Barbara, This is my understanding of it too. While the tree is a working document, it should not be used to repeat the same old, same old. The NN dna project, as I understand it, it too test those theories, and maybe (hopefully) come with a lot more. I am very proud of this group and our various projects. We are definitely "cutting edge" on many fronts in genealogy. In fact, I'm tempted to include the Eastern Shore and Delmarva peninsula into this group. My fear is that that we be over-reaching. My other fear is that we may be under-reaching. I'd love to hear feedback on this idea. Craig On Oct 29, 2012, at 10:56 PM, karenhappuch wrote: > I understood the criteria for the NN dna project's patriarch list as > differing from criteria for NN tree inclusion. The patriarchs as well as > gedcoms uploaded to Family Tree DNA are intended to assist dna matches in > locating the common ancestor. The patriarchs are not necessarily well > documented or proven ancestors. (Those who aren't should not be on the NN > tree.) > > About half of my NN patriarchs are flagged in my genealogy software as > "hold" and as "candidates" and NEVER make it into my reports or trees. I > included them, for reasons just stated, in the project's patriarch list and > in the gedcom I uploaded to Family Tree DNA. > > > > Barbara > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Craig Let's be sure we can handle what's on our plate now. If it works, then we can think about expanding. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Oct 29, 2012, at 11:18 PM, Craig Kilby <persisto1@gmail.com> wrote: > Barbara, > > This is my understanding of it too. While the tree is a working document, it should not be used to repeat the same old, same old. The NN dna project, as I understand it, it too test those theories, and maybe (hopefully) come with a lot more. > > I am very proud of this group and our various projects. We are definitely "cutting edge" on many fronts in genealogy. In fact, I'm tempted to include the Eastern Shore and Delmarva peninsula into this group. My fear is that that we be over-reaching. My other fear is that we may be under-reaching. I'd love to hear feedback on this idea. > > Craig > > On Oct 29, 2012, at 10:56 PM, karenhappuch wrote: > >> I understood the criteria for the NN dna project's patriarch list as >> differing from criteria for NN tree inclusion. The patriarchs as well as >> gedcoms uploaded to Family Tree DNA are intended to assist dna matches in >> locating the common ancestor. The patriarchs are not necessarily well >> documented or proven ancestors. (Those who aren't should not be on the NN >> tree.) >> >> About half of my NN patriarchs are flagged in my genealogy software as >> "hold" and as "candidates" and NEVER make it into my reports or trees. I >> included them, for reasons just stated, in the project's patriarch list and >> in the gedcom I uploaded to Family Tree DNA. >> >> >> >> Barbara >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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