I also received an email saying that Ancestry is closing their MyFamily sites also and that people need to download their stored trees, data, stories, photographs, etc. It will also cease on 5th September. On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 5:56 AM, Allen <KE7IQQ@comcast.net> wrote: > Today I recieved a email notifying me that Ancestry will be retiring Y-DNA > and MT-DNA testing and that I can download my raw data as a CSV file prior > to September 5, 2014 > > While I have transferred and extended my test at FTDNA most of the Surname > tests are still at Ancestry with only a few at FTDNA. > > The recent results at FTDNA for Big-Y and the changes to the tree have left > me less than confident in the commitment to Y-DNA testing at FTDNA. > > Y-Seq looks like a alternitive for the Ancestry tests to be extended and I > have been trying to understand the I-P109 results in Kens tree from 20 May > 2014 so I can recomend that those who tested at Ancestry can test SNP to > confirm P109 and deturmine a subclade with in the P109 group for the Hulse > Surname. > > It appears that this surname has two main groups one with a 13 at DYS393 > and > the other with a 14 at DYS393. the age calculated by Ken to a MRCA was > around 900 years for the groups. > > I have been trying to identify a group of SNP down stream from P109 but not > so far down stream that they appear to be private for the individule where > they were found. so far tests with a 1 step difference at 67 markers have > not matched to the SNP for the individules where they were found. > > This announcemnt by Ancestry is giving me a new sence of urgency to make > progress here. > > Allen > B1424 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-I-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

And they are dropping MyCanvas--all the family history books that took zillions of hours to compile will disappear into the ether. On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Wayne R. Roberts <i.m223.roberts@gmail.com> wrote: > I also received an email saying that Ancestry is closing their MyFamily > sites also and that people need to download their stored trees, data, > stories, photographs, etc. It will also cease on 5th September. > > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 5:56 AM, Allen <KE7IQQ@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Today I recieved a email notifying me that Ancestry will be retiring > Y-DNA > > and MT-DNA testing and that I can download my raw data as a CSV file > prior > > to September 5, 2014 > > > > While I have transferred and extended my test at FTDNA most of the > Surname > > tests are still at Ancestry with only a few at FTDNA. > > > > The recent results at FTDNA for Big-Y and the changes to the tree have > left > > me less than confident in the commitment to Y-DNA testing at FTDNA. > > > > Y-Seq looks like a alternitive for the Ancestry tests to be extended and > I > > have been trying to understand the I-P109 results in Kens tree from 20 > May > > 2014 so I can recomend that those who tested at Ancestry can test SNP to > > confirm P109 and deturmine a subclade with in the P109 group for the > Hulse > > Surname. > > > > It appears that this surname has two main groups one with a 13 at DYS393 > > and > > the other with a 14 at DYS393. the age calculated by Ken to a MRCA was > > around 900 years for the groups. > > > > I have been trying to identify a group of SNP down stream from P109 but > not > > so far down stream that they appear to be private for the individule > where > > they were found. so far tests with a 1 step difference at 67 markers have > > not matched to the SNP for the individules where they were found. > > > > This announcemnt by Ancestry is giving me a new sence of urgency to make > > progress here. > > > > Allen > > B1424 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-I-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 > Y-DNA-HAPLOGROUP-I-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >