Mary A hearty welcome aboard to you and the others who have joined the NN DNA project in the last 48 hours. And through other off-line emails I know the word is getting out. We should have a high level of synergy working for us on all things NN. Critical will be our ability to include and interface with this list and the vast knowledge base it represents. It will be great to see members of this list helping the DNA folks make connections to Common Ancestors. These connections help confirm blood lines in our NN Tree. On the other hand, I don't want all of my excitement over the DNA possibilities to drown out the everyday advances the list members are making on NN genealogy. So I will try to "lay low" for a while, and see if we can develop a balance on this list. You can be sure I will post NN Common Ancestors confirmed by DNA on this list. And questions on genealogy are always encouraged. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Oct 20, 2012, at 8:27 AM, "Mary L. West" <westgenealogy@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hey Jim, > Sorry I haven't been involved until now...just too much going-on. I joined the NN project last night. I'm Family Finder test kit 33030 and my gedcom is already uploaded. I'm in Family Finder under my legal married name, Mary West Rumora (my maiden name is Mary L. West). Some of my NN direct ancestors include: Blackwell, Downing, Jones, Morriss, Morris, Pinckard, Steptoe, Stone. > > I'm chiming in late but would like you and all our other luncheon partners to know I had a great time and truly enjoyed meeting everyone at The Daily on Oct 1st. > > Mary > > > From: Jim Bartlett <jim4bartletts@verizon.net> > To: "va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com" <va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 12:27 AM > Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] Autosomal DNA Project for Northern Neck Families > > Craig > > I had 9 participants who joined the project by Fri morning; 5 had given me an OK to use their names; 7 had already taken the family finder test (like me) I already have 342 matches. All together the 7 who took the Family Finder test had 2,000 matches. It's just an indication of how many others are in the mix and weather we're likely to get many Common Ancestors from the NN. > > Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! > > On Oct 19, 2012, at 10:14 PM, Craig Kilby <persisto1@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Jim, > > > > You skipped over this question. You have FIVE respondents so far, of which all or most were only Y-DNA or mt-DNA tests. How can there already be 2,000 matches? > > > > I am not getting this part, > > > > Craig > > > > On Oct 19, 2012, at 9:48 PM, Jim Bartlett wrote: > > > >> With 2,000 matches in our "pool" we could expect 120 or so to be from the NN. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

Jim, Don't you dare lay low. This is all new and exciting. One thing I know with long-term clients is that DNA studies cannot succeed without doing the paper trail. I am going to look up a will land a marriage bond today when on duty at MBW to show a major addition/change to the Sydnor/Taylor family .... using one unrecorded deed. Oh, those troublesome unrecorded deeds from loose papers. Stay tuned for that. In the mean time, these DNA studies unearth mountains of information even if not readily discernible. This is a fantastic group of people. I am hoping this will encourage more people to participate in the ancestry.com NN Families tree. I know it is klunky and off-putting, but it does work if you learn your way around it. It's all we've got that is FREE. Craig On Oct 20, 2012, at 10:24 AM, Jim Bartlett wrote: > Mary > > A hearty welcome aboard to you and the others who have joined the NN DNA project in the last 48 hours. And through other off-line emails I know the word is getting out. We should have a high level of synergy working for us on all things NN. Critical will be our ability to include and interface with this list and the vast knowledge base it represents. It will be great to see members of this list helping the DNA folks make connections to Common Ancestors. These connections help confirm blood lines in our NN Tree. > > On the other hand, I don't want all of my excitement over the DNA possibilities to drown out the everyday advances the list members are making on NN genealogy. So I will try to "lay low" for a while, and see if we can develop a balance on this list. > > You can be sure I will post NN Common Ancestors confirmed by DNA on this list. And questions on genealogy are always encouraged. > > Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! > > On Oct 20, 2012, at 8:27 AM, "Mary L. West" <westgenealogy@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Hey Jim, >> Sorry I haven't been involved until now...just too much going-on. I joined the NN project last night. I'm Family Finder test kit 33030 and my gedcom is already uploaded. I'm in Family Finder under my legal married name, Mary West Rumora (my maiden name is Mary L. West). Some of my NN direct ancestors include: Blackwell, Downing, Jones, Morriss, Morris, Pinckard, Steptoe, Stone. >> >> I'm chiming in late but would like you and all our other luncheon partners to know I had a great time and truly enjoyed meeting everyone at The Daily on Oct 1st. >> >> Mary >> >> >> From: Jim Bartlett <jim4bartletts@verizon.net> >> To: "va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com" <va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 12:27 AM >> Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] Autosomal DNA Project for Northern Neck Families >> >> Craig >> >> I had 9 participants who joined the project by Fri morning; 5 had given me an OK to use their names; 7 had already taken the family finder test (like me) I already have 342 matches. All together the 7 who took the Family Finder test had 2,000 matches. It's just an indication of how many others are in the mix and weather we're likely to get many Common Ancestors from the NN. >> >> Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! >> >> On Oct 19, 2012, at 10:14 PM, Craig Kilby <persisto1@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Jim, >>> >>> You skipped over this question. You have FIVE respondents so far, of which all or most were only Y-DNA or mt-DNA tests. How can there already be 2,000 matches? >>> >>> I am not getting this part, >>> >>> Craig >>> >>> On Oct 19, 2012, at 9:48 PM, Jim Bartlett wrote: >>> >>>> With 2,000 matches in our "pool" we could expect 120 or so to be from the NN. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> > > ------------------------------- > 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