Jim, Would it make sense to have the Wright listings from the Wright DNA Project copied over to the Northern Neck Project when the Wright ancestor comes from the Northern Neck? I assume the Wright Project administrators would have to agree. If copying does and copying is possible, then the following on the Wright Project are candidates for that copying: 1. "1540 John" in Haplogroup J2, who was 1540 (year of death) John Wright of Yorkshire, England, (place of death) and the ancestor of 1663 Richard Wright of Northumberland County, VA, and his son 1713 Francis Wright of Westmoreland County, VA, and his son 1729/30 John Wright of Stafford County, VA, and his sons 1742 Francis Wright of Prince William County, VA, and 1741 Richard Wright of Westmoreland County, VA, 2. "1792 John"in Haplogroup R1b1a2a1b5a, who was 1792 John Wright of Fauquier County, VA, possibly son of John Wright (Westmoreland County Overseer), 3. "1767 Francis"in Haplogroup R1a1a1, who my latest research indicates was the grandson of 1690 Francis Wright of Lancaster County, VA, 4. "aft 1771 John the Carpenter"in Haplogroup R1a1a1, who my latest research indicates was the grandson of 1690 Francis Wright of Lancaster County, VA, 5. "1700 Richard" in Haplogroup R1b1a2, who was probably 1700 Richard Wright of Stafford County, VA, (the identification of 1700 Richard Wright as the progenitor of this line is in the probable category based on circumstantial evidence), 6. "1759 James" in Haplogroup I1, who was 1759 James Wright of Frederick County, VA, 7. "1752 John" in Haplogroup R1b1a2, who was 1752 John Wright of York County, VA, and the father of 1805 William Wright of Fauquier County, VA, and 8. "1769 George"in Haplogroup J2, who was 1769 George Wright of Essex County, VA. My line of descent is from #4 above and 1690 Francis Wright of Lancaster County, VA, and you may list my name and contact information. Best wishes, Robert N. Grant 15 Campo Bello Court Menlo Park, CA 94025 On 10/18/2012 7:32 PM, Jim Bartlett 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 > > ------------------------------- > > >