Genealogy

 Chapter 8: Incorporating DNA Evidence in a Written Conclusion 1. The following test takers are identified as a match using the "One to One" tool at Gedmatch. Write a citation for this match. Gedmatch. "One-to-One Autosomal DNA Comparison," database report, v.2, Gedmatch  (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). 2. 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). "Family Finder," database report, Family Tree DNA (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 chr...

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  https://skcgs.blogspot.com/ . 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.  I'll also be writing here for the new study group we are beginning in January, of the book Genetic Genealogy in Practice .  First though, new book for Christmas: Mastering Genealogical Proof , by Thomas W. Jones, 2013: National Genealogical Society, Arlington, VA Thank you Paul & Tara! It is a textbook, with questions at the end of every chapter.  Mastering Genealogical Proof Chapter One: Genealogy's Standard of Proof 1. What is genealogy? 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 ...

So far, we're short of proof of the Baysinger/Basinger/Bissinger/Besingers in the Alsace, at least for the Jacob line. Why I'm working on this now -- Bas Rhin Parish Records are now online . See http://alsachat.net/wiki/index.php/AlsaceArchivesBas-Rhin for more information. What I know: Johann Peter BOSINGER/Boesinger b. 1750, son of Jacob Baysinger and Margaret Laemmer . Where? I've read most of the Oberbetschdorf B 1736-1756 book, looking for him. He is not there born in 1750. We started in Betschdorf, because Susanna BOESINGER (1744-1829, d/o Jacob of Hermersweiler and Margaret LAEMMER) married Phillip Henry MARZOLF (weaver, s/o Johan Philip MARZOLF and Maria Catherina HOLTZMANN) there in 1777. So it would be good to find that marriage record! However, The Communities of Alsace A-Z tells me that Betschdorf only came to be named that in the early 1970s. Before, there were the villages of Niederbetschdorf (variant: Niderbetzdorff) and Oberbetschdorf (variant:...