it's OK to list, link and use my name, email and DNA Kit# in our discussions Susannah Tyler On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Jim Bartlett <jim4bartletts@verizon.net>wrote: > > FTDNA did a tweak, and our NorthernNeck-VA Group is now listed. > > 1. Login to your FTDNA page > 2. Under "My Projects" (left side); click on Join Projects > 3. Scroll down to the Dual Projects category (Y-DNA and mtDNA), and > click on > the N link; then scroll down to NorthernNeck-VA and select it. > > I think that's all there is to it. I've added a description of our > project, > including the counties that are in our definition. > > Your FTDNA home page will not change, except you can switch between the > projects you belong to. But your page will look the same. > > So if you've tested at FTDNA and have NN Ancestor, please join our > project > in addition to the one you already have. > > I am very particular about privacy issues. So I would like each of you > who > join to also let me know that it's OK to list, link and use your name, > email > and DNA Kit# in our discussions. Almost everyone does this nowadays - > and it > sure helps in communicating and discussing the Trees involved. But it's > not > a requirement. Thanks. > > When we get several others to join, I'll look at how the Y-DNA > displays, and > how the mtDNA displays on our Public web page. I don't think FTDNA has > come > up with to display Family Finder results on a web page, so that will be > up > to us. I'll try to come up with something that I can paste into the > Results > page. > > It was not my intent to research everyone's Tree and find matches for > them - > this is your work (I can help, sometimes). And having discussions on > this > email list will be a big help. > > I would hope that each DNA participant will also add their NN ancestors > to > our NN Tree on Ancestry - but this is not mandatory. > > It will be very convenient for us to note, in that Tree, which are the > Common Ancestors (they would have at least two children, a different one > being the ancestor of each of the people who share an atDNA segment) and > where the shared segment was located. This will be very important as > new > people take the Family Finder test, and learn they have a match with > someone > who already has a Common Ancestor on the same segment. This is also > extremely valuable to Adoptees, but the NN Tree is mostly too ancient to > easily find an ancestral line for them (but, over time, the clues will > mount > up). > > I think it will be fairly simple to record matching segments among our > group in a spreadsheet. This will be very valuable as we get enough > matches > to start having three-somes. This is called Triangulation and means all > three people share the same Common Ancestor, and you can be pretty > positive > that the shared segment came from that Common Ancestor. > > Maybe I can also find a way (maybe a Rootsweb or GenForum Board for the > NN) > to post some steps for getting the most out of Family Finder - I know > it's > best to take it in three phases over several years: 1. Get Ready (make a > robust Tree, and prepare a standard email to send out; 2. Contact all of > your matches, trade info, and determine Common Ancestors; and 3. (after > you > have 50-100 Common Ancestors), start mapping your genome. > > Let's roll. > > Jim Bartlett > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Susannah Tyler