tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216582402024-03-07T10:55:51.292-08:00GenealogyLinks, advice and articles collected and up-dated. New links and feedback always welcome. Click for -=<a href="http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/genweblogindex"><b>INDEX</b></a>=- <br><a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.social/@valorie">Mastodon</a>, <a>Twitter</a>Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-59016711522480098962021-05-05T10:00:00.001-07:002021-05-05T10:00:00.259-07:00Genetic Genealogy: Chapter 8<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Chapter 8: Incorporating DNA Evidence in a Written Conclusion</span></h1><p><span style="font-size: large;">1. <b>The following test takers are identified as a match using the "One to One" tool at Gedmatch. Write a citation for this match.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Gedmatch. "One-to-One Autosomal DNA Comparison," database report, v.2, <i>Gedmatch</i> (https://www.gedmatch.com/ : accessed 4 May 2021), Kyle Lyons, kit A001234; Ron Gough, kit M002345; 22.5 cM total, longest block 22.3 cM on chromosome 1 (start-stop points: 222127692-236160966); 20.2 cM on chromosome 12 (start-stop points: 126612824-132276195).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">2. <b>Using the tables in question 7 of the "Incorporating DNA Testing in a Family Study" chapter, write a citation for the segments shared by Ira Smith (43) and Robert Smith (33).</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"Family Finder," database report, <i>Family Tree DNA </i>(https://familytreedna.com/ : accessed 4 May 2021), for Ira Smith and Robert Smith, predicted 2nd to 4th cousins; matches on chromosome 6 (start-stop points: 134769313-151510948), 19.33 cM, and chromosome 7 (start-stop points: 27322710-47468816), 25.49 cM; documented relationship 3rd cousins once-removed.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">3. <b>Write a proof argument based on your own research or one of the exercises in this book. Use the <i>National Genealogical Society Quarterly</i> articles listed in this chapter as models. </b>Form a study group with your peers, join a writing group, or as a friend to critique your proof argument. After you feel comfortable with your writing, consider submitting the article for possible publication in a local, state, regional, or national journal, or enter a genealogical writing contest. Lists of writing competitions can be found online. </span></p>Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-6331141663825218692021-04-21T10:00:00.001-07:002021-04-21T10:00:00.232-07:00Genetic Genealogy: Chapter 7<h1 style="text-align: left;"> Chapter 7: Incorporating DNA Testing in a Family Study</h1><p><span style="font-size: large;">Questions 1-7 refer to the family tree of Henry Smith in Appendix A. Recipients of mtDNA of #2 unknown are circled; recipients of #1 Henry Smith's Y-DNA are highlighted.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqmGQ-YpHqMzptatuHF62mI16qFPM_ku-TiYcD-15cLmbkZErZSNj35MGPbfARe0kgJq_aA9rdsT7yPF97HIJqvSD_UNigpyKUSyifAVGPtPILpWqct7alXTBZmd-BEVmqNIcnw/s1314/DescHenrySmithMT%2526Y.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="1314" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqmGQ-YpHqMzptatuHF62mI16qFPM_ku-TiYcD-15cLmbkZErZSNj35MGPbfARe0kgJq_aA9rdsT7yPF97HIJqvSD_UNigpyKUSyifAVGPtPILpWqct7alXTBZmd-BEVmqNIcnw/w640-h592/DescHenrySmithMT%2526Y.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recipients of mtDNA of #2 unknown are circled; of Y-DNA of #1 Henry Smith are highlighted</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">1. Assuming only end-of-line descendants are still living, is or are there any living who inherited the mtDNA of the unknown spouse #2 of Henry Smith #1?</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, #41 Tommy Curtis.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">2. Assume a living person is found and agrees to test and that the results indicate the mtDNA haplogroup is U5b1c1. Does this confirm or refute the family legend that Henry's unknown spouse #2 was Choctaw?</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Neither. </span><span style="font-size: large;">U5b1c1 is not a known Native American mt haplotype, so that rules out unknown's mother or her umbilical line being NA. Since that is the only line tested, the rest of her inheritance is as yet unknown.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">3. Assuming only end-of-line descendants are living, is there anyone living who may have inherited the Y-DNA of Henry Smith #1?</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, Ira Smith $43, Louis Smith #44, Robert Smith #33, Bobby Jack Smith #45, and Alfred Smith Jr. #46. </span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">4. George Smith #4 is believed to be the son of Henry Smith #1. Ira Smith #43 and Robert Smith #33 take a 37-marker Y-DNA STR test. Robert also took a SNP test. Their haplogroups do not match; are they related? </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Use </span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://isogg.org/tree/2015/ISOGG_HapgrpR15.html">https://isogg.org/tree/2015/ISOGG_HapgrpR15.html</a> rather than the link in the book.</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Since Robert took a SNP test, his haplogroup is more precisely named, but they are both from the same branch. However, this alone is not enough to support the hypothesis that George #4 is the son of Henry #1.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaUWJZUsefEXH6ZmzOROZiZ15N8zd82O_8-CHS58Q4ccHapykz1wCy3GAeA2TwtbUMdLVPua_wzyThxSvXObQP_ek_GJnIolvFKXtST9VAshpYwrmTPDnPC3gO4TatImlJeINkA/s1286/Ch7Q4table.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="1286" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaUWJZUsefEXH6ZmzOROZiZ15N8zd82O_8-CHS58Q4ccHapykz1wCy3GAeA2TwtbUMdLVPua_wzyThxSvXObQP_ek_GJnIolvFKXtST9VAshpYwrmTPDnPC3gO4TatImlJeINkA/w640-h130/Ch7Q4table.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">STR-markers table p. 118</td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Correlate the STR-marker values from the table with the "Descendants of Henry Smith" tree.</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It is evident that if the tree is correct, some differences have arisen over time in the Y-DNA STR markers.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">5. Ira and Robert do not match on markers DYS464 and CDY. Given that differing on up to 3 markers in a 37-marker test indicates relatedness, does this result prove that George Smith #4 is the son of Henry Smith #1?</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">No. They are related on the paternal line, but the low number of markers tested is not conclusive. Testing more known Y line descendants of Henry would help, as would both more STR testing and SNP testing such as the Big Y, which is the gold standard.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">6. </span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0tsbD1EVuiSqqnffO99zQkYCDC0Au7Ye20U0uGjIQhq3E9TLjzjnB_SRl192USsXCZhWdQ0Pp2EWvncO_100fsnXjuHC3bxm5pBNyaUb9IuN9jlqi0xLIW0uFFNo0jTUrZ4SPw/s1258/Ch7Q6Table.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="1258" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0tsbD1EVuiSqqnffO99zQkYCDC0Au7Ye20U0uGjIQhq3E9TLjzjnB_SRl192USsXCZhWdQ0Pp2EWvncO_100fsnXjuHC3bxm5pBNyaUb9IuN9jlqi0xLIW0uFFNo0jTUrZ4SPw/w640-h121/Ch7Q6Table.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marker significance for Y-DNA of Henry Smith #1?</td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Describe the significance of the data above to determine if George Smith #4 is the son of Henry Smith #1. All other men in the Smith Surname Project with similar haplotypes have marker DYS607=15.</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">a) All tested descendants of Henry #1 share DYS607=14. What does this tell us about Henry #1?</span></b></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;">Henry #1 probably was positive for DYS607=14.</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">b) </span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><b>All tested descendants of Henry #1 share DYS607=14. What does this tell us about Ira #43?</b></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;">That he may be a descendant of Henry #1 since he also shares this marker.</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>c) All tested descendants of Henry Jr. #5 have marker DYS464=12-15-16-16. What does this tell us about a potential link between Henry #1 and George #4?</b></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;">This difference does not preclude George #4 being the son of Henry #1. Mutations happen randomly, and George could have passed this mutation down through his Y line to Ira #43.</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>d) Marker DYS449=30 for Louis Jr. #44 but DYS449=31 for the other tested men. What does this tell us about where this change may have occured?</b></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;">In Ira Smith #20, Louis Smith #32 or Louis Smith Jr #44.</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>e) Marker CDY=35-38 for Robert #33 but CDY=35-39 for the other tested men. What does this tell us about where this change may have occured?</b></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;">In either Perry Smith #21 or Robert #33.</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>f) When all the differences are counted, there are three markers that vary between these men (DYS464, DYS449 and CDY). And a fourth difference between these men and others who are in the same group in the Smith SP. When four differences are found, test-takers are "distantly related" while three differences would indicate they are related. Are there other factors to incorporate into the analysis?</b></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;">There is strong documentary evidence for each of these family lines, and in "fast-moving" markers, the changes seen in the STR results from each of the male lines, as well as another differentiating #1 Henry Smith's male descendants from the other Smiths in the Smith Surname Project. While 4 is a larger difference than we would expect, the fact that they are all "fast-moving" markers makes it easier to account for.</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>g) Could additional DNA testing supply more evidence to apply to this research question?</b></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;">Testing descendants of the "other" George Smith could be useful. Also, since five men have already given test samples, some or all of them could upgrade their tests to autosomal DNA -- and Big Y if possible.</span></div><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">7. All of the living cousins agree to take an atDNA test. The table below shows some of the results in the match list of Ira Smith #43.</span></b></p><p><b></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAaM0b1Sj32RQFVdiQ63XEYM6oqsjMkdLz6GnornBjw-UvJQRKENHgjvDB0LvQZAGugC7oVfXT-1QExh_N5kVRqdpXNYkxED89kvr8Wo5M0vjT8A9HgIOJ6fIMbIepOTivUc_i6Q/s1250/Ch7Q7table.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="1250" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAaM0b1Sj32RQFVdiQ63XEYM6oqsjMkdLz6GnornBjw-UvJQRKENHgjvDB0LvQZAGugC7oVfXT-1QExh_N5kVRqdpXNYkxED89kvr8Wo5M0vjT8A9HgIOJ6fIMbIepOTivUc_i6Q/w640-h248/Ch7Q7table.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cousins match list to Ira Smith #43</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /></b><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">a) Is this a reasonably sized group of test takers to possibly lead to credible conclusions about relationships?</span></b></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, each line is covered.</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">b) What might be a first step in analysis?</span></b></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;">Do they have family stories about #1 Henry? More documentation, photos, memories? Are these folks all descendants of Henry #1 and unnamed #2?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">First level of credibility: common descendancy of a large enough group of testers.</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">c) Should we be concerned about the depth and accuracy of the test-takers' trees?</span></b></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;">No. We have them in the tree already. It would be good to share the tree with them so they can make any corrections necessary though. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Second level of credibility: reliability of the family tree.</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">d) Using the information in the table above, what might be a next step in our analysis?</span></b></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;">One could enter the match cMs into the Shared cM Tool at https://dnapainter.com/tools/sharedcmv4 and see the relationships "on paper" match the DNA cM results. If any are unexpectedly large, could there be other shared ancestors?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Third level of credibility: consistent DNA match results.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">The table below is a matrix indicating which cousins show as "In common with" each other.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2LpmT3WQfeibxbGWRlb31A043Dfup8VYo5tZdmq4FYcZizuhYGnsebUzMiZYJ6LZHg4zQsX6zYNTOe16GJNF54mhc3oMgffYOb8qy06i0w6lm7H-ByznAKAUPiwSPY-9BCIMp3Q/s1252/Ch7Q7InCommonWithTable.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1252" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2LpmT3WQfeibxbGWRlb31A043Dfup8VYo5tZdmq4FYcZizuhYGnsebUzMiZYJ6LZHg4zQsX6zYNTOe16GJNF54mhc3oMgffYOb8qy06i0w6lm7H-ByznAKAUPiwSPY-9BCIMp3Q/w640-h372/Ch7Q7InCommonWithTable.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Which cousins show "In Common With" each other</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">e) Using the information in the table, what might be the next step in our analysis?</span></b></li></ul><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Check with each tester to see if the other cousins are shown by the testing company as matches.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Fourth level of credibility: cousins "on paper" all matching with one another. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhom4zdaVELnL-YLYNNDYGupSNRHCHDMQac5xEIRZjncHwy1Cvffo9AgltxnCQbqp6J0RpDihjBooyUiY0xgvOlONX3HPb96CkqimQiBIl1_u2c3hTf4nscGKKiJCWXl6mDHPYHvQ/s1274/Ch7Q7eTable.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="978" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhom4zdaVELnL-YLYNNDYGupSNRHCHDMQac5xEIRZjncHwy1Cvffo9AgltxnCQbqp6J0RpDihjBooyUiY0xgvOlONX3HPb96CkqimQiBIl1_u2c3hTf4nscGKKiJCWXl6mDHPYHvQ/w491-h640/Ch7Q7eTable.png" width="491" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Selected shared segment details; page 122</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /></b></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-size: large;">f) Using the information in the table above, </span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><b>what might be the next step in our analysis?</b></span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Fifth level of credibility: match segment data.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Since so many lines are covered, it might be possible to pinpoint from which ancestors certain segments were inherited. This requires segment data and either a tool like GDAT or DNA Painter, or a spreadsheet.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Triangulating by DNA segments is the gold standard when used with excellent relationship evidence in a proof argument.</span></p>Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-38978218637822435882021-04-07T12:21:00.000-07:002021-04-07T12:21:25.592-07:00Genetic Genealogy: Chapter 6<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b>Genealogical Applications for X-DNA</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2uXuX6dyAkKA65O8nxrEdLZksp08KBusRjzVpAnsizHWQ1SLn7Km66ToltNAXY0URX9zTqltuXg_Jc7pqP5OBAkkSedA9KFDGievnYgM5yAsbAItCWo_J8VU0lYbOpkJTNWWSA/s1312/Chap6AppAchart.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="1312" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2uXuX6dyAkKA65O8nxrEdLZksp08KBusRjzVpAnsizHWQ1SLn7Km66ToltNAXY0URX9zTqltuXg_Jc7pqP5OBAkkSedA9KFDGievnYgM5yAsbAItCWo_J8VU0lYbOpkJTNWWSA/w640-h576/Chap6AppAchart.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chart from Appendix A; marked for X. Use for Q 1-7</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><b>1. Which ancestors shown may have contributed to the X-DNA of Ira Gerball (20)?</b></span><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">15, Marie Small. Men get no X-DNA from their fathers, only their mothers. Marie's ancestors are not in the chart. 4<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>2. </b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Which ancestors shown may have contributed to the X-DNA of Mandella Louise Smith (33)? Would Mandella have inherited X-DNA from all of these possible ancestors?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Since Mandella is female, she got X-DNA from both her parents, <i>21 & 27</i>. The X she got from her father 27 came from his mother who is not shown in the chart. The X from her mother Mandy Wick 21 is from her parents, <i>12 & 16</i>. Again, her father Tom Wick 16 got his X from his mother who is not shown in the chart. Mandy's mother Emma Crocker 12 got her X-DNA from both her parents, <i>5 & 8</i>. And once again, her father Henry Crocker 8 got his X from his mother, but she is not in the chart. Her mother Emma Jones 5 got her X-DNA from both her father John Ira Jones <i>1</i> and her mother Mary Ann Smith <i>2</i>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">It is possible that Mandella got X-DNA from each of the listed ancestors, but since it can recombine every time a woman passes some X along to a child, it is up to chance. Siblings may inherit from entirely different possible ancestors.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>3. Does Louis</b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> Gerball (32) share an X-DNA inheritance line with Mandella Louise Smith (33) through the ancestors shown on this chart?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">No. Louis 32 gets his X-DNA from his mother, Ann Ricks 26 whose parents are not in the chart. Mandella 33 shares no X-DNA according to the chart.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>4. Does Ira Ryan (43)</b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> share an X-DNA inheritance line with Mandella Louise Smith (33) through the ancestors shown on this chart?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yes, they both share 1 & 2 Jones and Smith. His line goes though different people (31, 19, 11, 4) and there could have been some recombination, so it will not be identical.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>5. Does Viola Scott (17) </b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>share an X-DNA inheritance line with Ellis Jones (10) through the ancestors shown on this chart?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yes, Ellis Jones 10 gets his X-DNA from his mother Martha Jackson 6 whose parents are not in the chart. Viola Scott gets hers from 9, 13, 3, 6, 1 and 2, so they share Martha Jackson 6, their mother. His X will be 100% from his mother; Viola will have one from her father and the other, possibly recombined, from her mother.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>6. Given the following X-DNA match results for </b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Mandella Louise Smith (33), is the shared segment size large enough to focus research for a common ancestor on those who could have contributed to the X-DNA of those test-takers?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yes, over 10 cM is worth investigating, and the other two smaller segments overlap. So *if* there is a shared X-DNA ancestral path, even the smaller ones are worth looking at.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>7. Which ancestors shown on the chart are potential common ancestors </b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>who could have contributed the matching X-chromosome segment? </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mandella Louise Smith (33) shares Emma Crocker (12) with Emmy Wick (34). Emma Crocker carries the X-DNA from both 1 & 2 Jones and Smith through her mother, Emma Jones (5). They also share Tom Wick (16) but would not have gotten a shared X-DNA segment from him, since he passed that segment from his mother only to Mandy Wick (21) whom is ancestral only to Mandella.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mandella Louise Smith (33) shares an ancestral couple 1 & 2 Jones and Smith with both Violet Sweets (29) and Janice Johns (31). However, they will share only Smith 2 and not Jones 1 because his unrecombined X-DNA from his mother was not passed though Albert Jones (3) to Violet. Mandella will share both 1 & 2 Jones and Smith with Janice.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>8. An </b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>X-DNA segment of a significant size is shared with Debbie, Debbie's full brother, and test-taker Allen Jackson. On which portions of the trees of these test-takers should the search for a common ancestor focus?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">This question is identical to 9, below.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>9. </b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>An X-DNA segment of a significant size is shared with Debbie, Debbie's half-brother (son of Debbie's mother), and test-taker Allen Jackson. On which portions of the trees of these test-takers should the search for a common ancestor focus?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">The focus will be on the mothers - Debbie and her half-brother's shared mother, and Allen's mother, since neither man got an X from their father. It can further be focused by completing an X-DNA inheritance chart for both men.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>10. </b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>An X-DNA segment of a significant size is shared with Debbie, Debbie's half-brother (son of Debbie's father), and test-taker Allen Jackson. On which portions of the trees of these test-takers should the search for a common ancestor focus?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">For Debbie, all parts of her tree will have to be examined, because she got an X chromosome from both her mother and her father. The men did not get an X from their fathers, therefore only their mother's trees need to be examined. The search can further be focused by completing an X-DNA inheritance chart for Debbie and both men.</span></p></div>Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-76329027356304102722021-03-16T17:08:00.002-07:002021-03-16T17:09:34.147-07:00Genetic Genealogy: Chapter 5<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Genealogical Applications for atDNA</span></h2><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Exercises for Chapter 5</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. Sisters with an AncestryDNA test get results; one matches to a predicted third to fourth cousin; the other does not. Should they both match? Why or why not.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">They could both match, or neither. About 90% of third cousins are detectable DNA matches; only about half of fourth cousins cousins.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. Fred is testing numerous relatives in an attempt to map his chromosomes. He shares no detectable DNA with Victoria, a seventh cousin, who is a descendant of fifth great-grandparents. Can Fred conclude that these Quincy ancestors are not in his genetic family tree?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">No, testing one distant relative with whom he is likely not to share detectable DNA proves nothing. It is simply a lack of evidence.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>3. Roy and Mike share a single 6.43 cM segment of DNA. Which company or companies will show them as genetic relatives? Which will not.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">At the present time, none of the testing companies will show them as matches. While AncestryDNA reported matches down to 5 cM when the book was written, their matching threshold is now 10 cM. They could both upload to Gedmatch and lower the matching threshold to 6 cM and see their match there.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>4. One cM is equivalent to a percent (one in one hundred) probability of a recombination event occuring in that DNA segment within a single generation. Is it possible to share a DNA segment of a 100 cM or greater with a relative other than a parent passing down entire chromosomes to a child?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">It is possible to share a segment of over 100 cM with other relatives. My longest shared segment with a first cousin is 117 cM.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>5. Viktor has tested his parents but not himself. His grandparents are living but he's not tested them. He has an aunt, a first cousin, two second cousins and a third cousin. Whom should he test first?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">His grandparents. Viktor is right about the DNA he got from them through his parents, but he is missing the 50% from each that he did NOT get from his parents, because they didn't have it to pass to him. In addition, once they pass, the chance to test them is gone. The second cousin and then third cousin after that are most important, because they allow pinpointing great, great-grand, and second great-granparents. The aunt and first cousin are the least valuable unless their own children want them to test for their own reasons. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>6. Sally has tested three of her grandparents. Shared DNA with each follows; what percentage of DNA did Sally inherit from her untested grandfather?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Adding the total of all three tested grandparents and then subtracting that total from 100 yields 21.4% which she would have inherited from her untested grandfather.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>7. Place an arrow or arrows showing where a recombination event occurs.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHk19IBZPr_l5uZ9k48soR2GMYvu3sm7pjqVPIXDE2MDvaTmF9iRXDRhQvBoFvr4c_GPmrPZi0LlOAUSKXWZDDQ_uxeg6b3TkUpVWwFd68P5soIyBDFzYPoVFZ77JOscDuOHvFg/s1306/Chap5Q7diagram.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="122" data-original-width="1306" height="61" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHk19IBZPr_l5uZ9k48soR2GMYvu3sm7pjqVPIXDE2MDvaTmF9iRXDRhQvBoFvr4c_GPmrPZi0LlOAUSKXWZDDQ_uxeg6b3TkUpVWwFd68P5soIyBDFzYPoVFZ77JOscDuOHvFg/w640-h61/Chap5Q7diagram.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>8. Draw on the blank chromosome figure to show the segment or segments the granddaughter would share with her paternal grandfather.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISWCLcj-ZOHLtAXx4p3VZ1sbnJ5m0mQsAuwDztpkrUrTyHDuqGe0uvBBusiEwTojkhv1Qgc8bR0LUAoj3yjg6lTiAnfa2Rw2x8W9dOmnVt4stgP_4ALHqB9fns4aM4aE9pjF7yw/s1298/Chap5Q8diagram.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="142" data-original-width="1298" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISWCLcj-ZOHLtAXx4p3VZ1sbnJ5m0mQsAuwDztpkrUrTyHDuqGe0uvBBusiEwTojkhv1Qgc8bR0LUAoj3yjg6lTiAnfa2Rw2x8W9dOmnVt4stgP_4ALHqB9fns4aM4aE9pjF7yw/w640-h70/Chap5Q8diagram.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">not to scale!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The segments in-between the segments in the previous image.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>9. Laura has tested herself and her grandmother Brenda. On chromosome 4 they share [diagram] DNA segments. She also tested her son Michael and would like to compare his DNA with that of Brenda, his great-grandmother. Which of the following chromosome browser views should she expect to see?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">a, b and c although d is possible *if* her father shared some DNA with her mother's mother. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxy9Ia7H97mQbanrN9P3brdaLY-QQkE8dw0zGbOs4_R0lUIha4sruUqtIScoyeJSS_SQbjAVXZhLj1z8JyKpPWrbAaT0tgge9vdZYIUByPbgNR-OLI1NZkrvQLOnX0DaEs9USAbA/s1256/Chap5Q10-15RelVioletRedden.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1256" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxy9Ia7H97mQbanrN9P3brdaLY-QQkE8dw0zGbOs4_R0lUIha4sruUqtIScoyeJSS_SQbjAVXZhLj1z8JyKpPWrbAaT0tgge9vdZYIUByPbgNR-OLI1NZkrvQLOnX0DaEs9USAbA/w640-h384/Chap5Q10-15RelVioletRedden.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Use family tree chart for Q 10-15</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>10. Violet Redden, the family genealogist, has tested her self as well as five of her family members, bolded in the family tree above. Complete the table determining a) the relationship to Violet and b) expected amount of shared DNA in percentages and cM. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1d1ENAzHpZnSSdwo0SA2YQMHiQ6EfnE95Mhiy_ZRn0SXb9tCsoaJhXOC2JwHK-qFvp8Rz9AI70-u_RfSN4_P6Q5qocFtGhH5g2HynAGLnkRG-aowI2LT2FFyMcdFnOYuboH8eAA/s1528/Chap5Q10.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="1528" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1d1ENAzHpZnSSdwo0SA2YQMHiQ6EfnE95Mhiy_ZRn0SXb9tCsoaJhXOC2JwHK-qFvp8Rz9AI70-u_RfSN4_P6Q5qocFtGhH5g2HynAGLnkRG-aowI2LT2FFyMcdFnOYuboH8eAA/w640-h124/Chap5Q10.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>11. Violet receives Eryn Tisby's results and discovers that Eryn shares 205 cM of DNA with Marcelle Sparks. How does that result align with the family tree? If the result is unexpected, what piece of information from the family tree might explain the result?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">It is unexpectedly large for the known relationship. This means it is likely that Eryn and Marcelle share more than one genetic relationship, and more genealogy research is needed.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Violet downloads her raw data and the new data of Eryn Tisby, Elijah Sparks, and Marcelle Sparks. After an upload to Gedmatch, she gets the following results. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5bCann3rF6bmjAyK5KlL1cnmqzVykrESCHD88VY0exatd9Ns1rfxiJUZ186OrGVQRA8ZoGnUJdKsHKu-HY9tvdg1aQquxrXiEk9q1SJhCtabXBCHz6ntY0o47AXV_wXsX7fQvw/s1250/Chap5Q12-14.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1250" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5bCann3rF6bmjAyK5KlL1cnmqzVykrESCHD88VY0exatd9Ns1rfxiJUZ186OrGVQRA8ZoGnUJdKsHKu-HY9tvdg1aQquxrXiEk9q1SJhCtabXBCHz6ntY0o47AXV_wXsX7fQvw/w640-h308/Chap5Q12-14.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Use table for Q 12-14</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>12. Determine the most distant ancestor in the family tree to whom the DNA segment that Violet shares with Elijah Starks on chromosome 18 can be mapped tentatively.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Brady Sparks and Minerva Ayers, although it is possible that there are other genetic relationships to be found.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>13. Determine the most distant ancestor or ancestors in the family tree to whom the DNA segments that Violet shares with Eryn Tisby on chr. 1, 5 and 12 can be tentatively mapped.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Rene Tisby and Dori Sparks are ancestors in common, but the high cM between Eryn Tisby and Marcelle Sparks suggests other shared ancestors not yet in the tree.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>14. Based on the information in the tree and the table, describe what is unusual about the DNA that Marcelle Starks shares with Violet.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">They share a segment on chr. 8, but Marcelle's ggrandfather Elijah Starks does not share that segment with Violet. There is no one else on the tree (so far) who could have contributed that segment to both Violet and Marcelle.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>15. A chromosome browser reveals the following pattern on chr. 5, with three genetic markers sharing a long segment of DNA (35 cM, 50 cM and 75 cM) with the test taker: [figure]. Based on this view, what do we know about the genetic relationship of the three individuals to one another?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Not very much. We don't even know if the two matches with the test-taker match one another. One could be on the maternal side and the other on the paternal. The segments are reasonably large though so they are presumably matches. The ICW tool might shed some light, and perhaps an email to each about their own matches might shed even more.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GxNNIHV4KoRks23UihVArakHQFmKKpwyVQo7yXTwpbI0C91LsqdwnN7_D8gkHLgLBfYMGEojbIAlEtArhi0-ml0wPSQ7a9LE08tfZwaRRG4W3b4ogGMFjsxFfXsOcBzFHdF3-g/s1280/Chap5Q16.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="1280" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GxNNIHV4KoRks23UihVArakHQFmKKpwyVQo7yXTwpbI0C91LsqdwnN7_D8gkHLgLBfYMGEojbIAlEtArhi0-ml0wPSQ7a9LE08tfZwaRRG4W3b4ogGMFjsxFfXsOcBzFHdF3-g/w640-h196/Chap5Q16.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Use for Q 16-17. Share DNA: X</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>16. Place the nine individuals listed in the table into potential triangulation groups based on the segment data and the matrix tool results.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Aaron's match is tiny, and he does not match with any of the others, so I would call it a false match. Brenda, Leonard and Shana form a group for further study, as do Ellen, Susan, Johnny, Georgia and Donna. Brenda is possibly the closest relative so I would start with her.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>17. What is the limitation of using this approach for triangulation? What additional piece of information would you seek to verify that those potential groups are true triangulation groups?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Without comparing each of members with one another on the chromosome browser or Gedmatch's one-to-one tool, you do not know for sure that they all share the same segment of interest.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>18. Using the table below, calculate the completeness of your genealogical family tree back at least seven generations (to sixth cousin relationships), where completeness is the percentage of ancestors for whom you have a name or some identifying information. Consider the reliability or accuracy of that information, especially in the older generations where most distant-cousin relationships are being compared. How might this impact the search for shared ancestry with identified genetic matches? <i>(The "Total # of Possible Ancestors"column may change if there have been recent cousin marriages.)</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSO3lrEYZMDVJ-SjVNIvV7RG975PDcPgyL2RRWCxoQfipRZl93a4lZw7QrnJ7pGc5ZWRwdplHEIn3x3Ehv2ELRpqxO975-6hyphenhyphen1_84inSHy2hXxqLKYFXDM3GxcTLCfHIa_Cltt9g/s1288/Chap5Q18.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1288" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSO3lrEYZMDVJ-SjVNIvV7RG975PDcPgyL2RRWCxoQfipRZl93a4lZw7QrnJ7pGc5ZWRwdplHEIn3x3Ehv2ELRpqxO975-6hyphenhyphen1_84inSHy2hXxqLKYFXDM3GxcTLCfHIa_Cltt9g/w640-h312/Chap5Q18.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGiCCSWVDKs6V7TrfhaUUGGsxFjLd6FbxJOIaaNjq3RRrbxgQ8cttYSdP4ShEsvXXXaZACtzGNCg5Ah_DHmv7MeJq38dKzO5mIfOKX9kjqQYdBIvQCj2Bywp7akAIJT60a2xbpQ/s1376/Ancestral+Completeness.png"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="1376" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLGiCCSWVDKs6V7TrfhaUUGGsxFjLd6FbxJOIaaNjq3RRrbxgQ8cttYSdP4ShEsvXXXaZACtzGNCg5Ah_DHmv7MeJq38dKzO5mIfOKX9kjqQYdBIvQCj2Bywp7akAIJT60a2xbpQ/w640-h174/Ancestral+Completeness.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>19. Angeline would like to identify unknown parents of fourth great-grandfather born in the 1750s. ... Can Angeline use atDNA to help identify this couple? If so, how many cousins should she test?</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">It is possible that she can find many descendants of this couple by doing very complete trees for each of the cousins she finds and comparing their results with one another. And perhaps she can find descendants of the most likely parents of her ancestor and test them, although there she is getting into dealing with very small segments and the high probability of "by chance" segments. This could be an expensive, slow project!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>20. David Welch believes his second great-grandfather to be part Native American. There are no records supporting this belief, and atDNA results from the testing company reports no Native DNA. Is David's hypothesis still possible?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Since David only inherited on average 6.25 percent of his ancestor's DNA, unless he was 100% Native American, it would likely not show up in an atDNA test. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">It is possible that finding a paternal line descendant to test via Y-DNA could have some results</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-59676421845972888742021-03-02T19:39:00.009-08:002021-03-02T19:39:53.540-08:00Genetic Genealogy: Chapter 4<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Chapter 4: Genealogical Applications for mtDNA</span></h1><div><span style="font-size: large;">Exercises. <i>All the questions refer to diagrams in Appendix A: page 136</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. Which descendants shown inherited the mtDNA of Mary Ann (Smith) Jones (2)</b>: 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 21, 22, 33. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Mary Smith passed her mtDNA to all her children; <b>3, 4, 5</b>. Her son 3 Albert, did not pass his mtDNA to his children. His children got their mtDNA from their mother, 6.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">One daughter, Mary <b>4</b>, had only a son, <b>11</b>. That son had mtDNA from 2, but did not pass it to his children. They instead got mtDNA from his wife, their mother, 15. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Her daughter Emma, <b>5</b>, passed her mtDNA to her daughter Emma, <b>12</b>. Emma 12's daughter Mandy <b>21</b> gave the mtDNA from 2 to her daughter, Mandella, <b>33</b>. Emma Crocker 12 also passed mtDNA from 2 to her son Max <b>22</b>. Max had a daughter who had the mtDNA from her mother, 28. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. Ira Gerball 20 died in Vietnam. ... Which people on the chart share the same mtDNA as Ira for purposes of identifying his remains? </b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Three people in the chart share his mtDNA; his mother, Marie 15, her daughter Florence 19, and Florence' daughter Janice 31 and her son Ryan 43. Any of these people can be tested and any of them should match.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">3. Adoptee Angela has narrowed her possible birth parent to cousins Mandella 33 or Emmy Wick 34, both of whom are dead and have no descendants. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>a) If the parents of Emmy Wick agree to be tested, could this help her find the answer?</b> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">If:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i>No match to both: </i>Her father Max 22 will have the mtDNA of his mother 22 who gave him Mary Smith 2's mtDNA. Her mother 28 Emmy Martin has her mother's mtDNA not shown to be a relative of Max on this chart. So a non match to both rules out their daughter Emmy 28. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">A <i>match to Max 22</i> means that Mandella 33 could be the mother, since Mandella and Max share the same mtDNA.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">A <i>match to Emmy 28</i> means that Emmy 34 could be the mother, since they share the same mtDNA. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>b) What is the conclusion if Angela's test matches both Max 22 and Emmy 28?</b> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">While no relationship between Max' family and Emmy Martin's, that does not mean that they share a maternal line so far undiscovered. It would not answer Angela's question of which cousin could be her birth mother. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>4. Two woman have taken full-mtDNA tests but show no match. However, they may share a female ancestor Tempy Gordy. Do the test results rule out a relationship in the female line?</b> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">No. Because the differences are not "fast changing" differences from the CR, they may or may not be significant. The common ancestor link is speculative on one of the trees. Therefore, more genealogical work may need to be done to resolve this question, and more testing of descendants of Tempy Gordy may help as well. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">5. Annabell Martin wants to prove that her 5th great-grandmother was Cherokee, as family stories have said. Which of the following must be true for an mtDNA test to prove the story?</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">a) Direct matrilineal line between Annabell and her ancestor</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">b) Direct matrilineal line between willing test-taker and the ancestor</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">c) A full mtDNA test</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">d) A low or medium-resolution test</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">e) at least 3 test-takers</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">B and D must both be true, however the results at best can indicate native American; not a specific tribe. Documentary and historical evidence would be needed to find a specific tribe or tribes.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">A - Any matrilineal descendant can take the test</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">C - While a full test might be useful for other purposes, it is not necessary to find the haplogroup</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">E - The haplogroups native peoples are known; more tests are not necessary for this purpose.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">6. Two test-takers who suspect a common ancestor on the matrilineal line take medium-resolution mtDNA tests (HVR1 & HVR2). Neither appears in the match list of the other. Their lines back to the ancestor are well-documented.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">a) Does the fact that the test-takers do not match preclude Jane (Vick) Otis from being the mother of of both Mary Otis and Elizabeth Otis? </span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">No. If the haplogroups were not a match, then yes. Mutations are random, so the lack of a match is not conclusive.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>b) Would a full mtDNA test help answer the question?</b> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps. A full mtDNA test might be more conclusive, but that is not certain.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">c) What other things might be considered, based on the lineages shown? </span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">An au test (or tests) might provide more evidence. Many au tests might have to be run since this is at the edge of the genetic tree for some descendants. Since the mother-daughter relationships are suggested by the common place, Rowan County, North Carolina and suitable ages, and a shared haplogroup, more focused research could be done in that county.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>7. Sarah and Jane upgrade to Full mtDNA tests and receive results; still do not appear in one another's match list.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>a) </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Does the fact that the test-takers do not match preclude Jane (Vick) Otis from being the mother of of both Mary Otis and Elizabeth Otis? Do they proved that Jane is mother of both Mary and Elizabeth?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">No, and no. The results do not answer the questions.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div><b>b) Do these results explain why neither appears in the match list of the other?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, their differences fall outside of the parameters set by the testing company for showing a match.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>c) What do the Ys and Rs in the list of mtDNA differences from the reference sequence mean?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>These are both heteroplasmies Y = C or T, R = A or G. If both of their shared heteroplasmies could share common values, then they could have a close enough match to perhaps answer their genealogical question, so more close analysis could be done.</div><div><br /></div><div>* Note: I did consult the "answers in the back of the book" in order to check that my blog post accurately reflects the information from the book. Also note: mitosearch.org no longer exists. Please consider uploading mtDNA test results to both <a href="https://www.mitoydna.org/">https://www.mitoydna.org/</a> and YFull: <a href="https://www.yfull.com/ ">https://www.yfull.com/ </a>($)</div></span></div>Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-75453203395260396172021-02-03T12:35:00.000-08:002021-02-03T12:35:48.007-08:00Genetic Genealogy in Practice: Chapter Two<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Chapter 2 Exercises</span></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">1. The goal is to determine when Isaac Ryan first bought land in what is now Jackson County, Mississippi. Can DNA evidence help achieve this goal? If so, how. </span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">No. However, if could help provide more evidence that the tester is related to this Isaac Ryan if preliminary family tree research makes a clear and proven case that the tester is descended from this man. DNA provides no evidence that could help with a date of land purchase.</span></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">2. The goal is to determine whether the Isaac Ryan who first bought land in 1798 what is now Jackson County, Mississippi, is the ancestor of Jonathan Ryan. Can DNA evidence help achieve this goal? If so, how. </span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Again, if there is a complete family tree built and proof given with other evidence, DNA can provide *more* evidence of the descendancy. Y DNA can prove or disprove a shared male line. It cannot, however, prove parentage. Neither autosomal nor mitchondrial DNA would have any use here.</span></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">3. Nathan suspects that Ethan Kilgore disinherited his sons Hugh and Philip just before his death in 1861 because, according to family legend, Ethan's wife informed him in a fit of rage that they weren't actually his children. Instead, the legend goes, they were the children of a former neighbor called Simon or Samuel Smith. Research in census records reveals a Samuel Simons living next door in 1820 and 1830, years that bookend the decade during which Hugh and Philip were born. Can DNA evidence be utilized to examine the question of why Ethan Kilgore disinherited his sons?</span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Not directly. However, DNA evidence could shed light on whether or not Hugh and/or Philip were full or half siblings to the rest of the children of the couple. If there are male descendants of some of the male children and of Hugh and Philip, and those male descendants are willing to test, some light could be shown on the male lines and whether or not they are a close match. Of course, more research would have to be done on the possible bio-father of Hugh and Philip; he possibly shared a paternal line with Ethan, and this must be ruled out. Possibly he had male issue whose male-line descendants could be tested. It would be unusual for autosomal DNA to be useful in such an old case and of course mitchondrial DNA in this case would shed no light at all. </span></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">4. Henry has been a professional genealogist for 25 years and is well-versed in every record by that could be utilized for this project. However, Henry is skeptical of DNA testing, and has never used or explored it in his or his clients' research. Can Henry's research satisfy the GPS for this project if he intentionally doesn't consider DNA because he doesn't believe it is accurate?</span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">No. We would not think that it was acceptable to disregard land or tax records, for instance, if they would be useful to answer the research question. We should never rule out possible sources because they can be untrustworthy at times -- all sources can be partly or wholly problematic but we must nevertheless seek them out and properly evaluate them on their merits.</span></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">5. Henry decides to inform his client that Y-DNA or atDNA testing could potentially shed light on the question, but that he is not educated on the subject. Henry suggests that he or the client contact another genealogist who is well-versed in the use of DNA. The client informs Henry that he isn't interested in that option. Can Henry complete the assigned project with any confidence, and can the project satisfy the GPS?</span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">He can complete the job, certainly. Genealogists can be hired for tiny jobs such as fetching a document from a repository. There is no expectation that completing every job will satisfy the GPS. This assignment cannot, since some of the evidence will not be provided or even sought.</span></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">6. After extensive research Julianna discovers that the first Wilcox family, descended from Thomas Wilcox, has thousands of descendants but no direct-line male descendants. If Y-DNA testing of the Thomas Wilcox line is impossible, and atDNA is not possible for various other reasons, can Julianna's research satisfy the GPS when analyzing whether Thomas Wilcox was the son of Benjamin Wilcox?</span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Of course. The GPS does not require us to conjure sources out of the ether. The above description describes two sources which are unavailable, like a will which was destroyed. </span></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">7. Some years later, Julianna learns that before he died the last man with Thomas Wilcox's Y-DNA had a son that the family didn't know about. This living son is in fact the last-known male with Thomas Wilcox's Y-DNA. When Julianna contacts him, he refuses to undergo any type of DNA testing. If DNA testing of the Thomas Wilcox line is possible but cannot be performed due to refusal by the last living direct-line male, can Julianna's research satisfy the GPS when analyzing whether Thomas Wilcox was the son of Benjamin Wilcox?</span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Same answer as above. No one has the right to another person's DNA. If a source exists but is unavailable to the researcher, then it cannot be had. "Exhaustive" does not mean changing the facts on the ground.</span></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">8. [Brenda] submits the KDP without any Y-DNA evidence, even though it is technically available to her.... Has she failed to conduct thorough research that considers all sources?</span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Much the same as the previous two questions, if it is not possible to *ethically* obtain the sample, it is unavailable. </span></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">9. ... Brenda has reservations about using the results without her father's explicit authorization.... Can her KDP satisfy the GPS or has she failed to conduct thorough research that considers all sources?</span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Again, the GPS or any of its parts cannot outweigh our own ethics or judgement. We cannot do the impossible or the unethical.</span></p>Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-34068654650182888062021-01-20T19:05:00.000-08:002021-01-20T19:05:01.910-08:00Genetic Genealogy in Practice: Chapter 1 Questions<p> <u>Genetic Genealogy in Practice</u> by Blaine T. Bettinger, Debbie Parker Wayne. National Genealogical Socety; 2016</p><p>Chapter 1: Basic Genetics</p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Questions to which you will want to know the answers</h1><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>What are the types of nuclear DNA?</i></h3><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Autosomal</li><li>Sex: X, Y</li></ol><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>What is the other DNA which can be tested for genealogical purpose?</i> </h3><p>Mitochondrial</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>Which test can be taken only by one sex?</i> </h3><p>Y</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>If the mother of a family has died, which of her children can be tested for mitochondrial DNA?</i> </h3><p>Any or all of them</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>From which parent do you get your Y dna</i>? </h3><p>Father </p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>Your X?</i> </h3><p>Men: mother. Women: both</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>What are the DNA variations tested for genealogical purposes?</i> </h3><p>SNPs and STRs(Y). Both are often called "markers."</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>What is a SNP? </i></h3><p><u>S</u>ingle nucleotide <u>p</u>olymorphism</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>What is an STR?</i> </h3><p><u>S</u>hort <u>t</u>andem <u>r</u>epeat</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>How much of our DNA is identical to all other humans?</i> </h3><p>99.9%</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>What is a DNA match?</i> </h3><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Enough matching DNA with a person above the threshold, usually 5-10 or 20 cM</li><li>People with matching DNA segment(s)</li></ul><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>What is genetic distance? </i></h3><p>In mt & Y tests, the number of markers which are different between two testers. </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>In mt tests, 0 distance sometimes means most recent common ancestor (MRCA) hundreds of years ago. Sometimes 1 or 2 difference can be close maternal relatives. </li><li>In Y STR testing, a difference of 0 in a 111 test can be as close as brothers, and as far as the beginning of surnames.</li></ul><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>What is a haplogroup?</i> </h3><p>A main branch of the family tree, used with mt & Y test results. The more markers are tested, the closer one can get to a precise haplogroup. Although some mt and y haplogroups have similar notation, they are entirely different.</p><div><br /></div>Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-71209168588249889622020-12-25T16:10:00.002-08:002020-12-27T21:08:14.849-08:00End of 2020; Time for Something New! <h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>As the year draws to a close, it feels time to start something new in a an old container: this blog. I've been writing for my society at </span><a href="https://skcgs.blogspot.com/">https://skcgs.blogspot.com/</a><span>. I've learned a lot about DNA and how to do better research, and it's about time to tell some of the stories uncovered along the way. </span></span></span></h1><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I'll also be writing here for the new study group we are beginning in January, of the book <u>Genetic Genealogy in Practice</u>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">First though, new book for Christmas:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizL31G4hnRotPuBNVrvn5SLGEMnzD9TsE4vBUc5VWvclgTR0gAfz3VjZsM7KU2Q3K3ntgB3EzZHNKHqYQs8jipkR6W_Tbn-zORjMa5evQGF2lPxQjraRZIH_KZw1IGPb8whCSUVA/s500/MasterGenProofBook.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="389" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizL31G4hnRotPuBNVrvn5SLGEMnzD9TsE4vBUc5VWvclgTR0gAfz3VjZsM7KU2Q3K3ntgB3EzZHNKHqYQs8jipkR6W_Tbn-zORjMa5evQGF2lPxQjraRZIH_KZw1IGPb8whCSUVA/s320/MasterGenProofBook.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Mastering Genealogical Proof</u></b>, by Thomas W. Jones, 2013: National Genealogical Society, Arlington, VA</span></p>Thank you Paul & Tara! It is a textbook, with questions at the end of every chapter. </span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><u>Mastering Genealogical Proof</u> Chapter One: <i>Genealogy's Standard of Proof</i></h1><div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: normal;"><i>1. What is genealogy?</i></span></span></h2><div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Genealogy is the study of families, known and unknown, by "accurately reconstructing forgotten or unknown identities and relationships of all sorts.[1] Research is drawn from all sorts of records, including those created by governments, businesses, journalists, photographers, family record-keepers, historians, courts, police, demographers and and genetics. This list is not complete! To assure accurate conclusions, genealogists have agreed on standards, call the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS). <br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><i>2. What are the GPS's five elements?</i></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Before one can begin applying the GPS, a research question must be posed. If research begins with a narrow question about identity or relationship, the search can be focused and exhaustive without being exhausting!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>GPS element one</b> is <i>reasonably exhaustive research</i>. Gathering evidence can begin once the question is asked. Often rare or obscure record sources must be consulted, and if there questions about multiple people being conflated, each candidate must be thoroughly vetted and compared. "Negative evidence" should be noted as well as sources which seem to answer the research question. At this point, a hypothesis begins to form, which must be supported and proved. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>GPS element two</b> is <i>informative citations</i>, which describe sources which support the hypothesis, and show how the evidence in sources proves the case, and allows others to easily find and consult the source and evaluate it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>GPS element three</b> is <i>analysis and comparison</i>, or correlation. An argument supporting the conclusion is built on the foundation of the evidence found during research, and demonstrated by the citations. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>GPS element four</b> is <i>resolution of conflicting evidence</i>. There will always be conflicting evidence because human-created records are never completely accurate. All the conflicts must be resolved.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>GPS element five</b> is <i>a written conclusion</i>. Thus your work is exposed to public view, and available for independent evaluation.</span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><i>3. You have shared your family history with someone who wants you to omit all the proof statements, proof summaries, and proof arguments, including explanations of reasoning and documentation. How do you reply? </i></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Asking for a "history" with no proof and documentation is like handing someone an empty (but pretty) plate and saying "Enjoy your dinner!" The whole work is valuable not only now, but to researchers in the future. Without proof, not so.</span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><i>4. Why can't a genealogical conclusion be partially proved? </i></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">A conclusion means the case is proven and closed until new evidence is presented. If the research is not exhaustive, the case is still open. If the citations are not presented, the analysis and comparisons are not fully made, if all the conflicting evidence is not resolved, or the case is not been written and presented for analysis by others, the case can not be considered closed. </span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><i>5. What is the first step in genealogical research? </i></span></h2><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Successful research answers a question, so the first step is crafting a clear, focused question. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Upon consulting the "answers in the back" -- I did leave out that genealogy research covers both living and dead people, and that we seek all the relationships and related information, whether adoptive, biological, marital, extramarital, and other kinds of relationships. In question 5 I left out the word "interdependent" about the 5 elements of the GPS, although I did describe why they depend on one another.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">------</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1. <u>Mastering Genealogical Proof</u>, by Thomas W. Jones, 2013: National Genealogical Society, Arlington, VA, page 1.</span></p></div></div>Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-7986159728100919152018-11-11T06:00:00.001-08:002022-01-03T13:12:02.148-08:00Peace Declared 100 Years Ago; Women Who ServedThis Veteran's Day is more special than usual because this is the centenary of the Armistice in Europe. So I was very excited to discover that my aunt Florence Estella Rawles who was born and died in Montana (1925-2007), trained for the World War II Cadet Nursing Corps in both Montana State College in Great Falls, Montana <i>and</i> in Providence Hospital in Seattle! It seems that the war was over before she was sent to serve, and later married my uncle Hollis McBee. When I shared this new information with some of my genealogy buddies, David got excited because he also had an aunt who served in the Nursing Corps, and also trained in or around Seattle. However, it turns out that his aunt served in the Great War, which we now call the First World War.<br />
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David sent me his research on his great-aunt, which has been written up so well that this will be a guest post.<br />
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<b><br /></b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Zowitza S. Nicholas (1893-1984)</b> was a daughter of two migrant parents who were naturalized Americans. Zowitza and her two siblings were born in Seattle (1892, 1893, and 1895) so were native-born citizens. Zowitza’s parents were estranged and her father died in 1917 and is now buried in Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada... Zowitza’s mother’s date and place of death/burial is still unknown although David has reason to believe she died in California in or after 1935.<br />
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David contributed his research to a book <i><b>From the Klondike to Berlin: The Klondike in World War I</b></i> by Michael Gates (available at https://smile.amazon.com/Klondike-Berlin-Yukon-World-War/dp/1550177761 and other booksellers). Much of the rest of this post will be quotes from this fine book.<br />
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Zowitza (Zoe) Nicholas, second daughter of Mrs. Jennie Nicholas of Dawson, and later Mayo Landing, joined the US Army Nurse Corps and eventually left with a Seattle contingent. -pages 15-16</blockquote>
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Zowitza Nicholas was...resting after the cessation of combat. She had left Dawson City sometime befor to study nursing in Seattle. A former Dawson High School student, she came north with her parents during the gold rush when she was just five years old. Her father took the name John Nicholas when he immigrated to the United States from Greece. Her mother, Jennie Wilhelmina Erickson, was a Swedish immigrant who married John in 1891. John had worked as a barber from his arrival in Dawson until his death in December 1917. </blockquote>
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In the summer of 1918, Zowitza shipped out as an army nurse and was stationed at Base 50 Red Cross Hospital at Mesves, France. It was one of more than one hundred hospitals established by the Army to tend to the wounded. After the armistice, she was granted leave and travelled widely through occupied Germany, Belgium and France. She travelled from Nantes to Paris, then Metz, Koblenz, Cologne and Brussels, visiting cathedrals, art galleries and museums. She travelled with another nurse to Nice, where they spent several days enjoying the warm Mediterranean climate. But it is the description of her journey from Brussels to Paris by train that stirs the emotions. The ten-hour trip took her through the battlefields of France and Belgium. There, she saw the barren wasteland that had been created by war. She saw countless bridges destroyed by the conflict; she witnessed overturned locomotives in the ditches beside the railroad tracks. She observed the wire entanglements, mowed-down trees and shell holes, big and small. She saw trenches, trenches, and more trenches. Small white crosses populated the landscape, some single, others clustered together. One had a helmet hanging from it. </blockquote>
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<i>It is hard to believe that the mass of stone was once a town or a house or that people ever lived there and worked,</i>" she wrote in a letter to her mother: <i>There are rods of twisted iron...and there there is the inevitable pile of stone. Stone and red bricks; perhaps a piece of wall standing, perhaps not, and more piles of stone. Town after town is like this--no people there--no sign of life....</i> </blockquote>
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<i>At one place I saw a man with a long stick or rake--I don't know which--digging and pushing and scraping aside a mass of stone. I wondered if he was intending to build himself a home, or if he was only looking for riches that were once his treasures.</i></blockquote>
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She didn't describe the horrors she saw in her hospital. Sixty years later, though, she remembered her work. Many soldiers died of influenza in the closing weeks of the war. The room was so full of coffins we had to step over them," she recalled. "I could never get over the terrible things that happened to those poor boys." She was remembered as the "Angel of the Ward" by one soldier she cared for in the winter of 1918. Sixty-five years later, he tracked her down to find her in suburban Los Angeles, where she continued to nurse until 1979. [see https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5119503/zoe_nicholas/]</blockquote>
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The 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic that struck the soldiers in combat continued its spread around the world. The pandemic broke out on the eastern seaboard in early September. The deadly virus spread rapidly, and within weeks, reports from various cities and military camps confirmed the news that this influenza was highly contagious and killing people in large numbers. -pages 189-190</blockquote>
A lovely postscript: The University of Washington chose Zoe's image as provided by David E. Cann for a poster commemorating the hundredth anniversary of World War I. They did a research project and public display on what was then the 100th year commemoration of World War I and the Washington residents who left home to fight it and ended up making full-sized posters of Zowitza and put them all over the U. of Washington and other places. Zoe wound up the representative symbol of the entire display.<br />
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She did her nurse's training at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_General_Hospital">Seattle General Hospital in Seattle</a>, which became Maynard Hospital (where my dad was an orderly before WWII) before disappearing.<br />
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Zowitza S. Nicholas Anderson's resting place: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84856972/zowitza-anderson</div>Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-47076312127502682622018-09-05T14:56:00.002-07:002018-09-05T14:56:48.222-07:00South King County Genealogy SocietySKCGS is on the move! At the last Board Retreat, we created a twitter account and set up a blog. <a href="https://twitter.com/skcgs1">Follow @skcgs1</a> and watch <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%EF%BF%BC%20http://skcgs.org/">the website</a> to see the blog go live soon.<br />
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Our newsletter will publish a final issue, at which point our blog will be our broadcast to the world about South King County past, records and stories and how you can help our society preserve and educate about these resources.<br />
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The big story is our <b>Seminar</b> which is coming up <i>Saturday, September 22 at Salish Hall on the Green River College campus </i>in Auburn. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%EF%BF%BC%20http://skcgs.org/2018-seminar.html">Register now!</a><br />
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Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-60636467303739861602018-04-25T21:45:00.000-07:002018-04-25T21:45:03.272-07:00Rootsweb Lists Spring Back to Life!Rootsweb was offline for some months, and is now coming back online,<br />
one piece at a time. First to return was World Connect:<br />
<a href="https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/">https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/</a> and the Message Boards have<br />
continued to work and were not offline.<br />
<a href="http://boards.rootsweb.ancestry.com/">http://boards.rootsweb.ancestry.com/</a><br />
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Now lists have been upgraded and restored, and the archives are being re-filled from backups. Find your way here:<br />
<a href="https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/">https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/</a>. Create a new login here: <a href="https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/lists/setupmail">https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/lists/setupmail</a>.<br />
Once you have set up your account, you will be able to control list mail and how you receive it. <i>Remember to link older email accounts</i> as well.<br />
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Washington State lists are here:<br />
<a href="https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/USA/Washington/">https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/USA/Washington/</a> -- including the Washington State Genealogical Society lists.<br />
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If you would like to support this effort, <i><b>why not become a listowner?</b></i><br />
Create a login: <a href="https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/lists/setupadmin">https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/lists/setupadmin</a> and then head over to http://home.rootsweb.ancestry.com/lists/orphanedlists to adopt one. There is even a list for new listowners: <a href="https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/search/NEWBIE-LISTOWNER">https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/search/NEWBIE-LISTOWNER</a><br />
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Once lists are working perfectly, the websites will return too!Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-32247497431675196662018-01-25T22:56:00.000-08:002018-01-25T22:56:45.824-08:00Tip of the Week: search Archive.orgI was reading the excellent genealogy blog on <a href="https://wasgs.org/blog">https://wasgs.org/blog</a>, and came across the Tip of the Week: <a href="https://wasgs.org/blog/2017/12/01/seattle-genealogical-society-tip-of-the-week-58/">https://wasgs.org/blog/2017/12/01/seattle-genealogical-society-tip-of-the-week-58/</a> about surname search in the <a href="http://archives.gov/">National Archives Catalog</a>.<br />
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Just put your surname of interest in the search box at the top right of the home page:<br />
<a href="http://archives.gov/">http://archives.gov</a>. I did so and my first hit was an unknown cousin! I searched for "baysinger" and the first hit was <a href="https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/vietnam-war/casualty-lists/wa-alpha.pdf">https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/vietnam-war/casualty-lists/wa-alpha.pdf</a>. I was both saddened and proud to read of my cousin's sacrifice and service.<br />
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Using <a href="https://www.myheritage.com/">MyHeritage</a> to search for <i><b>Donald Freeman Baysinger</b></i> with the keywords of his hometown Buckley, Pierce County, Washington where my daddy used to live, led right to <a href="https://familysearch.org/">FamilySearch</a> where I found his family tree.<br />
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We share <i>gxgrandparents <b>Peter Baysinger</b> 1808–1886 and <b>Elizabeth Rice</b> 1814–1895</i> whose gravestone my cousin Terri placed for them in the Bear Canon Cemetery, Sedalia, Douglas, Colorado, USA.<br />
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My line to Peter and Elizabeth is through my mother, <i>Lola McBee Cowan</i>, through her mother <i>Anna Baysinger</i> and her parents <i>John Alfred Baysinger 1872–1942 and Minnie Disney 1876–1959</i> and his parents <i>Elias Henry Baysinger 1832–1900 and Sarah Maria Goosic 1842–1882</i>. Elias Henry is the oldest brother to Zacharia Taylor Baysinger below.<br />
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Donald Baysinger's line goes through Peter and Elizabeth's son <i>Zacharia Taylor Baysinger</i> <i>1849–1923 and his wife Mary Elizabeth Toliver 1860–1924</i>, and their son <i>Charles Elmer Baysinger 1882–1970 and wife Retta May Akers 1890–1970</i> to their son <i>Earl Clifford Baysinger 1908–1989 and wife Ella LaRue Smith 1916–2001</i>. I'm so sorry to hear of their loss, and want to thank Earl and Ella Baysinger for their sacrifice.<br />
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You can see the tree on FamilySearch here: <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LCDC-397">https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LCDC-397</a>Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-11710327467771352872017-06-27T19:07:00.001-07:002018-03-26T00:35:41.412-07:0023andme once again becoming useful for genetic genealogyFor quite awhile, I've been cautioning people that <a href="https://23andme.com/">23&me</a> did not want genealogists, and was not serving us. Now although they still hide the tools, they <b>are </b>available.<br />
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First, many people have now "opened" their profiles, allowing matches to see what the match IS. Of course this is the default on all other sites. And I've figured out how to see all those opened matches on your matches page: <a href="https://you.23andme.com/tools/relatives/#people">https://you.23andme.com/tools/relatives/#people</a>. Sort by <i>Open Sharing</i>.<br />
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Now for the fun stuff. Go to <a href="https://you.23andme.com/tools/relatives/dna/">https://you.23andme.com/tools/relatives/dna/</a> and search for your first open match. The code controlling the search is a bit funky, but keep at it and search for the rare part of the name, rather than the common part -- "hiram" rather than "smith". One can compare two other users as well as with yourself. I do that before before writing to people, so I can give them a bit of information. Be sure to scroll down below the simplified chromosome map to the detailed information. I paste all that into a text file; those who love spreadsheets will use those instead.<br />
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The first time one writes to a match, it is always good to have some information to them. Many of these people will be new to genealogy, new to genetic testing for genealogy, or even just new to the site. They may not know they the conversation can move to email, or how to use Gedmatch, or anything about their other matches - yet. We can help them get started by giving them some information that gets them interested in doing the work.<br />
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So digging out the information from those open profiles can provide (along with the Gedmatch matches) the information about exactly how you match, and who else might be part of the search for the common ancestor.<br />
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By the way, I'm also encouraged today by FTdna. Last time I tried to upload my raw 23&me dat to go along with my mtDNA kit, it was disallowed. Today I re-downloaded my raw data from 23&me, and was able to upload to <a href="http://familytreedna.com/">FamilyTreeDNA.com</a> with no problem. So I'm looking forward to being able to see a few more matches there. My mother's brother has a kit there, and I will enjoy looking at that match using the FTdna site. Of course I will add this information to my text file too!<br />
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This should give another boost to my McBee, Baysinger, Disney, Walters, Triplett, McFarland, Jack research!Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-35384783951598021922017-01-31T18:16:00.000-08:002017-02-26T23:49:41.450-08:00Book: The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the GenomeThis book by Alondra Nelson is only tangentially about genealogy and family history and sheds no light about how to use DNA to do research. It is about how our recent knowledge of the genome has fundamentally changed how we view facts about our ancestors.<br />
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The modern popularity of genealogy research began with <b>Roots</b> as a mini-series being televised in 1977. Before then, genealogy in the US had been mostly an upper-class pursuit, by white people. Of course, the LDS (Mormon) church had long been encouraging their members to document their ancestry -- also a mostly white project. <b>Roots</b> changed that, and now there are large numbers of black Americans looking for their ancestors both black and white, slave and free. And many want to go beyond the racialized labels assigned by the culture and the records and the African continent to find ancestral countries or tribal groups of origin.<br />
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Research both archaeological and "coroner's method" removal of graves in the "Negro Burial Ground" in the 90s exposed an old, racialized way of classifying the bones, in contrast to the new archaeological research which focused on using every clue found to place the person in the context of their lives in New Amsterdam, now lower Manhattan (near Tribeca). For instance, patterns of wear on the bones reveal the nature of the work these enslaved people did, and the African birth of some of them.<br />
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Once local people became aware of the excavation of graves, groups formed of probable descendants and others interested in preserving and studying and preserving the graveyard, which is now a National Monument. Another eventual outcome was the establishment by Rick Kittles, a brilliant scholar and activist, of African Ancestry, a company founded to help slave descendants find their African origins, and reconciliation with their history. His company offers both yDNA and mtDNA tests to help people connect with a country, a tribe.<br />
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There is a great deal more in this slim volume: the use of DNA to unite grandmothers with their missing grandchildren separated by the "Dirty War" in Argentina, forensic use of DNA to solve crimes of genocide, and eventually a very nuanced discussion of reparations politics in the USA.<br />
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This is not an easy read. It made me wonder why my genealogy society is all white. It made me ponder the history of how we've made use of our new knowledge of the genome, and what is ahead. It made me think about reconciliation with the past, and how we move forward once we know the truth.Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-78989426780902426952017-01-30T01:21:00.000-08:002018-03-24T14:04:59.163-07:00Thinking about ordering an DNA test? What can you do with it?If you have been considering buying a DNA test to use for genealogy, here are a few things to consider.<br />
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First, have you found most of your ancestors through old-fashioned research? If not, DNA might not yield you much information. That said, even if you are adopted and don't know much about your birth lineage, with a lot of work, you <b>can</b> make some matches, and learn more. However, the more you know, the better you will be able to use what you learn from DNA.<br />
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Next, what sort of test will help you learn the most? <i><b>If you want to learn more about your "surname line,"</b> </i>that of your birth father, his father, and on up -- then you want a yDNA test, and <a href="https://www.familytreedna.com/">FamilyTreeDNA</a> is the only place to get it. You will need a male of this line to do the test; daughters do not inherit their father's yDNA. Of course, you can test a male in *each* of your surname lines, but again, this only tells you about the male lines. You will want to test as many markers as you can afford; at least 67 markers if possible.<br />
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<i><b>If you want to learn about all your relatives</b></i>, then you want an autosomal DNA (auDNA) test from <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/dna/">Ancestry</a>, FamilyTreeDNA, 23andMe, or the new one on the block, MyHeritage. If you are already an Ancestry member and don't care about what your DNA says about your health, Ancestry is the right choice (Ancestry has removed some of the genes which have health implications from their testing).<br />
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Update: the newcomer is now <a href="https://www.livingdna.com/">LivingDNA</a>. If you want to find out a lot more about your British and Irish ancestors, then it is your best bet. Their website says: <i>If you have British or Irish ancestry then it’s the only test that shows where within Britain and Ireland your ancestry comes from.</i><br />
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If you are already testing at FTdna for yDNA or mtDNA, then "Family Finder" is your best choice.<br />
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If you care a bit about genealogy, but really want to know what your DNA says about your health, then 23andMe is the most popular. However, I think that their genealogy "helps" are the opposite these days, the health information seems over-simplified, and the high cost of the kits leads me to advise against using 23andMe. And yes, I tested there! At least it used to be less expensive. I found out more about health effects from Promethease than I have from 23&me.<br />
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The new choice, <a href="https://www.myheritage.com/">MyHeritage</a> is my current favorite, since it is inexpensive ($75) and you can nearly always see a family tree, which is a problem with the others, even sometimes Ancestry. They use FTdna to do the processing, so they'll be top-notch results. They offer only autosomal DNA too.<br />
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<i><b>If you want to know about your mother's ancestry,</b> then you need mitochondial DNA (mtDNA)</i>. Taking this test follows your mother's mother's mother's line far into the past. People have gotten matches from doing this test, but since mtDNA is so stable, it is more about your deep past than present-day cousins. Again, FTdna is the only major company doing this testing.<br />
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<i><b><u>No matter what company you choose, get your "raw results</u></b>.</i> If you do an auDNA test, you can upload to GEDMatch if you wish. GEDMatch offers a lot of interesting stuff, such as comparisons with ancient DNA on file, possible localities where your ancestors lived, and the ability to partially reconstruct the genome of a missing relative, given enough other testing. I do not yet know whether or not the MyHeritage kits will offer me the opportunity to download the raw data. I very much hope so, and that GEDMatch will find a way to let me upload this data easily.<br />
* update -- they do.<br />
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I think it is also important, if you use Wikitree (and you should) to link in your various tests there too. You do not upload results; simply put in your tests and also report matches among your relatives you have already made. This solidifies the results for cousins who tie into your tree, and may induce them to test too! <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/DNA">They make it very easy</a>. Wikitree is all about collaboration, and is the main reason I love this site! Gedmatch has a page about how to make the Wikitree link as well: <a href="https://www.gedmatch.com/WikiTree.php">https://www.gedmatch.com/WikiTree.php</a><br />
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If you do mitochondrial DNA at FTdna, they make it easy for you to upload to <a href="http://www.mitosearch.org/">Mitosearch</a>, which allows people who have tested elsewhere to upload their raw data. I've done it, although without any hits I've not seen on FTdna already. They have a similar free service for yDNA called <a href="http://www.ysearch.org/">ysearch</a>. One can upload a gedcom, and I think it is worth doing so, if you have done the tests.<br />
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For health effects, there is a site called <a href="https://promethease.com/">Promethease</a>, which gives you an amazing amount of information for $5.<br />
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Other options: <a href="http://regenerationnet.com/4-tools-analyze-personal-dna">http://regenerationnet.com/4-tools-analyze-personal-dna</a> describes four of the best, including GEDMatch and Promethease.Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-2556050013959751472017-01-29T21:45:00.000-08:002017-01-29T22:03:23.646-08:00Genealogy goals for the new yearGiven the way that autosomal DNA tests for genealogy work, there are two things that are important for success in using that DNA data to find matches: finding your ancestors back to ten generations, and finding all possible descendants from them.<br />
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I came to this conclusion after reading the excellent blog post, <b><a href="http://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2015/08/11/how-much-of-your-family-tree-do-you-know-and-why-does-that-matter/" target="_blank">How Much of Your Family Tree Do You Know? And Why Does That Matter?</a> </b>where the author says,<br />
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whenever we make a conclusion about a particular ancestor or ancestral couple based on segments of DNA shared with a relative, we absolutely must address whether we do, or could, share other ancestors with that relative.</blockquote>
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The author made a nice little chart summarizing how much he knew, so I did the same thing. Mine is not as pretty, but here it is anyway:<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1AOC0jTM52PIFnIrHgooL5yrK4Gx0v28KE98Sc0do2SFl63roPPqSNNe3diDMe3s3jYZxvEowGwzHYiICGFIhBfQUmj3vuUSGWeQnu3TUrAdIZv2-GBghyoqVg4fVpRjhiE5ZQ/s1600/Screenshot_20170108_171633.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1AOC0jTM52PIFnIrHgooL5yrK4Gx0v28KE98Sc0do2SFl63roPPqSNNe3diDMe3s3jYZxvEowGwzHYiICGFIhBfQUmj3vuUSGWeQnu3TUrAdIZv2-GBghyoqVg4fVpRjhiE5ZQ/s640/Screenshot_20170108_171633.png" width="640" /></a></div>
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<b>Key: </b>Generation: from me; Relationship: to me; Date of Birth: roughly averaged; Matches: description; # Poss. Anc.: total number of possible ancestors in each generation; # Identified: number of ancestors identified by name in each generation; % Identified: percent of generation identified<br />
<i>Totals</i> - Total Poss: total possible ancestors; Total # Indent: total number identified of total possible additively; Total % Ident: Total number of ancestors identified of total number possible additively in each generation</blockquote>
As you can see, I'm missing a lot of information! So I will prioritize finding more of those ancestors, even as MyHeritage continues to make it easy to find their descendants. And I will continue to add that information to Wikitree as I find the time. I really love having all the information open to everybody. That said, if you are a cousin, and want to see what I've got on MyHeritage, just ask to join the tree. Occasionally I also download a gedcom from there and upload that to Rootsweb as well.<br />
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MyHeritage: <a href="https://www.myheritage.com/site-family-tree-263769091/cowan-mcbee">https://www.myheritage.com/site-family-tree-263769091/cowan-mcbee</a><br />
Wikitree: <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Cowan-1504/5">https://www.wikitree.com/treewidget/Cowan-1504/5</a><br />
Rootsweb: <a href="http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=cowan-zimmerman&id=I500003">http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=cowan-zimmerman&id=I500003</a><br />
<a href="https://www.gedmatch.com/" target="_blank">Gedmatch</a>: M186808Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-7718457678553980002016-08-08T22:54:00.000-07:002018-03-26T00:34:01.353-07:00MyHeritage and Wikitree: new tools* <b>Outreach</b> - finding cousins and other relatives<br />
* <b>Research</b> - answering questions and solving mysteries<br />
* <b>Paying respect</b> - finding and telling the stories of those who can no longer speak<br />
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All of these aspects of family history research have energized my interest in the past, and I'm liking the new tools available to support that. A few years ago I was fascinated by the new use of DNA in genealogy research, and have used 23andme, Ftdna, and Gedmatch.<br />
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I started using MyHeritage because 23andme chose to use that site to display family trees. When MyHeritage offered a special deal ($99) for one year of access to their research resources, I bit. One feature I particularly enjoy is that when you find a person in, say, the census, the MH software queues up the rest of the family as well. You can quite easily not just link the family together, but also attach the source attribution to each of them.<br />
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Another nice feature is their software matching each person in your tree to resources you have not yet found, and finding that person in other trees. These both end up being very powerful. I began the tree there by simply putting in myself, my husband and our parents, and letting the software begin the work. After getting more and more census, birth, marriage, death and marriage records to the various people in the tree, I began working a bit, and filling in the holes.<br />
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As I added details, relatives, and evidence, the MH software kicked in and often suggested "Discoveries" which are sets of relatives which match one of the people in my tree. If they seem likely, I add them, as I don't consider this tree proven beyond the people whom I've researched.<br />
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I've made a real effort to bring all the trees as far forward in time as MH offers, since this is the best way to find cousins. And for cousins I already know or have proven to be related, I spend some extra time trying to make the evidence as complete as I can. Then I transfer what I can to Wikitree.<br />
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I began using Wikitree a year or so ago, by uploading my newly-cleaned GEDCOM file. Now that I have all those nice census images and other cool evidence, I've begun uploading the images, etc. to wikitree pages. Creating and linking pages for each person is a bit intensive, but it is well worth it in the end. It's quite easy to link all the people in a census image, for instance, if you've already created the pages for each.<br />
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Wikitree is created for collaboration, which is really my end goal. I don't consider any of my ancestors and other relatives as MINE, but shared with my family. So I honor each person with the parts of their lives that I've found, and hope that others will do the same.<br />
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Lately I got another special offer from FindMyPast.com, which has very clear census images. Since MH's census and some other images have been broken for some months, it's come in very handy. For building a tree, however, it seems hopeless. So if I already have a person in my tree, I can link the evidence I find. I've found no way to add people to the gedcom I uploaded, however. That will have to happen on Wikitree.<br />
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Recently I figured out how to access my complete and detailed list of matches from 23andme, so I downloaded that, and sorted by chromosome, then split the spreadsheet into one for each chromosome so I can sort by the start of each matching segment. Now to get the Gedmatch matches divided up that way, for better analysis. The text files I've been using so far are just not cutting it.Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-81348435319474929042016-07-23T21:48:00.001-07:002016-07-23T21:58:20.794-07:00Immortal Irishman and other windows into the pastHi everyone, there are lots of ways to delve into history, including genealogy and your own family history research. One of my favorite ways to get a new view on the past is reading a biography. One of my favorites of the past few years is <i>The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy</i>, by David Nasaw. Read more about it <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/books/review/the-patriarch-a-joseph-p-kennedy-biography-by-david-nasaw.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/books/review/the-patriarch-a-joseph-p-kennedy-biography-by-david-nasaw.html</a>. That book in particular gives some insight about the present political situation both here and in Europe, since Joe Kennedy Sr. was a famous isolationist.<br />
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Another very revealing one is that of President Wilson in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Woodrow-Wilson-John-Milton-Cooper/dp/0307277909" target="_blank"><i>Woodrow Wilson: A Biography</i></a>. He's more than the president who led us into and through World War I and then failed to create the League of Nations. In some ways he reorganized the American government for the future, and in other ways, by encouraging official segregation, set us back generations.<br />
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Recently finished: <i>Immortal Irishman</i>, by Timothy Egan, about Thomas Francis Meagher, an Irish aristocrat first sentenced to death for speaking out against the English grinding down of the Irish, banished to Tasmania, then escaping to the US where he became a celebrated general of the Irish Brigade in the Civil War; then serving as the Acting Governor of the Montana Territory before his murder.<br />
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It is a truly gripping tale, although I must warn that the first chapters, during the Great Hunger, were painful to read. The deliberate starving of so many was difficult to read about. I never knew about this great man, or his life. The book was well worth the time. Listen to the author discuss it: <a href="http://www.npr.org/2016/03/03/469005722/memory-of-potato-famine-burdens-the-immortal-irishman">http://www.npr.org/2016/03/03/469005722/memory-of-potato-famine-burdens-the-immortal-irishman</a>.<br />
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I was inspired to find his widow Elizabeth Meagher's grave in Brooklyn: <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37028272">http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37028272</a> and that of his great-grandson in St. Helena, California: <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48233600">http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48233600</a>.<br />
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Looking at my list, I see only men. I need to seek out some good biographies of women. In the past, I've read <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Frida-Biography-Kahlo-Hayden-Herrera/dp/0060085894" target="_blank"><i>Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo</i></a> by Hayden Herrera which was great. OK! Just checked out the ebook Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1: The Early Years, 1884-1933 by Cook, Blanche Wiesen from my wonderful local library system, <a href="http://kcls.org/" target="_blank">King County Library System</a>.<br />
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Please suggest other histories or biographies you have found engaging and enlightening in the comments. Thanks!Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-31305790866668059202016-06-23T16:53:00.000-07:002016-06-23T16:53:34.534-07:00Goosics, early residents of Warren County, Iowa - findings on the Warren Co. IA Genweb, LinkpendiumThe Goosics didn't come quite as early as the Disneys, and were not as numerous as the Baysingers. Here is what I find on a search of the Warren Co. IA Genweb:<br />
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<b>WARREN COUNTY TAX LIST – 1855</b><br />
in Washington Township: Goosic, Andrew<br />
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<b>Index of Warren County Marriages 1849-1899 (Brides)</b><br />
<i>BRIDE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>GROOM<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>DATE</i><br />
Goosic, Delilah<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Nichollson, Elisha<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>15 Oct 1854<br />
Goosic, Margaret<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Stierwalt, William A.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>14 Apr 1870<br />
Goosic, Mary<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Nichelson, William<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8 Aug 1866<br />
Goosic, Sarah<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Basinger, Elias H.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>15 Aug 1861<br />
Wilkinson, Nora C.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Goosic, James E.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1 Mar 1877<br />
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<b>Index of Warren County Marriages 1849-1899 (Grooms)</b><br />
<i>GROOM<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BRIDE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>DATE</i><br />
Nichelson, William<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Goosic, Mary<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8 Aug 1866<br />
Nichollson, Elisha<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Goosic, Delilah<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>15 Oct 1854<br />
Goosic, A. T. Jr. [Andrew Jackson Jr.]<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Burner, Lavina<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>17 Jun 1813<br />
Goosic, James E.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wilkinson, Nora C.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1 Mar 1877<br />
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In order to take a more global look, I went to <a href="http://www.linkpendium.com/goosic-family/" target="_blank">Linkpendium's Goosic page</a>.<br />
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* Findagrave reports 54 Goosic graves, mostly in Nebraska, some in Iowa, Wyoming and other places.<br />
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* Ysearch reports that someone is doing a Ydna study of the Goosic line! That's exciting.<br />
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* <a href="http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/surnames/g/o/GOOSIC/?cj=1&netid=cj&o_xid=0001546952&o_lid=0001546952&o_sch=Affiliate+External" target="_blank">GOOSIC (G220) at ROOTSWEB</a><br />
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* FamilySearch yields 412 results for Name: Goosic. Some of those are immigrants from various countries in Europe, so it seems we have a few very different lines of Goosics.<br />
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Linkpendium also yielded some pages such as this, which I got <a href="ftp://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/switzerland/1820/pg0172.txt" target="_blank">via FTP</a> (excerpted):<br />
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* Switzerland, IN 1820 Federal Census [Indiana, not Switzerland!]<br />
ftp://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/switzerland/1820/<br />
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|WHITE MALES |WHITE FEMALES | |OCCUPATIONS|MALE SLAVES |FEMALE SLAVES |FREE BLACK MALES |FREE BLACK FEMALES|<br />
| 10 16 16 26 | 10 16 26 |# of | | 14 26 | 14 26 | 14 26 | 14 26 |<br />
Head of Household |to to to to to 45 |to to to to 45 |For- | |to to to 45 |to to to 45 |to to to 45 |to to to 45 |<br />
PG# LAST NAME FIRST NAME |10 16 18 26 45 up |10 16 26 45 up |eign |AGR COM MFG|14 26 45 up |14 26 45 up |14 26 45 up |14 26 45 up |REMARKS<br />
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<<jefferson continued="" township="">></jefferson><br />
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172b Goosic Peter 2 . 1 2 . 1 1 . . 1 . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />
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Findagrave seems a very rich source, and I'll continue to use it to find my elusive ancestors and other relatives. Linkpendium itself is so rich! If you are not using it, you are losing out.<br />
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<br />Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-4889796693527188282016-06-23T16:07:00.001-07:002016-06-23T16:07:28.659-07:00Disneys, Pioneers to Warren County, Iowa - findings on Warren Co. IA GenwebThe history of the Disneys in Warren County, Iowa begins very early, 1846, and continues in pioneer deaths, as is told in the Warren County, Iowa Genweb page here: <a href="http://www.iagenweb.org/warren/cemeteries/carlislehistory.html">http://www.iagenweb.org/warren/cemeteries/carlislehistory.html</a>.<br />
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Hadleys, Ormes and Browns, and even a connection to the underground railway during the Civil War also weave into this story.<br />
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Names, dates and places:<br />
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* <i>Jacob Disney</i> arrived in the Summerset-Carlisle, Iowa, area in the spring of 1846, from Knox County, Ohio. With him: <i>Richard Hadley </i>and Jacob's brother Mordecai Disney.<br />
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* Hadley and Disney were the first burials in Carlisle Cemetery, in summer 1846, both dead of cholera.<br />
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* <i>Eliza and Joseph Petre,</i> relatives of Disney, finished out the claim and deeded the cemetery to the county in 1860. Eliza and Joseph's son, <i>Albert Petre</i>, was the first [white] child born in that area.<br />
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* <i>Mordecai Disney</i>, blacksmith, later went to California (1849?) to dig for gold.<br />
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* "The third burial in Carlisle Cemetery was that of a little girl, <i>Cordelia Orme</i>, who had been born in Knox County, Ohio. Her grave is unmarked. Cordelia was the daughter of <i>Jesse and Nancy Disney Orme</i>, married Jan 27, 1850 in Knox County, Ohio. Nancy was a sister of Jacob Disney's so Cordelia was buried beside her uncle. The little girl had died while the family was migrating to Nodaway in Page County, Iowa."<br />
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* "The next grave in the first row is that of <a href="http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=953731" target="_blank"><i>Harriet Anderson</i>.</a> Legend says she was the sweetheart of Richard Hadley and came to Iowa intending to be married to him. Possibly she came from Ohio with her sister and brother-in-law, <i>Mr. & Mrs. George Disney</i>, or with her brothers, <i>Charles Luther Anderson and Leonard Anderson</i>. They all came to Iowa about 1850. Harriet was the daughter of <i>Leonard and Nancy Penn Anderson</i>, and she died in Iowa in 1851 at the age of 20 years, 4 months and 16 days. "<br />
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* <i>Mr. & Mrs. George Disney</i> (<i>Anne Elizabeth Anderson</i>) came from Ohio to Carlisle ~1850.<br />
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* "The next stone marks the grave of <i>Alice A. Disney</i>, daughter of G.I. and A.E. Disney, who died June 11, 1852 at the age of 2 years, 4 months. Next is <i>Martin Luther Disney</i> who was 8 years, 8 months and 21 days when he died in 1855. Beside him is the grave of <i>George Disney</i> who died August 8, 1855 at the age of 39 years, 8 months and 15 days. His wife, <i>Anne Elizabeth Anderson Disney</i> is beside him. She died March 14, 1856 at the age of 31 years, 5 months and 7 days."<br />
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<b>Carlisle Cemetery Burials</b><br />
<i>NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BIRTH<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>DEATH</i><br />
<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35502100" target="_blank">DISNEY, Alice A.</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3 Feb 1850*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>11 June 1852<br />
<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8805228" target="_blank">DISNEY, Ann Elizabeth</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>11 Oct 1824*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>18 Mar 1856<br />
<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8805217" target="_blank">DISNEY, George N.</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>24 Nov 1815*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8 Aug 1855<br />
DISNEY, Jacob<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1846<br />
<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8805217" target="_blank">DISNEY, Martin Luther<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></a>19 Apr 1846*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9 Jan 1855<br />
In addition, <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35502191" target="_blank">Amelia Jane Disney Brown</a> is buried in Carlisle Cemetery.<br />
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My thanks to the photographers and researchers who created the Findagrave tribute pages and those on the Iowa Gravestone Photo Project.<br />
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Warren County Iowa Probate Index<br />
ID<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>LAST NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>FIRST NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MID. NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>NUMBER<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>COLLECTION<br />
3693<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Disney<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>G.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>N.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>OFA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Courthouse<br />
3694<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Disney<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>George<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>N.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Courthouse<br />
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There is a mention on the history of the <a href="http://www.iagenweb.org/warren/cemeteries/indianvalleyhist.html" target="_blank">Indian Valley Cemetery</a>, that "The Christian Union Church at Cool, Iowa, was organized November 11, 1893. The first members were Elizabeth Morris, Maude Butler, Sarah Goodrich, Rebecca Coatney, Lizzie Hess, Ella R. King, Anna R. New, <i>Lizzie Disney</i>."<br />
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<b>Warren County Iowa Original Land Owners</b><br />
DISNEY, George N.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx?searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=0" target="_blank">BLM website </a>reports:<br />
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Names On Document<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Miscellaneous Information<br />
DISNEY, GEORGE N,<br />
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Land Office:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fort Des Moines<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>US Reservations:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>No<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mineral Reservations:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>No<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Authority:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>September 28, 1850: ScripWarrant Act of 1850 (9 Stat. 520)<br />
Document Numbers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Survey Information<br />
Document Nr:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>74075<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Total Acres:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>40.00<br />
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In short, he got 40 acres for his service in the War of 1812. Dated 2/1/1854<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>, Doc #74075, State of IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Meridian: 5th PM, Twp - Rng: 077N - 022 W, , Aliquots: SE¼SE¼, Sec #<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>36, Warren County.<br />
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Who is Samuel Williams? There is a Samuel Williams listed in Warren County Iowa Original Land Owners.<br />
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<b>1853 WARREN COUNTY IOWA SPECIAL CENSUS</b><br />
The Code of Iowa 1853, chapter 95, a act to provide for taking the census of a part of Warren County, the township assessors of township 77 north, ranges 25, 24, 23 and so much of range 22<br />
as lay in Warren County were to take a census of this township when they assessed it in 1853.<br />
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Township 77, ranges 22 - 25 comprise just the top tier of Warren County; therefore, the 1853 Warren County special census only included the <a href="http://www.iagenweb.org/warren/census/1853census.html" target="_blank">green area on the map to the right</a>.<br />
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This census included the following information:<br />
NAME = Name of head of household<br />
MALES = Number of males<br />
FEMALES = Number of females<br />
VOTE = Number of persons entitled to vote<br />
MILITIA = Number of persons elligable for military duty<br />
TOTAL = Total number of people in the household<br />
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<i>NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MALES<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>FEMALES<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>VOTE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MILITIA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>TOTAL<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>TOWNSHIP</i><br />
DISNEY, G. N.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Richland<br />
DIZNEY, Andrew<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Richland<br />
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<b>WARREN COUNTY TAX LIST – 1855</b><br />
Richland Township: Disney, G.N.<br />
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<b>Index of Warren County Marriages 1849-1899 (Grooms)</b><br />
<i>GROOM<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BRIDE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>DATE</i><br />
Phillips, Harry (26)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Disney, Hester (18)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>11 Jan 1899Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-51045394145644216712016-06-23T13:52:00.002-07:002016-06-23T13:52:59.884-07:00Warren County, Iowa, USA on USGenWeb site -- BaysingersQuick shout-out to the fine work that Iowa GenWeb does. My mother was born in Warren County, and her Baysingers, Disneys, Goosics had all been there for generations. Her father's people, the McBees were there for a time as well. (Below is what is found for the Baysingers, not including the Census, which I find at MyHeritage.)<br />
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Tonight I happened upon a database I've never heard of before, the OLD AGE PENSION TAX LIST – 1935 Otter Township<br />
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<b>Assessor’s List of Those Subject to Old Age Pension Tax for the Year 1935, </b><br />
<b>Otter Township, Warren County, Iowa</b>, Filed March 16, 1935 by A. H. Traub, Warren County Auditor<br />
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To the Treasurer of said County: This book contains a complete list, arranged alphabetically, of residents of Otter Township in the said county, who are over 21 years of age, and subject to a tax of $2.00, payable in 1935 for the benefit of the Old Age Pension Fund, as required by Section 34, Chapter 19, Acts of the Forty-fifth General Assembly in extraordinary session.<br />
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You can consult it here: <a href="http://www.iagenweb.org/warren/tax_lists/old_age1935ottertwp.html">http://www.iagenweb.org/warren/tax_lists/old_age1935ottertwp.html</a><br />
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Listed are:<br />
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NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>P. O. ADDRESS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BIRTH DATE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>COLOR<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>SEX<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BIRTH PLACE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>FATHER'S NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EMPLOYER (if any)<br />
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Byers, Charles William<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Indianola, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dec 6, 1892<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>W<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>M<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jefferson Byers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sarah Baysinger<br />
Byers, Sarah Frances<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Indianola, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sep 8, 1865<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>W<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>F<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Elias Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Martin<br />
Clary, Nora E.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ackworth, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Nov 18, 1886<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>W<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>F<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jeff<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger<br />
Mosher, Grace<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Indianola, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sep 15, 1892<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>W<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>F<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Pete A. Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Byers<br />
Oldaker, Edna Fae<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Indianola, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>June 3, 1912<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>W<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>F<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Olin Mosher<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Grace Baysinger<br />
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By the way, there was one person on that page listed with an employer. Hard times in Otter Township. Of course, most were farming.<br />
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The same tax in <b>1936 Linn Township</b> yields<br />
Baysinger, Nellie<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cumming, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Nov 4, 1873<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>W<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>F<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mahaska Co., IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Frank White<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Kit Ogden<br />
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<b>OLD AGE PENSION TAX LIST – 1935 Carlisle</b><br />
<i>NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>P. O. ADDRESS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BIRTH DATE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>COLOR<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>SEX<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BIRTH PLACE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>FATHER'S NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EMPLOYER (if any)</i><br />
Prall, Eva<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Carlisle, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Feb 2, 1894<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>W<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>F<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Carlisle, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>William Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sarah Borrall<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>House Wife<br />
Prall, Kail<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Carlisle, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jan 27, 1913<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>W<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>M<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Carlisle, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fred Prall<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Eva Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>None<br />
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<b>OLD AGE PENSION TAX LIST – 1936 Carlisle</b><br />
<i>NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>P. O. ADDRESS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BIRTH DATE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>COLOR<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>SEX<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BIRTH PLACE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>FATHER'S NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EMPLOYER (if any)</i><br />
Prall, Eva<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Carlisle, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Feb 2, 1894<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>W<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>F<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Carlisle, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wm. Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sarah Borall<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>None<br />
Prall, Kail<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Carlisle, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jan 27, 1913<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>W<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>M<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Carlisle, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fred Prall<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Eva Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>None<br />
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<b>OLD AGE PENSION TAX LIST – 1935 Belmont Township</b><br />
<i>NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>P. O. ADDRESS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BIRTH DATE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>COLOR<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>SEX<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BIRTH PLACE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>FATHER'S NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EMPLOYER (if any)</i><br />
Baysinger, Ferris H.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Pleasantville, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>M<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Baysinger, Martha May<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Pleasantville, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>M<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Baysinger, Pete A.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Pleasantville, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>M<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
Baysinger, Roberta L.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Pleasantville, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>F<br />
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<b>OLD AGE PENSION TAX LIST – 1936 Belmont Township</b><br />
<i>NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>P. O. ADDRESS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BIRTH DATE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>COLOR<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>SEX<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BIRTH PLACE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>FATHER'S NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EMPLOYER (if any)</i><br />
Baysinger, P. A.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Pleasantville, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>M<br />
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<b>1879 Directory, Otter Township</b><br />
BAYSINGER, E.H., farmer, and brick-maker, Sec. 4; P.O. Indianola; was born in Breckenridge county, Kentucky, in 1833, and removed to Illinois in 1835, and afterwards to Indiana, and came to this county first in 1852; he is a farmer and owns 90 acres of land; he spent six years in Kansas, from 1854 to 1860, and was in the John Brown raid; after his return to this county, he engaged in brick-making, and has made the largest portion of the brick used in the buildings of Indianola; he has held township offices; he married Miss Sarah Goosic, in 1861; she was born in Ohio; they have eight children: Phebe A., Mary E., Sarah F., Peter A., William, John F., Eda B., James.<br />
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In the Index of <b>Warren County Marriages 1900-1920 (Grooms)</b><br />
<i>VOL.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>PAGE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>GROOM<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>AGE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BRIDE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>AGE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>DATE</i><br />
M<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>466<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Carl<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>21<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Gregg, Nellie<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>25<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9 June 1914<br />
L<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>53<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Elias W.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>38<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Person, Ida May<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>38<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>11 Dec 1907<br />
L<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>498<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Henry<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>23<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Kendall, Bertha<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>18<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>15 Nov 1910<br />
O<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>290<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Henry<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>31<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Archer, Grace<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>19<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>25 Oct 1919<br />
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K<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, James A.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>27<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Clary, Mary Ethel<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>18<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1 Dec 1903<br />
M<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>118<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mosher, Olin John<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>18<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Grace<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>19<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3 Mar 1912<br />
L<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>448<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Prall, Fred L.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>21<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Eva May<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>16<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3 July 1910<br />
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<b>Index of Warren County Marriages 1900-1920 (Brides)</b><br />
<i>VOL.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>PAGE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BRIDE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>AGE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>GROOM<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>AGE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>DATE</i><br />
O<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>290<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Archer, Grace<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>19<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Henry<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>31<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>25 Oct 1919<br />
L<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>448<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Eva May<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>16<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Prall, Fred L.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>21<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3 July 1910<br />
M<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>118<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Grace<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>19<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mosher, Olin John<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>18<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3 Mar 1912<br />
K<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Clary, Mary Ethel<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>18<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, James A.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>27<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1 Dec 1903<br />
L<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>498<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Kendall, Bertha<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>18<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Henry<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>23<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>15 Nov 1910<br />
L<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>53<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Person, Ida May<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>38<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Elias W.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>38<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>11 Dec 1907<br />
M<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>466<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Gregg, Nellie<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>25<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Carl<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>21<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9 June 1914<br />
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<b>Index of Warren County Marriages 1849-1899 (Grooms)</b><br />
<i>GROOM<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BRIDE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>DATE</i><br />
Baysinger, Elias<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jones, Margaret<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9 Jul 1854<br />
Baysinger, Elias W. (23)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Burrall, Sarah F. (22)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>11 Jun 1893<br />
Baysinger, John (22)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Stephenson, Viola (19)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3 Jul 1893<br />
Baysinger, John (22)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Disney, Minnie (17)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>25 Apr 1894<br />
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Baysinger, Peter A. (24)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Byers, Martha M. (19)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>11 Oct 1891<br />
Byers, Elijah J. (21)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Sarah J. (20)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>14 Mar 1886<br />
Sipult, William<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Mary E.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>15 Feb 1881<br />
Snyder, Fletcher<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Phoebe Anne<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4 Sep 1875<br />
Dilley, Joseph R. (43)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Belle (18)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>17 Jun 1892<br />
<br />
<b>Index of Warren County Marriages 1849-1899 (Brides)</b>:<br />
<i>BRIDE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>GROOM<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>DATE</i><br />
Baysinger, Belle (18)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dilley, Joseph R. (43)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>17 Jun 1892<br />
Baysinger, Mary E.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sipult, William<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>15 Feb 1881<br />
Baysinger, Phoebe Anne<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Snyder, Fletcher<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4 Sep 1875<br />
<br />
Baysinger, Sarah J. (20)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Byers, Elijah J. (21)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>14 Mar 1886<br />
Burrall, Sarah F. (22)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Elias W. (23)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>11 Jun 1893<br />
Byers, Martha M. (19)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Peter A. (24)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>11 Oct 1891<br />
Disney, Minnie (17)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, John (22)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>25 Apr 1894<br />
Stephenson, Viola (19)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, John (22)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3 Jul 1893<br />
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<br />
<b>Index of Warren County Divorces 1904-1960</b><br />
<i>Number<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Husband<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Age<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Marriage Date<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span># Prior Marr.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wife<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Age<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Divorce Date<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span># Prior Marr.</i><br />
5343<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger, Henry I.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>28<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Nov 15, 1910<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>none<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bertha E. Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>24<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Nov 11, 1916<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>none<br />
<br />
<b>Index to Warren County Deaths 1880-1903</b><br />
<i>NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>SEX<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>PLACE OF BIRTH<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>AGE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>DATE OF DEATH<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>PLACE OF DEATH<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>PLACE OF BURIAL<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>PAGE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>VOL</i><br />
Baysinger, E. [Elias] H.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>m<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Kentucky<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>69y<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>November 8, 1900<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Otter Township<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Indianola<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>44<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2<br />
Baysinger, Laura<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>f<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Otter Twp, Warren Co, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4 hrs<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>October 1, 1882<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Otter Township<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Indianola<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>28<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1<br />
Baysinger, Leonard M.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>m<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Otter Twp, Warren Co, IA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9m<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>February 2, 1898<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Otter Township<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hammondsburg Cemetery<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>13<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2<br />
Baysinger, Sarah M.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>f<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ohio<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>40y<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>October 1, 1882<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Otter Township<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Indianola<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>28<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1<br />
<br />
<b>Warren County Iowa OBITUARY Index</b><br />
<i>LAST NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>FIRST NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MIDDLE NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>DATE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>PAGE</i><br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Charles<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>W.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1995<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>21<br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Donald<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1997<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8<br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ethel<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1950<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5<br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ferris<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>H.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1983<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>10<br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ferris<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>H.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1983<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>11<br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ferris<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>H.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1983<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>13<br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ferris<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Herbert<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1983<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>24<br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Grace<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Archer<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1934<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3<br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Isaac<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Henry<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1964<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9<br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>James<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Absolom<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1962<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9<br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mary<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ethel<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1950<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6<br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Roberta<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>L.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1989<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>15<br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wm.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1923<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>7<br />
<br />
<b>Hammondsburg Cemetery Burials </b>(the<b> <a href="http://iowagravestones.org/cemetery_list.php?CID=91&cName=Hammondsburg" target="_blank">Iowa Gravestone Photo Project</a> </b>has the photos)<br />
<i>NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BIRTH DEATH</i><br />
BAYSINGER, Elias W.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1869 - 1923<br />
BAYSINGER, George<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1 Nov 1914 - 27 Jan 1916<br />
BAYSINGER, infant son<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1914 - 25 Apr 1914<br />
BAYSINGER, Leonard M.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>May 1887 - 2 Feb 1888<br />
BAYSINGER, Sarah F.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1870 - 1904<br />
<br />
<b>IOOF Indianola Cemetery Burial Records</b><br />
<i>NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BIRTH<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>DEATH</i><br />
BAYSINGER, Elias Henry<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>26 Dec 1832<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8 Nov 1900<br />
BAYSINGER, Elizabeth J.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>23 Aug 1862*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>27 Dec 1862<br />
BAYSINGER, Grace<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1900<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1933<br />
BAYSINGER, Henry<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1887<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1964<br />
BAYSINGER, Sarah Maria<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>13 Feb 1842<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1 Oct 1882<br />
<br />
<b>Motor Cemetery Burials</b><br />
<i>NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BIRTH DEATH</i><br />
BAYSINGER, Martha M.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1871 - 1937<br />
BAYSINGER, Peter A.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1867 - 1942<br />
<br />
<b>Peterson-Richardson Funeral Home Book INDEX</b><br />
<i>LAST NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>FIRST NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MIDDLE NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>YEAR<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BOOK<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>PAGE</i><br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Elias<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>William<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1923<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Book 1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>71<br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>George<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1916<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Book 1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>71<br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Paul<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Earnest<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1936<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Book 1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>71<br />
Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Robert<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Eugene<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1914<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Book 1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>72<br />
<br />
<b>Warren County Iowa Probate Index</b><br />
<i>ID<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>LAST NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>FIRST NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MID. NAME<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>NUMBER<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>COLLECTION</i><br />
757<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Elias<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>H.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1819<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Courthouse<br />
758<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>F.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>H.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>13358<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Library<br />
759<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lydia<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2139<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Courthouse<br />
760<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Nancy<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ann<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2170<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Courthouse<br />
761<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baysinger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Peter<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6167<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Library<br />
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Some of the records can be copied; contact the Warren County Historical Society for more information. <a href="http://www.warrencountyhistory.org/">http://www.warrencountyhistory.org/</a>Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-34949171673319260672016-06-03T15:09:00.001-07:002016-06-03T15:09:56.030-07:00Mysteries and questionsMysteries and questions are what got me hooked doing genealogy, many years ago. My sister had found our great-grandfather in the 1900 Warren County, Iowa census, and with the help of a cousin, we found his will, since he died soon after 1900. But what was described in his will did not seem to match the family we had seen in 1900. And of course there is no 1890 census to consult, so real digging and thinking was required.<br />
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And so it has continued. Every time I've gone back over stuff I've found before, I see it with new eyes, and it both teaches me to see what I didn't see before, and always also raises more questions.<br />
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The latest: one of my mother's cousins was listed as a widow, living with her family of birth and young child in rural northern Missouri in the 1900 census. So of course once I found the name of her first husband, I searched for their marriage record and his death. And then I found him, apparently alive and well, living with his family, in the same county. You can see the census image on his page, <a href="http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Boyd-6597">http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Boyd-6597</a>.<br />
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Now, this could be an entirely different person, perhaps? Boyd is a rather common surname, and some of the other names don't match. But Almarion? Not too many men about with <i>that</i> name! So I'm thinking that either the marriage was one of convenience, or fictional. I know that she married later, although I've not found that marriage record either. Now: what happened to Almarion?<br />
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Fortunately right now I have a subscription to <a href="https://www.myheritage.com/site-family-tree-263769091/cowan-mcbee" target="_blank">MyHeritage.com</a>, which makes it easy to find people, link them up, and prove their existence with census images and other public records, as well as check with some other online databases such as FamilySearch family tree, other MyHeritage trees, Geni and Wikitree.<br />
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Wikitree is fantastic! Now that I'm using it heavily, I find more and more profiles I can link to, and contribute to, rather than have to create them all. I hope by uploading census images and other information, I can find more prospective cousins to upload family photos, letters, and stories concerning their ancestors and relatives. My focus right now is to find all the recent* relatives I can on MyHeritage, and create wikitree profiles for them. It's a bit of work to add the spouse, children, sibs and parents for each person, and link each image to all the people, but it's well worth the work, in my opinion. The wikitree experts are very helpful, too.<br />
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When <a href="http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2016/05/rest-in-peace-ted-cowan-1926-2016.html">my daddy died</a> it comforted me to write little stories I remembered about him. This is one lovely way to use <a href="http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Cowan-1504" target="_blank">Wikitree.</a> Another is to upload photos and other documents, which I am doing now. My ultimate goal is to connect with cousins and do more difficult research, further back in time. But while I have MyHeritage, I will use it until I have sucked all the relatives out if it that I can find. Join me, cousins!<br />
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*recent means those found in the 1940 census. Living people's profiles are private by default on Wikitree.Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-37034084771679982252016-05-24T17:08:00.000-07:002016-05-24T17:08:30.874-07:00Rest in peace, Ted Cowan 1926-2016Ted Cowan of Issaquah and more recently of Buckley, Bonney Lake and Puyallup died Thursday, May 12, 2016 at Puyallup Nursing and Rehab., Puyallup, Washington. He was 89.<br />
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Ted was born the 7th of August, 1926 to Thomas Cowan and Elsie Schell Cowan in Seattle. He grew up in Montlake, graduated from Garfield High School, and soon after was drafted into the US Army. After training as a medic, he shipped out to the Pacific Theater. As a medic, he followed the Marines into battle to treat his fellow soldiers in many of the largest and most brutal battles in World War II.<br />
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He married Lola McBee September 3, 1949. They built their own house south of Issaquah, and lived there until Lola’s death. They also built a log cabin near Mount Rainier which became their most beloved retreat.<br />
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Ted and Lola had two daughters; Valorie, married to Bob Zimmerman; and Kimberly, married to Guy Rick Betts. They loved their ten grandchildren and great-grandchildren and spent as much time with them as possible. After Lola’s death, Ted sold the house on Hobart Road, and moved into a small house in Buckley.<br />
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After returning from war, Ted had lost the desire to become a doctor, and soon moved into selling hardware at Seattle Hardware, and then then industrial parts for the Houston Company and then Atlas Packing and Rubber. After a serious health scare, he decided to change careers, and became a real estate salesman, then a broker. He worked at Maple Valley Realty, then started Valley Realty.<br />
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He was always interested in Republican politics and conservative public policy, often traveling to Olympia and sometimes even Washington, DC to lobby for his interests in gun rights, public lands and private wells. He also loved traveling with Lola, and then with his daughters, to Scotland in particular.<br />
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Gather at the LDS church (26800 236th Pl SE, Maple Valley) at 11:00am to share memories, look at photos and celebrate Ted’s long life. He will be laid to rest 1:30pm Monday, May 23 at Tahoma National Cemetery.<br />
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His graveside ceremony: <a href="https://youtu.be/rxwB44zLF3A">https://youtu.be/rxwB44zLF3A</a><br />
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Slideshow of photos shown at the memorial gathering: <a href="https://youtu.be/Q7RD3BD_9h0">https://youtu.be/Q7RD3BD_9h0</a><br />
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If you are on Facebook, Bryan Hildebrandt took some amazing photos: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bryan.hildebrandt.7/photos_albums">https://www.facebook.com/bryan.hildebrandt.7/photos_albums</a>Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-53509712474491971992015-02-14T23:20:00.000-08:002015-02-14T23:20:14.146-08:00Adventures in genetic genealogy: my progress so farIt's been about a month since I gave up waiting and started "making something happen" on <a href="http://23andme.com/">23andme</a>. I have 983 "DNA Relatives" there, and <a href="http://gedmatch.com/">Gedmatch</a> shows me my top 1000 matches. I've messaged all of the 23andme matches, with mixed results.<br />
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First, only about one-third of the cousins have a name or profile that I can see on 23andme. Those people I have messaged by name, and if they have surnames and/or localities listed, I often mention those if they sound interesting or familiar. Many people have nothing listed in their profile but a name. Those folks without a name can be messaged, but it has to be generic. A few of those nameless people have accepted contact, and some "sharing", which is what 23andme calls comparing genomes.<br />
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Of course sharing genomes is the whole reason I'm doing this, so it has been a lot of work just to get to starting line. For those who are not interested in doing this work to get matches, my advice is: use <a href="http://familytreedna.com/">FTDNA</a> or <a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry</a>. 23andme does not make it easy. Even when you have contact information and can use email, finding the common ancestor is work; although more fun than writing endless messages on a crappy message system.<br />
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After one month, there are still 203 outgoing invitations, and perhaps 500 messages to nameless persons still sitting in their 23andme inboxes. I have 203 people sharing with me; 15 of those are not matches, which happens when one person administers a group of kits and allows sharing on all of them. Realistically, I expect another 10 to 20 more sharing matches over the next year. On the upside, that is 200 more cousins!<br />
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Now the bad news. Perhaps 35 of those 200 are on gedmatch; and most of them already were there before I found them. I've talked only 5 or so people into uploading there. Of course I need to make another push and re-message *all* my sharing matches, whether they are in a shared-segment group or not. And even being on gedmatch is only the first step to finding that common ancestor.<br />
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I focused at first on those shared-segment groups because it seemed obvious to me that they would *want* to get onto gedmatch (and hopefully wikitree), but that doesn't seem to be the case. And really, all of my 23andme matches are part of a shared-segment group, even if there are no matches with us on gedmatch, which is highly unlikely. So if I want to play the numbers, I'm going to have to write to all those singletons, and those whom I've not messaged for a month.<br />
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After all, when I first sent in my kit, after I spent some time setting up a profile (only to see my tree disappear), it was nearly a year before I checked in again and started figuring out how to use the site. I assume that most people are about the same, and have no clue 1. how or why they should set up a profile and make it public, 2. where they can get and send messages, 3. why and how they should compare genomes, and 4. why they should care at all. Much less know what the next steps might be.<br />
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It is too bad that 23andme don't do any of the education of their users, but they seem content to get their money and then leave them alone. Maybe that makes business sense, because the only way they make money on people is when they buy more kits. Ignorance on the part of their customers perhaps makes them the most money?<br />
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Whatever. They have given me some matches, and some tools. I need to make the best of what I have. Cousins, cousins, and more cousins! On to <a href="http://www.wikitree.com/">Wikitree</a>, research, and finding those common ancestors.Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21658240.post-17000431223152497942015-02-04T03:07:00.000-08:002015-02-04T03:07:40.365-08:00Genetic Genealogy, Why?I've loved the search for genealogy and my family's history since my children were young. I wanted to understand my roots, and why some of the difficulties my family endured happened, and how those events changed all those who were touched by them.<br />
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I found young orphans, babies born before marriage, rape, and tragic death by fire among the more normal events. I've also found some family lines that are rather well-researched, which took away the challenge. For some years other projects took my time.<br />
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Then, the yDNA tests became affordable, and I bought an <a href="https://www.familytreedna.com/">Family Tree DNA</a> kit for my dad for Father's Day. Because those "beginner kits" don't tell you much, and have far too many meaningless matches, I kept paying for upgrades, all the way up to 67 markers. This took his high-quality matches down to under 10, but as we followed up on these matches, we realized that this line of Cowans came from Stirling, in Scotland. The recorded part of the family went to the Irish Plantations as merchants. The Sterling Cowans were wealthy and powerful. They established the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowane%27s_Hospital">Cowane Hospital</a> in Stirling, which we were able to see on a trip with Dad, my sister Kimberly and me a few years after my mother's death. I have yet to find documents proving the link between my Selkirkshire Cowans and that powerful family, but my dad's yDNA prove that it is there.<br />
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Now, autosomal DNA is affordable, and much more powerful than they have ever been before. The segments of each chromosome which are sampled are only the parts where we humans show difference. Most of our DNA is identical. So I asked for a <a href="http://23andme.com/">23andme</a> kit for Christmas, and when my husband bought one for me, spit and spit and spit until I filled up the test tube.<br />
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See <a href="http://blog.kittycooper.com/2013/01/finding-distant-relatives-with-autosomal-dna-testing/">http://blog.kittycooper.com/2013/01/finding-distant-relatives-with-autosomal-dna-testing/</a> and <a href="http://www.dnainheritance.kahikatea.net/autosomal.html">http://www.dnainheritance.kahikatea.net/autosomal.html</a> for more. This is what really got me going: <a href="http://blog.kittycooper.com/2013/04/the-basics-at-23andme/">http://blog.kittycooper.com/2013/04/the-basics-at-23andme/</a>.<br />
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It took a few weeks before I got results, and I saw very little that meant anything to me. Every time I re-visited the site, I saw more that made no sense, until I ran out of patience, and <a href="http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/how-to-win-at-23andme.html">started the attack.</a> Now I'm really getting results, if by results you mean <b>cousins</b>. As described in detail in my previous post, I wrote to <i>all</i> my 23andme matches. And as 23andme emails me about new matches, you can be sure I will follow up with them.<br />
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The reason we want all these matches is not just social; it is <i>triangulation</i>, which is assembling known data, and using that to solve the unknown. Described here: <a href="http://www.isogg.org/wiki/Triangulation">http://www.isogg.org/wiki/Triangulation</a>.<br />
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So, a few hundred messages are sitting in cousins' inboxes. Meanwhile, 150 of us are beginning the process of finding our common ancestor. Some of those cousins are in groups of two to ten matches on the same segment with me. I hope to get those singletons in a group one way or another.<br />
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While these match requests are trickling in, I've been flogging <span id="goog_1342632643"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/">Gedmatch<span id="goog_1342632644"></span></a>. If you are wondering how to get started, there is an exhaustive PDF about how to use gedmatch: <a href="http://dnaadoption.com/uploads/DNAadoption/DNAadoption_files/DNAadoption/UsingGEDMATCHRevised3-2014.pdf">http://dnaadoption.com/uploads/DNAadoption/DNAadoption_files/DNAadoption/UsingGEDMATCHRevised3-2014.pdf</a>.<br />
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What to do on the site? <a href="http://blog.kittycooper.com/2012/12/w%C2%ADhat-to-do-at-the-gedmatch-site%C2%AD/">http://blog.kittycooper.com/2012/12/what-to-do-at-the-gedmatch-site/</a>, <a href="http://blog.kittycooper.com/2012/11/g%C2%ADedmatch-a-wonderful-tool/">http://blog.kittycooper.com/2012/11/gedmatch-a-wonderful-tool/</a>, <a href="http://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/2012/08/12/gedmatch-a-dna-geeks-dream-site/">http://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/2012/08/12/gedmatch-a-dna-geeks-dream-site/</a> and <a href="http://blog.kittycooper.com/2014/10/new-utilities-at-gedmatch-tier-1-for-paid-members/">http://blog.kittycooper.com/2014/10/new-utilities-at-gedmatch-tier-1-for-paid-members/</a> for those of you with a bit of cash to spare to help out the site. I have a membership now and find it well worth the ten dollars per month.<br />
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My main use so far is to find more cousins, and as more folks from 23andme upload there, we are able to verify which segment groups on gedmatch match us. Now we've started including those Gedmatch folks in our group mails. I will end up emailing them all too. Gedmatch doesn't send out emails about new matches, but when you do a "one kit with many" search, the new kit numbers are green.<br />
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Of course, it is still a waiting game; send out emails, and then wait for the replies. Kitty Cooper recommended using Wikitree, so I began investigating that too. I have a gedcom at <a href="http://rootsweb.com/">Rootsweb</a>: <a href="http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~valoriez">http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~valoriez</a>. I love Rootsweb, and I love WorldConnect, but aside from the Postems, the trees are not interactive, or connected up.<br />
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<a href="http://www.wikitree.com/">Wikitree</a> is set up differently. The goal is to collaborate on the research about each ancestor, and link up to cousins along the way. That alone is wonderful, but it also integrates DNA testing results into the ancestral profiles. I've uploaded my gedcom, and checked each possible match, and now my upload will be examined by one of the helpful experts who help keep the site humming. Politeness, integrity and downright friendliness are built into Wikitree. I love it.<br />
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See <a href="http://dna-explained.com/2013/11/04/wikitree-and-dna/">http://dna-explained.com/2013/11/04/wikitree-and-dna/</a> for some detail, and <a href="http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/12/adding-early-seaver-generations-to.html">Randy Seaver's blog</a> about doing the actual gedcom work. Of course I will keep my own database in <a href="https://gramps-project.org/">Gramps</a>, but I really love the idea of public collaboration with cousins. Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.com0