This is incorrect. Participants sent me what they knew of their lineage and I went through it thoroughly as one does when lines are posted to the list. I requested follow-up information and obtained what I could on their line from the sources available to me. Some sent me material by mail. This material I sent to Sue. Based on this process I prepared a brief lineage for the web page and used terms like "participant believes" to highlight that conclusive information was not presented to me for the connection. Leslie basically did the same type of review except that she personally had access to more US sources to personally review. I think a number of participants can attest how much of a pain I was to 1) understand the details of their line and 2) not suggest something conclusive that was not. With regards to the notion of a line being designated "vetted" in a table, I did not wish to give such labels. This was a development by my successors. My review of participant lineages was done on the understanding that I would keep confidential what the participant wanted. What was presented on the web page was what they reviewed and consented to. If the participant wanted anything made public they could post it themselves to the list. While I understand the interest in participants' lineages I respect participant privacy wishes. One can contact the person directly if they wish participant lineages. Contact information is available on their own FTDNA web pages under matches or from Don Kincaid; albeit he has his own privacy guidelines to follow. Peter Kincaid Fredericton, NB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Liedtke" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Vetted Kincaids > We didn't keep track of who was vetted before the current process was > adopted. Our first administrator was Peter. He did not actually "vet" > lines > but rather used words in short lineage compilations to indicate his view > on > whether the line was valid. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6095 (20110504) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6095 (20110504) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6095 (20110504) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6095 (20110504) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com