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Friday, September 27, 2013

Happy Dance DNA, Irish Style!

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On August 21 and 22 Family Tree DNA posted new matches. I was very surprised to find a match with someone who has ancestors in the sam...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Getting Ahead of Ourselves

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Browning Timeline When I say "getting ahead of ourselves", I mean really stretching inferential genealogy to its limits. I...
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Saturday, September 7, 2013

DNA Separating the Wheat from the Chaff

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Alway an exception to the DNA rules an 11th cousin shares a large block? My ancestors being mostly farmers would appreciate the wheat ...
Friday, August 30, 2013

The Bizarre Life of John Urmey

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Chancery Case Montgomery County, Ohio the Executors of John Urmey John's esteemed friend Elizabeth (he did like the ladies) 1846 ...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

One Brickwall Leads to Another

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I did finally solve one brickwall regarding the parents and siblings of my ancestor Eve Urmey. A number of years ago I ordered a partial ...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Wrong Wray!

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I had to make a 180 degree turn from yesterday. The reason for this is a Virginia deed book I found at Google books yesterday. I found ...
Monday, August 19, 2013

Help from Facebook Cousin

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Chancery Court Case naming all of the heirs of Benjamin Wray Newspaper listing regarding the court case I've connected with ma...
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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Connection Fail: When an inferential link doesn't pan out

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Sarah Campbell's daughter Elizabeth Wray Reviewing my DNA test results based on some advice from my cousin Nan I collected up al...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Gedmatch Demonstration Free DNA Comparison

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Gedmatch is a great way to compare your DNA results with likely cousins. However, there are no hard and fast rules when comes to DNA, which...
Friday, August 2, 2013

My Sub Saharan African MtDNA

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Moroccan box purchased in Morocco by my Uncle Cecil Forgey I finally got my MtDNA results back yesterday! I was so surprised that my Ha...
Thursday, August 1, 2013

John Owens Sr. Bigamy, Children and Grandchildren?

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1764 Report to the Pennsylvania Provincial Council states David is the Son of a long time Indian Trader I am back to researching my...
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Friday, July 26, 2013

Locating Our Families Old World Origins with DNA

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I've been buried deep in Haplogroup research since my cousin's DNA results came in last Friday. Eupedia has been the best resource f...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

DNA Testing Companies Database Sizes: How many people in their databases?

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The Genographic project has a counter on their homepage  I've have been curious about the total number of people who have tested wi...
Saturday, July 20, 2013

Hurray! I confirmed I'm a member of a persecuted minority!

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The passenger list for the SS Vaderland which sailed out of Antwerp to the Port of New York in 1909. My Grandfather Rudolph is 10 month...