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    1. [yDNAhgI] Paternal Ancestor Name & Country of Origin data
    2. Julie Frame Falk
    3. Dear All If you could spare a few minutes of your valuable time – I am seeking your cooperation on a fairly simple task! Volunteer administrators in various projects often visit other publicly viewable project pages at FTDNA to acquire relevant data, especially from the large Haplogroup projects such as I1, and CE Normans etc. which are my main ports of call for the I1>Z58+ and I1>Z63+ Project. Currently, I am tracking Z63+, and Z58+ and all of the SNPs downstream of Z58 to show on both a Surname SNP Tree and also SNP Maps, for our members. The country of origin of the Most Distant Ancestor on the paternal side is vital information for these purposes. However, in many instances, this information is not available on the publicly viewable Results and SNP pages. For example – see the I1 Project SNP page here: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/yDNA_I1/default.aspx?section=ysnp This is a very large page and takes a lot of searching for various SNP results, but even at the top there are many gaps in the *Paternal Ancestor Name* field where not even a surname is viewable. Unfortunately, if someone has tested positive for a SNP that I am personally tracking, and I cannot see a surname or place of origin, then it’s a loss to our project even if the tester is not one of our members yet. However, the people who write in Name, Town, County/State and Country of origin in the *Paternal Ancestor Name* field are helping us all enormously! We cannot even view Country of Origin from the public Results and SNP pages, so the collectors of such information really need your assistance. If your ancestor details need updating, this is very easy for you to do: 1. Log into your personal page at FTDNA 2. Select *My Account* from the top menu bar 3. Select *Most Distant Ancestors* 4. Under *Direct Paternal* select Country of Origin from the drop down list, 5. In the *Name* field, fill in as much info as you can: Name/Birthyear/Town/County/Country ID abbreviation. 6. *Save* Thank you in advance for your cooperation! Kindest regards Julie Frame Falk (Project Administrator) I1>Z58+ and I1>Z63+ Project, Frame DNA Project, Frain DNA Project, Bemis DNA Project

    02/17/2012 11:44:22