Re: Craigs Sept 24 posting:   I upload a GED file generated from an earlier version of Family Tree Maker to the "Free" World Connect site. I don't have a subscription to Ancestry. The later versions of FTM are not user friendly.   it allows users to "post" notes against an individual, but allows me to control my GED file by not allowing others to download it. I also have complete control to remove it.  It currently has 84,000 individuals with approximately 65,000 Southern Maryland individuals who represent the earliest settlers to St. Mary's, Charles, Calvert, Prince George's and Frederick Co. Md.  The balance represent an outline of early NN settlers who held land or appear in Court or Parish records to the 1720's.  Stafford, Prince William & Fairfax go to the Rev War.   This postem method has worked for me for over 12 years and other researchers edits have helped produce a fairly reliable outline for the Potomac and Rappahannock River Valley's.... which includes abstracts and references so others can understand my interpretation of a record.   There is GED software that allows files to be merged and edited but I add folks one by one to aid in the validation process. Trying to merge Jim Burgess and my file together would probably capture most of everyone from the NN up to Fauquier and Culpeper & to a later time period, but the reconciliation and validation of data and multiple marriages with kids would be overwhelming; my GED file alone is 191 megs.   I'd certainly be on board with this, but have a day time job (open to offers)   http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=mrmarsha   mike/database geek (Montreal) You can view World Connect for free.  If you are lucky and patient, you may well find decent information with what we would call sources, or better yet a confession that the author is not sure of a certain listing.  When I see a "tree" with thousands of names, I run. From: Edward White <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] We have a golden opportunity tobuild alastinglegacy for Northern Neck Families.

Mike It's interesting to see a lot of my original BARTLETT work, most with attribution, in your WC tree. I presume you don't relate and have them there because they are NN? I'll go through it, one by one, and provide some corrections, but I can tell you now that the Richmond Co, VA BARTLETTs (mine) have matching DNA from 4 of the 5 sons of Thomas BARTLETT 1705-1783; and we have matching DNA from the Essex/Spotsylvania Co, VA BARTLETT line, and these two lines do not relate for over 10,000 years! The Thomas BARTLETT d 1748 in King George Co, VA could be the son of Thomas BARTLETT b c1670 of Essex Co, VA, but he had only daughters that we know of (one married a MARSHALL), so we don't have Y-DNA from his line. Perhaps we can find some of his descendants to do Family Finder DNA, and finally find out where the KG BARTLETTs came from. Anyway, thanks for including my work in your tree and including some attribution. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On Sep 26, 2011, at 12:44 PM, mike marshall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Re: Craigs Sept 24 posting: > > I upload a GED file generated from an earlier version of Family Tree Maker to the "Free" World Connect site. I don't have a subscription to Ancestry. The later versions of FTM are not user friendly. > > it allows users to "post" notes against an individual, but allows me to control my GED file by not allowing others to download it. I also have complete control to remove it. It currently has 84,000 individuals with approximately 65,000 Southern Maryland individuals who represent the earliest settlers to St. Mary's, Charles, Calvert, Prince George's and Frederick Co. Md. The balance represent an outline of early NN settlers who held land or appear in Court or Parish records to the 1720's. Stafford, Prince William & Fairfax go to the Rev War. > > This postem method has worked for me for over 12 years and other researchers edits have helped produce a fairly reliable outline for the Potomac and Rappahannock River Valley's.... which includes abstracts and references so others can understand my interpretation of a record. > > There is GED software that allows files to be merged and edited but I add folks one by one to aid in the validation process. Trying to merge Jim Burgess and my file together would probably capture most of everyone from the NN up to Fauquier and Culpeper & to a later time period, but the reconciliation and validation of data and multiple marriages with kids would be overwhelming; my GED file alone is 191 megs. > > I'd certainly be on board with this, but have a day time job (open to offers) > > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=mrmarsha > > mike/database geek (Montreal) > You can view World Connect for free. If you are lucky and patient, you may > well find decent information with what we would call sources, or better yet > a confession that the author is not sure of a certain listing. When I see a > "tree" with thousands of names, I run. > > From: Edward White <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 11:24 AM > Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] We have a golden opportunity tobuild alastinglegacy for Northern Neck Families. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message