (or phrase) > > This is a very simple question for which the answer may provoke me to slap > my forehead and say "D'OH". > Is there a common term for the "earliest ancestor" in a given surname > pedigree? > > I want the shorthand sort of like MRCA is used. Anyone? > > Doug Beezley > Cincinnati OH > _____________________________________________ > > Information and admin page: > http://one-name.org/guild-information-administration/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > _____________________________________________ > > Information and admin page: > http://one-name.org/guild-information-administration/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Paul Howes Chairman, Guild of One-Name Studies www.howesfamilies.com Ponte Vedra, FL ; Horning, Norfolk
I use EKA (Earliest Known Ancestor) Dick Chandler in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
Progenitor? Geoff On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 at 08:41, Doug Beezley <dbeezley@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a very simple question for which the answer may provoke me to > slap my forehead and say "D'OH". > Is there a common term for the "earliest ancestor" in a given surname > pedigree? > > I want the shorthand sort of like MRCA is used. Anyone? > > Doug Beezley > Cincinnati, OH > -- Geoff Chew geoffchew1@gmail.com
Root? Brian Yare #5831 Yare -----Original Message----- From: GOONS [mailto:goons-bounces+brian=yare.org@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Doug Beezley Sent: 22 April 2017 16:40 To: GOONS Forum <GOONS@rootsweb.com> Subject: [G] Searching for a word (or phrase) This is a very simple question for which the answer may provoke me to slap my forehead and say "D'OH". Is there a common term for the "earliest ancestor" in a given surname pedigree? I want the shorthand sort of like MRCA is used. Anyone? Doug Beezley Cincinnati OH