Betty, I would think he would want a footnoted document. Your sources could be census records, marriage records, etc. But each fact in the descendancy report would need to be footnoted with a source, if he is asking for documentation. Susan On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Betty <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Susan, > > Thank you for mentioning this. It sounds like an interesting project to > be part of. I'd just like to remind researchers that this Professor > seems to be in - England. > > Also, another reminder is that the Professor will be in Massachusetts on - > Monday ! And, this is Friday, and that is not a lot of time to > summarize > what you know ! :o( > > Also, I have a few questions. My situation is that I probably have, > say, 40 ancestors who came to "MA" in the 1600's. I've never counted so > that's just an early-morning guess. And, I am a hobby-genealogist who > does > not keep "proof" of my finds in a record.* So, when the Professor says > he > wants "documented descendants," does he want only people with "documented > proof?" Or, will he accept my word for it that I am descended from the > 1600's patriarchs with names, KIDDER, MOORE, HUTCHINSON, CROSBY, RICE, > WILKINS, etc., etc. ? > > And, I have a "hunch" that Samuel WILKINS might have had a Native American > wife; my brick-wall, Electra "Leeta" (unknown). So, I cannot say I > "think" I have a Native American ancestor. (This was a couple in the > "Northern Territory of Mass.") > > I could probably write up a story about all my ancestors arriving in "MA" > in > the 1600's, but I don't think that is what the Professors is looking for. > > Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > > * > (I much prefer to participate on the Lists, and e-mail with people all over > the world - than to sit at my computer "entering data." I know many > researchers will cringe when reading that. But, I do have boxes and > boxes > of file folders with my family-tree information in them.) :o) > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Daily" <cullivans@gmail.com> > To: "Woburn Chat" <woburnchat@yahoogroups.com>; "Middlesex Count" > <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 6:50 PM > Subject: [MAMiddle] Participants Sought for a Boston-area Genetics Study, > September 14–18 > > > I thought I would share this from the NEHGS' weekly email, for those > interested in the Boston area: > > ********************************** > > *Participants Sought for a Boston-area Genetics Study, September 14–18* > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > and the body of the email with no additional text. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAMIDDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >