A family tree is one of the most essential major tools used by those who match someone. It is the major tool describing how a match matches another. To upload a GEDCOM, go to your personal page and click on the family tree button. On the top right is a …
A second very essential tool everyone should have is their Ancestral Surnames and Locations. These surnames and places give matches a sense of genealogical history of their matches and can help tell the match how the two are matching. To add Surnames and Locations to your page, go to your …
One tool helpful to members of groups that not many people may not realize is there is an Advanced Matching Tool. This tool is found on your personal page on the right side of the Family Finder Section, assuming you have taken the Family Finder. Click on Advanced Search. Choose …
On your Match page of Family Finder you can click on anyone you wish. Then, click on “ ICW” link at the top of the page. The database will give you all persons who match you AND the match on who’s name you clicked. BUT….the database is just saying you …
You’ll have some close matches but most will be more distant. Sometimes you can figure out how you match your matches and in other cases, most, in fact, you’ll have no idea whatsoever how you match. While looking at your matches, look at their trees and also look at …
Note: This is the First Part of a Two Part Post. Following is a link to Part 2: http://micsxchromosome.micbarnette.com/brick-wall-broken-by-shared-dna-part-2/ (Note: Hopefully, you have read my 4 Part blog called Shared Chromosomes. If not, I suggest doing so after reading this success story. It will guide you through the methodology …
Please Note: This is Part 2 of a Two Part Post You can Read Part 1 Here: Brick Wall Broken By Shared DNA-Part 1 http://micsxchromosome.micbarnette.com/brick-wall-broken-shared-dna-success-story-part-1/ While conducting one of my online searches I came across a message on Genealogy.com. John Arnold, a descendant of Willis Arnold, son …
If you have been with FTDNA for a while this message is really not for you unless you purchase a new kit. However, a few people currently have their settings set where others cannot see things when they really would prefer others could see their information. In most cases the …
Would you like to know how your Family Finder matches match you? It is simple but complicated to learn. It takes work, creativity and luck on your part and a lot of cooperation on the part of your matches. Family Finder has a place for adding one’s ancestral surnames and …
James M. Cobb was born about 1797 in Baldwin County, Georgia and died after the 1860 Census possibly in Chattahoochee County, Georgia. He probably married about 1830 in a county whose courthouse records are missing, possibly Baldwin or Houston County, Georgia. I suspect he may have married a Guy, a …