Oh yea, I've been going the DNA route for a few years now. It's the greatest tool out there, in my opinion. For the YDNA (male) you need a male relative of that line to do the test. The Y goes from male down to male down to male. The daughter does not get the male DNA and doesn't pass it. For the MTDNA (female) you can use either a son or daughter of the mother. The M goes from mother to son (and stops) or to daughter (and continues) down. The son does not pass on the female DNA from his mother but the daughter does. My Tiner line is stuck in 1850. We thought we came from Nicholas Tiner I who landed in VA. We found a direct male decendant who has a great paper trail and found a male decendant from out William T Tiner and they matched exactly. Other Tiner's also tested and we find many Tiner lines who are not related. We also found that Nicholas I had a daughter who had 3 children and a Harris male who left his estates to the children. After DNA test, this line has been found to really be Harris', even though their mother was a Tiner. This proved a long standing theory that Sara Tiner was Harris' mistress. My husbands great grandfather was found in 1870 in TN as an orphan. He was born in Alabama about 1857 but can't be found in 1860. I had my son do the DNA test and he matched 3 other branches exactly. So now these 4 lines are connecting the dots to our common male ancestor. I did the MTDNA and only 2 other people match mine. We are trying to determine who our common grandmother is. I am supposed to be decended from Chief Vann of Spring Place GA, who's clan was moved to IT during the Trail of Tears. Many say we aren't. So I found a direct female decendant of the wife of Chief Vann and she matched 250 other people who tested. We are now comparing all our direct female lines to find the common grandmothers amongst us. It's harder to go from mother to mother to mother, etc as sometimes you run into one you don't know their maiden name. This DNA tool has helped rule out other lines as well as match us to others. Another way I used it was for my new son-in-law. His mother couldn't remember exactly who fathered him. He used his step father's last name growing up. He did the test and found what his birth last name should be. The mother's still no help but at least we know which name to search on and the approximate date he was conceived. Maybe one day we will find his birth father. We did get an exact match on this DNA too. I've used both FTDna and Ancestry DNA. Either way, upload your results into YSearch database and then run a compare on their database. Both Ftdna and Ancestry send you notices when you match someone. For the MTDna you have a set number of markers you can buy but for the YDna you can order from 12 to 64. I wouldn't waste my time on the 12 markers. 32 to 64 are best. If you use Ftdna you can order the 24 and later upgrade, without having to take the test again, to 32 or 64. The more markers the more exact you will be in matching your closest relative in the database. On both you can also join a group. If you join a group on FTDNA you get a group rate from $99 on up. If you do the test on Ancestry you can send the results to the Ftdna Group coordinator so they can add your results in with the others and send you a report on all the results. Good luck. On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Jevette Duncan <hillcountygenweb@gmail.com > wrote: > I had my father do a DNA test and we have still yet to connect our gap. My > father is the last surviving male in the direct line of our Parker branch. > All we can do is pray one day something will turn up and or my research > will > help others. I encourage everyone to take the test if possible.The story > above gives others hope so thanks for the post. > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Kimberly Carrillo <kimm@leadmarket.com > >wrote: > > > > > <http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/1454594.html> > > http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/1454594.html > > > > > > DNA reveals story of dad's disappearance > > > > > > Genes are genealogy's new frontier > > > > > > John Smithers of Raleigh had spent more than six decades looking for > clues > > about the father who abandoned him, his sister and their mother when he > was > > just a baby. The barrel-chested, brash-talking Smithers had something he > > wanted to give his old man: a fist in the nose. > > > > At 82, he had about given up on ever learning what happened to James > > William > > Smithers. He had long suspected his father got in trouble with the law > and > > fled abroad. Decades ago, it was easy enough to disappear, and Smithers' > > father had seemingly vanished into thin air. > > > > On the other side of the world, Lucinda Gray had always wondered what her > > father's life was like before he moved mysteriously from the United > States > > to Australia. She had spent years just trying to find out his real name. > > > > In mid-December, Smithers and Gray learned their elusive fathers were one > > and the same. > > > > After years of poring over records online and in person, across > continents > > and oceans, it took only a DNA sample from a simple cheek scrape to bring > > the two branches of the family together. > > > > "I was skeptical at first," said Smithers, a retired insurance company > > investigator. "But when I talked to my sister, I knew this is what I'd > been > > hoping for my whole life." > > > > The case shows what a "new frontier" DNA has become in genealogical > > research, said Debbi Blake, a North Carolina state archivist. > > > > DNA has been in genealogical use since 2000, according to Thomas Shawker, > a > > radiologist with the National Institutes of Health who has become a > > nationally renowned expert on the use of the latest science in genealogy. > > Its use since then among professional genealogists and family historians > > has > > mushroomed. > > > > "Everywhere I go, I am asked to lecture on DNA," he said, "and everywhere > I > > go, the lectures are packed." > > > > But the impact of DNA hasn't been as significant as the Internet, which > > transformed genealogical research by making records from distant places > > available at the click of a mouse. Some of the genealogy search sites > > charge > > a fee, though many of the raw birth, death, marriage and property records > > are available free online. > > > > DNA testing has a fairly hefty price tag -- from $99 to well over $700, > > depending on the type of DNA and the level of research. Until recently, > its > > application has been limited, said Terry Moore, a professional > genealogist > > in Raleigh. Typically, it's used to identify which branch of the family > > tree > > to climb -- or which region or nation to zero in on. > > > > "Usually, DNA helps people who have gone through all the records and > traced > > their ancestors back to the 1400s and are stuck," she said. > > > > It is, Moore stressed, simply another tool in the genealogist's box. > "This > > is not CSI," she said. "DNA will not do the work for you. But it can > bridge > > gaps in history." > > > > As more people who share a surname start their own registries, DNA's role > > is > > expanding into the modern age -- uniting living relatives. The > > Smithers-Gray > > case is a perfect example. > > > > Real name unknown > > > > Like her half-brother John Smithers, Lucinda Gray had been trying to > > investigate her father's veiled history for many years. > > > > Her dad, John Henderson Gray, who died in 1970, had been a fine father to > > her and her four siblings, and a good husband to their mother. But even > > their mother didn't know his true identity. > > > > He had moved from the United States to Australia in 1926; in 1944, at age > > 51, he had married their mother, Betty, then 22. It was well known that > > Gray > > had changed his name when he moved down under. "Our mother always assumed > > he'd changed his identity because of some strife," Lucinda Gray said. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > TXGEN-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 > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- Tammy Owen www.txgenweb5.org/txbastrop/bastrop.htm www.txgenweb2.org/txlee/lee.htm www.txgenweb6.org/txhemphill Selling Ebay items under the name of bastropcc - check me out

I had my father do a DNA test and we have still yet to connect our gap. My father is the last surviving male in the direct line of our Parker branch. All we can do is pray one day something will turn up and or my research will help others. I encourage everyone to take the test if possible.The story above gives others hope so thanks for the post. On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Kimberly Carrillo <kimm@leadmarket.com>wrote: > > <http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/1454594.html> > http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/1454594.html > > > DNA reveals story of dad's disappearance > > > Genes are genealogy's new frontier > > > John Smithers of Raleigh had spent more than six decades looking for clues > about the father who abandoned him, his sister and their mother when he was > just a baby. The barrel-chested, brash-talking Smithers had something he > wanted to give his old man: a fist in the nose. > > At 82, he had about given up on ever learning what happened to James > William > Smithers. He had long suspected his father got in trouble with the law and > fled abroad. Decades ago, it was easy enough to disappear, and Smithers' > father had seemingly vanished into thin air. > > On the other side of the world, Lucinda Gray had always wondered what her > father's life was like before he moved mysteriously from the United States > to Australia. She had spent years just trying to find out his real name. > > In mid-December, Smithers and Gray learned their elusive fathers were one > and the same. > > After years of poring over records online and in person, across continents > and oceans, it took only a DNA sample from a simple cheek scrape to bring > the two branches of the family together. > > "I was skeptical at first," said Smithers, a retired insurance company > investigator. "But when I talked to my sister, I knew this is what I'd been > hoping for my whole life." > > The case shows what a "new frontier" DNA has become in genealogical > research, said Debbi Blake, a North Carolina state archivist. > > DNA has been in genealogical use since 2000, according to Thomas Shawker, a > radiologist with the National Institutes of Health who has become a > nationally renowned expert on the use of the latest science in genealogy. > Its use since then among professional genealogists and family historians > has > mushroomed. > > "Everywhere I go, I am asked to lecture on DNA," he said, "and everywhere I > go, the lectures are packed." > > But the impact of DNA hasn't been as significant as the Internet, which > transformed genealogical research by making records from distant places > available at the click of a mouse. Some of the genealogy search sites > charge > a fee, though many of the raw birth, death, marriage and property records > are available free online. > > DNA testing has a fairly hefty price tag -- from $99 to well over $700, > depending on the type of DNA and the level of research. Until recently, its > application has been limited, said Terry Moore, a professional genealogist > in Raleigh. Typically, it's used to identify which branch of the family > tree > to climb -- or which region or nation to zero in on. > > "Usually, DNA helps people who have gone through all the records and traced > their ancestors back to the 1400s and are stuck," she said. > > It is, Moore stressed, simply another tool in the genealogist's box. "This > is not CSI," she said. "DNA will not do the work for you. But it can bridge > gaps in history." > > As more people who share a surname start their own registries, DNA's role > is > expanding into the modern age -- uniting living relatives. The > Smithers-Gray > case is a perfect example. > > Real name unknown > > Like her half-brother John Smithers, Lucinda Gray had been trying to > investigate her father's veiled history for many years. > > Her dad, John Henderson Gray, who died in 1970, had been a fine father to > her and her four siblings, and a good husband to their mother. But even > their mother didn't know his true identity. > > He had moved from the United States to Australia in 1926; in 1944, at age > 51, he had married their mother, Betty, then 22. It was well known that > Gray > had changed his name when he moved down under. "Our mother always assumed > he'd changed his identity because of some strife," Lucinda Gray said. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

I think the National Geographic one is about $100, but it could be higher. > -----Original Message----- > From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robin Inge > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:14 PM > To: McStumped@suddenlink.net; txgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] I thought everyone would find this interesting... > > Is it very expensive? >   > > > Robin R Inge > "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but > by the number of moments that take our breath away" >   >   > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Elaine <McStumped@suddenlink.net> > To: txgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:08:48 PM > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] I thought everyone would find this interesting... > > FYI, 3 cousins and I went together and have gone the DNA > route.  Now we sit back and wait for others to do the same > and see if we can find a match.  We have high hopes of > finally finding family for our Henry McCoy who "appeared" in > Ga in 1803.  I think DNA will break down brick walls for > many......we just hope we are one of the many. > > Elaine > > Kimberly Carrillo wrote: > >  > <http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/1454594.html> > > http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/1454594.html > > > > > > DNA reveals story of dad's disappearance > > > > > > Genes are genealogy's new frontier > > > > > > John Smithers of Raleigh had spent more than six decades > looking for > > clues about the father who abandoned him, his sister and > their mother > > when he was just a baby. The barrel-chested, brash-talking Smithers > > had something he wanted to give his old man: a fist in the nose. > > > > At 82, he had about given up on ever learning what happened > to James > > William Smithers. He had long suspected his father got in > trouble with > > the law and fled abroad. Decades ago, it was easy enough to > disappear, and Smithers' > > father had seemingly vanished into thin air. > > > > On the other side of the world, Lucinda Gray had always > wondered what > > her father's life was like before he moved mysteriously from the > > United States to Australia. She had spent years just trying > to find out his real name. > > > > In mid-December, Smithers and Gray learned their elusive > fathers were > > one and the same. > > > > After years of poring over records online and in person, across > > continents and oceans, it took only a DNA sample from a > simple cheek > > scrape to bring the two branches of the family together. > > > > "I was skeptical at first," said Smithers, a retired > insurance company > > investigator. "But when I talked to my sister, I knew this > is what I'd > > been hoping for my whole life." > > > > The case shows what a "new frontier" DNA has become in genealogical > > research, said Debbi Blake, a North Carolina state archivist. > > > > DNA has been in genealogical use since 2000, according to Thomas > > Shawker, a radiologist with the National Institutes of > Health who has > > become a nationally renowned expert on the use of the > latest science in genealogy. > > Its use since then among professional genealogists and family > > historians has mushroomed. > > > > "Everywhere I go, I am asked to lecture on DNA," he said, "and > > everywhere I go, the lectures are packed." > > > > But the impact of DNA hasn't been as significant as the Internet, > > which transformed genealogical research by making records > from distant > > places available at the click of a mouse. Some of the > genealogy search > > sites charge a fee, though many of the raw birth, death, > marriage and > > property records are available free online. > > > > DNA testing has a fairly hefty price tag -- from $99 to well over > > $700, depending on the type of DNA and the level of research. Until > > recently, its application has been limited, said Terry Moore, a > > professional genealogist in Raleigh. Typically, it's used > to identify > > which branch of the family tree to climb -- or which region > or nation to zero in on. > > > > "Usually, DNA helps people who have gone through all the > records and > > traced their ancestors back to the 1400s and are stuck," she said. > > > > It is, Moore stressed, simply another tool in the > genealogist's box. > > "This is not CSI," she said. "DNA will not do the work for > you. But it > > can bridge gaps in history." > > > > As more people who share a surname start their own > registries, DNA's > > role is expanding into the modern age -- uniting living > relatives. The > > Smithers-Gray case is a perfect example. > > > > Real name unknown > > > > Like her half-brother John Smithers, Lucinda Gray had been > trying to > > investigate her father's veiled history for many years. > > > > Her dad, John Henderson Gray, who died in 1970, had been a > fine father > > to her and her four siblings, and a good husband to their > mother. But > > even their mother didn't know his true identity. > > > > He had moved from the United States to Australia in 1926; > in 1944, at > > age 51, he had married their mother, Betty, then 22. It was > well known > > that Gray had changed his name when he moved down under. > "Our mother > > always assumed he'd changed his identity because of some > strife," Lucinda Gray said. > > > >  > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >  > > -- > I'd rather look for dead people than have them look for me.... > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-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 > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

My Brazwell group has their's here http://www.familytreedna.com/Default.aspx?c=1 Unfortunately, I don't have a living male Brazzil to try out. Gina Heffernan Rusk Co, Texas ________________________________ From: Robin Inge <wolfhuntress2002@yahoo.com> To: McStumped@suddenlink.net; txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:14:03 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] I thought everyone would find this interesting... Is it very expensive? Robin R Inge "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away" ________________________________ From: Elaine <McStumped@suddenlink.net> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:08:48 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] I thought everyone would find this interesting... FYI, 3 cousins and I went together and have gone the DNA route. Now we sit back and wait for others to do the same and see if we can find a match. We have high hopes of finally finding family for our Henry McCoy who "appeared" in Ga in 1803. I think DNA will break down brick walls for many......we just hope we are one of the many. Elaine Kimberly Carrillo wrote: > <http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/1454594.html> > http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/1454594.html > > > DNA reveals story of dad's disappearance > > > Genes are genealogy's new frontier > > > John Smithers of Raleigh had spent more than six decades looking for clues > about the father who abandoned him, his sister and their mother when he was > just a baby. The barrel-chested, brash-talking Smithers had something he > wanted to give his old man: a fist in the nose. > > At 82, he had about given up on ever learning what happened to James William > Smithers. He had long suspected his father got in trouble with the law and > fled abroad. Decades ago, it was easy enough to disappear, and Smithers' > father had seemingly vanished into thin air. > > On the other side of the world, Lucinda Gray had always wondered what her > father's life was like before he moved mysteriously from the United States > to Australia. She had spent years just trying to find out his real name. > > In mid-December, Smithers and Gray learned their elusive fathers were one > and the same. > > After years of poring over records online and in person, across continents > and oceans, it took only a DNA sample from a simple cheek scrape to bring > the two branches of the family together. > > "I was skeptical at first," said Smithers, a retired insurance company > investigator. "But when I talked to my sister, I knew this is what I'd been > hoping for my whole life." > > The case shows what a "new frontier" DNA has become in genealogical > research, said Debbi Blake, a North Carolina state archivist. > > DNA has been in genealogical use since 2000, according to Thomas Shawker, a > radiologist with the National Institutes of Health who has become a > nationally renowned expert on the use of the latest science in genealogy. > Its use since then among professional genealogists and family historians has > mushroomed. > > "Everywhere I go, I am asked to lecture on DNA," he said, "and everywhere I > go, the lectures are packed." > > But the impact of DNA hasn't been as significant as the Internet, which > transformed genealogical research by making records from distant places > available at the click of a mouse. Some of the genealogy search sites charge > a fee, though many of the raw birth, death, marriage and property records > are available free online. > > DNA testing has a fairly hefty price tag -- from $99 to well over $700, > depending on the type of DNA and the level of research. Until recently, its > application has been limited, said Terry Moore, a professional genealogist > in Raleigh. Typically, it's used to identify which branch of the family tree > to climb -- or which region or nation to zero in on. > > "Usually, DNA helps people who have gone through all the records and traced > their ancestors back to the 1400s and are stuck," she said. > > It is, Moore stressed, simply another tool in the genealogist's box. "This > is not CSI," she said. "DNA will not do the work for you. But it can bridge > gaps in history." > > As more people who share a surname start their own registries, DNA's role is > expanding into the modern age -- uniting living relatives. The Smithers-Gray > case is a perfect example. > > Real name unknown > > Like her half-brother John Smithers, Lucinda Gray had been trying to > investigate her father's veiled history for many years. > > Her dad, John Henderson Gray, who died in 1970, had been a fine father to > her and her four siblings, and a good husband to their mother. But even > their mother didn't know his true identity. > > He had moved from the United States to Australia in 1926; in 1944, at age > 51, he had married their mother, Betty, then 22. It was well known that Gray > had changed his name when he moved down under. "Our mother always assumed > he'd changed his identity because of some strife," Lucinda Gray said. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- I'd rather look for dead people than have them look for me.... ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-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 TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My cousin has it and she also uses vista.  It is not very compatiable with Vista from what she was told.  She lost everything she had done.  about 4000 records and no telling how many documents.   Robin R Inge "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away"     ________________________________ From: Patricia Stephenson <patsteph@live.com> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 11:12:28 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Family Tree Maker My FTM version 10 doesn't like Vista at all Pat > Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:30:22 -0700 > From: pzzyb@yahoo.com > To: txgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > Vicki, > I'm using 1999 ver. 7.  And its on my 2008 Vista. And doing good. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Internet Explorer 8 – Now Available. Faster, safer, easier. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/141323790/direct/01/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My FTM version 10 doesn't like Vista at all Pat > Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:30:22 -0700 > From: pzzyb@yahoo.com > To: txgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > Vicki, > I'm using 1999 ver. 7. And its on my 2008 Vista. And doing good. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Internet Explorer 8 – Now Available. Faster, safer, easier. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/141323790/direct/01/

FYI, 3 cousins and I went together and have gone the DNA route. Now we sit back and wait for others to do the same and see if we can find a match. We have high hopes of finally finding family for our Henry McCoy who "appeared" in Ga in 1803. I think DNA will break down brick walls for many......we just hope we are one of the many. Elaine Kimberly Carrillo wrote: > <http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/1454594.html> > http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/1454594.html > > > DNA reveals story of dad's disappearance > > > Genes are genealogy's new frontier > > > John Smithers of Raleigh had spent more than six decades looking for clues > about the father who abandoned him, his sister and their mother when he was > just a baby. The barrel-chested, brash-talking Smithers had something he > wanted to give his old man: a fist in the nose. > > At 82, he had about given up on ever learning what happened to James William > Smithers. He had long suspected his father got in trouble with the law and > fled abroad. Decades ago, it was easy enough to disappear, and Smithers' > father had seemingly vanished into thin air. > > On the other side of the world, Lucinda Gray had always wondered what her > father's life was like before he moved mysteriously from the United States > to Australia. She had spent years just trying to find out his real name. > > In mid-December, Smithers and Gray learned their elusive fathers were one > and the same. > > After years of poring over records online and in person, across continents > and oceans, it took only a DNA sample from a simple cheek scrape to bring > the two branches of the family together. > > "I was skeptical at first," said Smithers, a retired insurance company > investigator. "But when I talked to my sister, I knew this is what I'd been > hoping for my whole life." > > The case shows what a "new frontier" DNA has become in genealogical > research, said Debbi Blake, a North Carolina state archivist. > > DNA has been in genealogical use since 2000, according to Thomas Shawker, a > radiologist with the National Institutes of Health who has become a > nationally renowned expert on the use of the latest science in genealogy. > Its use since then among professional genealogists and family historians has > mushroomed. > > "Everywhere I go, I am asked to lecture on DNA," he said, "and everywhere I > go, the lectures are packed." > > But the impact of DNA hasn't been as significant as the Internet, which > transformed genealogical research by making records from distant places > available at the click of a mouse. Some of the genealogy search sites charge > a fee, though many of the raw birth, death, marriage and property records > are available free online. > > DNA testing has a fairly hefty price tag -- from $99 to well over $700, > depending on the type of DNA and the level of research. Until recently, its > application has been limited, said Terry Moore, a professional genealogist > in Raleigh. Typically, it's used to identify which branch of the family tree > to climb -- or which region or nation to zero in on. > > "Usually, DNA helps people who have gone through all the records and traced > their ancestors back to the 1400s and are stuck," she said. > > It is, Moore stressed, simply another tool in the genealogist's box. "This > is not CSI," she said. "DNA will not do the work for you. But it can bridge > gaps in history." > > As more people who share a surname start their own registries, DNA's role is > expanding into the modern age -- uniting living relatives. The Smithers-Gray > case is a perfect example. > > Real name unknown > > Like her half-brother John Smithers, Lucinda Gray had been trying to > investigate her father's veiled history for many years. > > Her dad, John Henderson Gray, who died in 1970, had been a fine father to > her and her four siblings, and a good husband to their mother. But even > their mother didn't know his true identity. > > He had moved from the United States to Australia in 1926; in 1944, at age > 51, he had married their mother, Betty, then 22. It was well known that Gray > had changed his name when he moved down under. "Our mother always assumed > he'd changed his identity because of some strife," Lucinda Gray said. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- I'd rather look for dead people than have them look for me....

Forgot to say that the Legacy works great on my Vista machine. Elaine Cheryl wrote: > I went back and looked and it is Family Tree Maker 2006...once installed > then you go to the Family Tree Maker website and upgrade to Family Tree > Maker 16 (for Vista)....have used mine since 2006 and when I bought the > laptop in 2008 which had Vista installed, I installed it from my disks and > went to the FTM website to see about getting it to work with Vista and was > given the download information...........I love it. > Cheryl > Check out the NEWEST ITEMS > Check out my Bargains Galore at > http://www.countrysister.net/bargainsgalore/index.htm > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://countrysister.net > http://shhstigers.com > http://www.txgenweb2.org/txleon > http://www.txgenweb2.org/txfreestone > http://www.txgenweb2.org/txlimestone > http://www.txgenweb2.org/txwalker > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vicki" <wire@shaffer.com> > To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 7:40 PM > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > > >> And it's like the old versions? >> >> >> >> Cheryl wrote: >> >>> I have the 2007 version and use it on my Vista.. >>> Cheryl >>> Check out the NEWEST ITEMS >>> Check out my Bargains Galore at >>> http://www.countrysister.net/bargainsgalore/index.htm >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> http://countrysister.net >>> http://shhstigers.com >>> http://www.txgenweb2.org/txleon >>> http://www.txgenweb2.org/txfreestone >>> http://www.txgenweb2.org/txlimestone >>> http://www.txgenweb2.org/txwalker >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Vicki" <wire@shaffer.com> >>> To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 5:54 PM >>> Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Speaking of Family trees.........Did anyone buy the new Family Tree >>>> Maker software? I did and I am extremely unhappy. It's totally >>>> different and really hard to work. It doesn't have the features the >>>> old did either. (no calendars, etc.) >>>> >>>> But it's all I've got for the Vista machine. >>>> >>>> Thanks, Vicki >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes >>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.24/2018 - Release Date: >>> 03/23/09 >>> 06:52:00 >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> TXGEN-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 >> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.24/2018 - Release Date: 03/23/09 > 06:52:00 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- I'd rather look for dead people than have them look for me....

If you haven't tried the program the Mormons use, you might download their free version and check it out. I switched from Family Tree Maker about 6 or 7 years ago to Legacy and dearly love it. They have a free version that was better with more features than FTM had, and their pro version is reasonable and has more reports and charts than you can believe. I will never go back to Family Tree Maker http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/ Elaine Vicki wrote: > Speaking of Family trees.........Did anyone buy the new Family Tree > Maker software? I did and I am extremely unhappy. It's totally > different and really hard to work. It doesn't have the features the > old did either. (no calendars, etc.) > > But it's all I've got for the Vista machine. > > Thanks, Vicki > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- I'd rather look for dead people than have them look for me....

Is it very expensive?   Robin R Inge "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away"     ________________________________ From: Elaine <McStumped@suddenlink.net> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:08:48 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] I thought everyone would find this interesting... FYI, 3 cousins and I went together and have gone the DNA route.  Now we sit back and wait for others to do the same and see if we can find a match.  We have high hopes of finally finding family for our Henry McCoy who "appeared" in Ga in 1803.  I think DNA will break down brick walls for many......we just hope we are one of the many. Elaine Kimberly Carrillo wrote: >  <http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/1454594.html> > http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/1454594.html > > > DNA reveals story of dad's disappearance > > > Genes are genealogy's new frontier > > > John Smithers of Raleigh had spent more than six decades looking for clues > about the father who abandoned him, his sister and their mother when he was > just a baby. The barrel-chested, brash-talking Smithers had something he > wanted to give his old man: a fist in the nose. > > At 82, he had about given up on ever learning what happened to James William > Smithers. He had long suspected his father got in trouble with the law and > fled abroad. Decades ago, it was easy enough to disappear, and Smithers' > father had seemingly vanished into thin air. > > On the other side of the world, Lucinda Gray had always wondered what her > father's life was like before he moved mysteriously from the United States > to Australia. She had spent years just trying to find out his real name. > > In mid-December, Smithers and Gray learned their elusive fathers were one > and the same. > > After years of poring over records online and in person, across continents > and oceans, it took only a DNA sample from a simple cheek scrape to bring > the two branches of the family together. > > "I was skeptical at first," said Smithers, a retired insurance company > investigator. "But when I talked to my sister, I knew this is what I'd been > hoping for my whole life." > > The case shows what a "new frontier" DNA has become in genealogical > research, said Debbi Blake, a North Carolina state archivist. > > DNA has been in genealogical use since 2000, according to Thomas Shawker, a > radiologist with the National Institutes of Health who has become a > nationally renowned expert on the use of the latest science in genealogy. > Its use since then among professional genealogists and family historians has > mushroomed. > > "Everywhere I go, I am asked to lecture on DNA," he said, "and everywhere I > go, the lectures are packed." > > But the impact of DNA hasn't been as significant as the Internet, which > transformed genealogical research by making records from distant places > available at the click of a mouse. Some of the genealogy search sites charge > a fee, though many of the raw birth, death, marriage and property records > are available free online. > > DNA testing has a fairly hefty price tag -- from $99 to well over $700, > depending on the type of DNA and the level of research. Until recently, its > application has been limited, said Terry Moore, a professional genealogist > in Raleigh. Typically, it's used to identify which branch of the family tree > to climb -- or which region or nation to zero in on. > > "Usually, DNA helps people who have gone through all the records and traced > their ancestors back to the 1400s and are stuck," she said. > > It is, Moore stressed, simply another tool in the genealogist's box. "This > is not CSI," she said. "DNA will not do the work for you. But it can bridge > gaps in history." > > As more people who share a surname start their own registries, DNA's role is > expanding into the modern age -- uniting living relatives. The Smithers-Gray > case is a perfect example. > > Real name unknown > > Like her half-brother John Smithers, Lucinda Gray had been trying to > investigate her father's veiled history for many years. > > Her dad, John Henderson Gray, who died in 1970, had been a fine father to > her and her four siblings, and a good husband to their mother. But even > their mother didn't know his true identity. > > He had moved from the United States to Australia in 1926; in 1944, at age > 51, he had married their mother, Betty, then 22. It was well known that Gray > had changed his name when he moved down under. "Our mother always assumed > he'd changed his identity because of some strife," Lucinda Gray said. > >  > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >  -- I'd rather look for dead people than have them look for me.... ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I went back and looked and it is Family Tree Maker 2006...once installed then you go to the Family Tree Maker website and upgrade to Family Tree Maker 16 (for Vista)....have used mine since 2006 and when I bought the laptop in 2008 which had Vista installed, I installed it from my disks and went to the FTM website to see about getting it to work with Vista and was given the download information...........I love it. Cheryl Check out the NEWEST ITEMS Check out my Bargains Galore at http://www.countrysister.net/bargainsgalore/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://countrysister.net http://shhstigers.com http://www.txgenweb2.org/txleon http://www.txgenweb2.org/txfreestone http://www.txgenweb2.org/txlimestone http://www.txgenweb2.org/txwalker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki" <wire@shaffer.com> To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > And it's like the old versions? > > > > Cheryl wrote: >> I have the 2007 version and use it on my Vista.. >> Cheryl >> Check out the NEWEST ITEMS >> Check out my Bargains Galore at >> http://www.countrysister.net/bargainsgalore/index.htm >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> http://countrysister.net >> http://shhstigers.com >> http://www.txgenweb2.org/txleon >> http://www.txgenweb2.org/txfreestone >> http://www.txgenweb2.org/txlimestone >> http://www.txgenweb2.org/txwalker >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Vicki" <wire@shaffer.com> >> To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 5:54 PM >> Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions >> >> >> >>> Speaking of Family trees.........Did anyone buy the new Family Tree >>> Maker software? I did and I am extremely unhappy. It's totally >>> different and really hard to work. It doesn't have the features the >>> old did either. (no calendars, etc.) >>> >>> But it's all I've got for the Vista machine. >>> >>> Thanks, Vicki >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.24/2018 - Release Date: >> 03/23/09 >> 06:52:00 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXGEN-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 > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.24/2018 - Release Date: 03/23/09 06:52:00

And it's like the old versions? Cheryl wrote: > I have the 2007 version and use it on my Vista.. > Cheryl > Check out the NEWEST ITEMS > Check out my Bargains Galore at > http://www.countrysister.net/bargainsgalore/index.htm > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://countrysister.net > http://shhstigers.com > http://www.txgenweb2.org/txleon > http://www.txgenweb2.org/txfreestone > http://www.txgenweb2.org/txlimestone > http://www.txgenweb2.org/txwalker > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vicki" <wire@shaffer.com> > To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 5:54 PM > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > > >> Speaking of Family trees.........Did anyone buy the new Family Tree >> Maker software? I did and I am extremely unhappy. It's totally >> different and really hard to work. It doesn't have the features the >> old did either. (no calendars, etc.) >> >> But it's all I've got for the Vista machine. >> >> Thanks, Vicki >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.24/2018 - Release Date: 03/23/09 > 06:52:00 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

<http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/1454594.html> http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/1454594.html DNA reveals story of dad's disappearance Genes are genealogy's new frontier John Smithers of Raleigh had spent more than six decades looking for clues about the father who abandoned him, his sister and their mother when he was just a baby. The barrel-chested, brash-talking Smithers had something he wanted to give his old man: a fist in the nose. At 82, he had about given up on ever learning what happened to James William Smithers. He had long suspected his father got in trouble with the law and fled abroad. Decades ago, it was easy enough to disappear, and Smithers' father had seemingly vanished into thin air. On the other side of the world, Lucinda Gray had always wondered what her father's life was like before he moved mysteriously from the United States to Australia. She had spent years just trying to find out his real name. In mid-December, Smithers and Gray learned their elusive fathers were one and the same. After years of poring over records online and in person, across continents and oceans, it took only a DNA sample from a simple cheek scrape to bring the two branches of the family together. "I was skeptical at first," said Smithers, a retired insurance company investigator. "But when I talked to my sister, I knew this is what I'd been hoping for my whole life." The case shows what a "new frontier" DNA has become in genealogical research, said Debbi Blake, a North Carolina state archivist. DNA has been in genealogical use since 2000, according to Thomas Shawker, a radiologist with the National Institutes of Health who has become a nationally renowned expert on the use of the latest science in genealogy. Its use since then among professional genealogists and family historians has mushroomed. "Everywhere I go, I am asked to lecture on DNA," he said, "and everywhere I go, the lectures are packed." But the impact of DNA hasn't been as significant as the Internet, which transformed genealogical research by making records from distant places available at the click of a mouse. Some of the genealogy search sites charge a fee, though many of the raw birth, death, marriage and property records are available free online. DNA testing has a fairly hefty price tag -- from $99 to well over $700, depending on the type of DNA and the level of research. Until recently, its application has been limited, said Terry Moore, a professional genealogist in Raleigh. Typically, it's used to identify which branch of the family tree to climb -- or which region or nation to zero in on. "Usually, DNA helps people who have gone through all the records and traced their ancestors back to the 1400s and are stuck," she said. It is, Moore stressed, simply another tool in the genealogist's box. "This is not CSI," she said. "DNA will not do the work for you. But it can bridge gaps in history." As more people who share a surname start their own registries, DNA's role is expanding into the modern age -- uniting living relatives. The Smithers-Gray case is a perfect example. Real name unknown Like her half-brother John Smithers, Lucinda Gray had been trying to investigate her father's veiled history for many years. Her dad, John Henderson Gray, who died in 1970, had been a fine father to her and her four siblings, and a good husband to their mother. But even their mother didn't know his true identity. He had moved from the United States to Australia in 1926; in 1944, at age 51, he had married their mother, Betty, then 22. It was well known that Gray had changed his name when he moved down under. "Our mother always assumed he'd changed his identity because of some strife," Lucinda Gray said.

I have the 2007 version and use it on my Vista.. Cheryl Check out the NEWEST ITEMS Check out my Bargains Galore at http://www.countrysister.net/bargainsgalore/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://countrysister.net http://shhstigers.com http://www.txgenweb2.org/txleon http://www.txgenweb2.org/txfreestone http://www.txgenweb2.org/txlimestone http://www.txgenweb2.org/txwalker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki" <wire@shaffer.com> To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > Speaking of Family trees.........Did anyone buy the new Family Tree > Maker software? I did and I am extremely unhappy. It's totally > different and really hard to work. It doesn't have the features the > old did either. (no calendars, etc.) > > But it's all I've got for the Vista machine. > > Thanks, Vicki > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.24/2018 - Release Date: 03/23/09 06:52:00

Vicki, I'm using 1999 ver. 7.   And its on my 2008 Vista. And doing good.                 Marti Come see where I live;   http://www.txgenweb4.org/txnueces/    God Bless America and Texas for what she stands for !!!!!!!!! "Remember The Alamo".   --- On Mon, 3/23/09, Vicki <wire@shaffer.com> wrote: From: Vicki <wire@shaffer.com> Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions To: txgen@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 7:40 PM And it's like the old versions? Cheryl wrote: > I have the 2007 version and use it on my Vista.. > Cheryl > Check out the NEWEST ITEMS > Check out my Bargains Galore at > http://www.countrysister.net/bargainsgalore/index.htm > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://countrysister.net > http://shhstigers.com > http://www.txgenweb2.org/txleon > http://www.txgenweb2.org/txfreestone > http://www.txgenweb2.org/txlimestone > http://www.txgenweb2.org/txwalker > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vicki" <wire@shaffer.com> > To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 5:54 PM > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > >    >> Speaking of Family trees.........Did anyone buy the new Family Tree >> Maker software?  I did and I am extremely unhappy.  It's totally >> different and really hard to work.   It doesn't have the features the >> old did either.  (no calendars, etc.) >> >> But it's all I've got for the Vista machine. >> >> Thanks,  Vicki >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >>      > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.24/2018 - Release Date: 03/23/09 > 06:52:00 > >  > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-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 TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am using the same one that was downloaded 9 years ago for free. I just copied it into Program Files folder and it seems to work fine on VISTA.   _________________________________________ Eddie Cope: Pecos County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txpecos2/ ________________________________ From: Cheryl <cburks@glade.net> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 7:55:18 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions I went back and looked and it is Family Tree Maker 2006...once installed then you go to the Family Tree Maker website and upgrade to Family Tree Maker 16 (for Vista)....have used mine since 2006 and when I bought the laptop in 2008 which had Vista installed, I installed it from my disks and went to the FTM website to see about getting it to work with Vista and was given the download information...........I love it. Cheryl Check out the NEWEST ITEMS Check out my Bargains Galore at http://www.countrysister.net/bargainsgalore/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://countrysister.net http://shhstigers.com http://www.txgenweb2.org/txleon http://www.txgenweb2.org/txfreestone http://www.txgenweb2.org/txlimestone http://www.txgenweb2.org/txwalker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vicki" <wire@shaffer.com> To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > And it's like the old versions? > > > > Cheryl wrote: >> I have the 2007 version and use it on my Vista.. >> Cheryl >> Check out the NEWEST ITEMS >> Check out my Bargains Galore at >> http://www.countrysister.net/bargainsgalore/index.htm >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> http://countrysister.net >> http://shhstigers.com >> http://www.txgenweb2.org/txleon >> http://www.txgenweb2.org/txfreestone >> http://www.txgenweb2.org/txlimestone >> http://www.txgenweb2.org/txwalker >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Vicki" <wire@shaffer.com> >> To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 5:54 PM >> Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions >> >> >> >>> Speaking of Family trees.........Did anyone buy the new Family Tree >>> Maker software?  I did and I am extremely unhappy.  It's totally >>> different and really hard to work.  It doesn't have the features the >>> old did either.  (no calendars, etc.) >>> >>> But it's all I've got for the Vista machine. >>> >>> Thanks,  Vicki >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.24/2018 - Release Date: >> 03/23/09 >> 06:52:00 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXGEN-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 > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.24/2018 - Release Date: 03/23/09 06:52:00 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Speaking of Family trees.........Did anyone buy the new Family Tree Maker software? I did and I am extremely unhappy. It's totally different and really hard to work. It doesn't have the features the old did either. (no calendars, etc.) But it's all I've got for the Vista machine. Thanks, Vicki

Carbonite.com - It's a secure website that will backup your files for you. It takes a little while the first time you do it. You mark which folders you want backed up and it not only backs them up, but it watches those folders so anytime you make a change, it notices and automatically backs it up. Super easy to use. I guess I hadn't thought about the fact that I probably have more information than most on my computer with all of my giant work files and what-not. I also have my art files and writing and stuff and if I lost those, I would be devistated. :) Lastly, if something ever happened to my computer, be it natural disaster or electronic disaster, I feel really good knowing that I can recover everything from anywhere on any computer. Other people have mentioned some online places as well, but I don't have any experience with them, so can't comment. Jimmy might be onto something though. Maybe backing up stuff on external drives AND having them online is the way to go. I also have my entire family tree at ancestry.com, so I can breathe a sigh of relief there as well. Kimm, who found out she is related to GW Bush AND JFK on ancestry.com recently. ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jo > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 7:41 PM > To: txgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > My brain is going into overload reading the different > solutions.  I have a backup hd on my computer, but still rely > on my old, handy cds. By reading all of the wonderful > information being shared, I know I'll find a third option eventually. >   > Kimm, what is Carbonite? >   > Jo > > === > Chahta Ohoyo Holahta, > Honorary > > --- On Sun, 3/22/09, Robin Inge <wolfhuntress2002@yahoo.com> wrote: > > From: Robin Inge <wolfhuntress2002@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > To: txgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 4:13 PM > > This backup stuff is greek to me, but you guys are making it > so much easier. Thanks >   > > > Robin R Inge > "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but > by the number > of moments that take our breath away" >   >   > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "Morton1000@aol.com" <Morton1000@aol.com> > To: txgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:54:54 AM > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions > > Microsoft keeps certain information in the registry. If > you're able to copy > > the information over to another drive, microsoft might not > let you run the > operating system because it's on a different hard drive. > > Everyone should make sure they have the license key before > they do anythiing. > There is a freeware program called Keyfinder - see > > http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/ > > In addition to a flat copy of your drive, if you get a larger > drive and > manage to do a copy, you may lose all the extra size of the > new drive, because > the > operating system you just copied from doesn't "know" about the > rest of the > drive. However, you can partition the drive first, into two > parts, one the size > > of the old drive (make sure you make it the "C:" drive) and one the > size of the > rest of the new Hard Drive. > > Chris > > > ************** > Feeling the pinch at the grocery store?  Make dinner for > $10 or less. > (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-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 > TXGEN-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 > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I said earlier that I have my files stored on a external hard drive... But I also have everything on a thumb drive... I keep it in my purse/on my keychain. When I am away from home my files are with me in case I end up in a library, etc. and need to have the info. Also it keeps them away from the home site. Billie Nichols Bennett

I decided to try Carbonite. You can download the trial version. I'm sure I'll buy. It's been uploading my files since yesterday afternoon but has NOT affected me working on my web sites. It just takes a lot of time the first time you upload. I like this program and it doesn't slow down your computer. A great way to store files off premises. Vicki Kimm Antell wrote: > I am confused as to why everyone is spending time buying external hard > drives and what-not. These would be damaged in a fire or flood as well and > all of the information is still lost. I really think people should be > looking into online solutions that will save your information electronically > for access in case of an emergency. That's why I moved everyone to > Carbonite so that if the unthinkable happens, all I have to do is access my > account from a different and it all comes back. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robin Inge >> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 4:09 PM >> To: txgen@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions >> >> I think I will look into this instead. Will this also work >> for photos. I have so many photos and documents that I need >> to back up. I dont like saving to disk as the titles and >> properties information I have added is lost. I have them >> organized by yr and category and so on. Would like to keep >> them that way. >> >> >> >> Robin R Inge >> "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but >> by the number of moments that take our breath away" >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Lawrence E. Oliver <oliverl@suddenlink.net> >> To: txgen@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 1:27:36 PM >> Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions >> >> Actually, you can get USB Flash Drives up to 64GB now. >> They're in the $120 to $200 dollar range though. >> >> Larry >> >> >> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com >>>> [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Morton1000@aol.com >>>> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:47 AM >>>> To: txgen@rootsweb.com >>>> Subject: Re: [TXGEN] backup solutions >>>> >>>> MB stand for megabyte. If you look at your files in the >>>> >> folders, most >> >>>> of them will say something like 2KB - 2 kilobytes. A >>>> >> megabtye is 1000 >> >>>> kilobytes. A gigabyte is 1,000,000,000 bytes, 1,000,000 kilogbytes. >>>> >>>> The external drives you mention at WalMart are not big >>>> >> enough to do >> >>>> much good. You can get thumb drives (usb >>>> drives) that are 4 gigabytes - larger than any of the >>>> >> walmart drives >> >>>> you mentioned. >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> >>>> ************** >>>> Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for >>>> >> $10 or less. >> >>>> (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> TXGEN-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 >> TXGEN-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 >> TXGEN-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 TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >