A few years ago I started gathering names of the people of New Brunswick, Canada who were lost or died at sea. A few months ago I began added them in spreadsheet form to create a new database which is up to almost 300 people.
Some are larger wreck or gales that sank as many as 20 boats. Others added are seaman from New Brunswick that shipped around the world and died from accident or illness. Fisherman in smaller boats is also included.
Taken from Old Newspapers, diaries, books, and archives it is growing daily.
Some families and communities lost so much to the sea. (see below) Capt. Gilbert Alwin Hoar, his wife was Izetta Mary Daniels, daughter of Capt. William Daniels and Nancy Edgett, her brother Capt. Albert Daniels.
"Hopewell Hill (Albert Co.) Oct. 4 - Advices received here last night state that the masters of the three-masted schooner "Valkyrie" of St. John, commanded by Capt. G.A. HOAR, formerly of this place, have given the vessel up for lost. It is considered the only hope of the crew's safetly is the possibility that they might have been taken off by a passing vessel. Capt. Hoar, the last few years, has been residing in St. John and his wife and family are now there. Mrs. Hoar is a d/o late Capt. Wm DANIELS of Hopewell, whose vessel, the "Alice Carey", foundered at sea on a voyage from the Memramcook quarry to Baltimore, about 25 years ago, all hands, including the captain, being lost. Mrs. Hoar's brother, Capt. Albert DANIELS, was also lost at sea with his crew a few years ago while in command of the brig "Emeline"."
The Daily Sun, Saint John, New Brunswick, 5 Oct 1893 (from PANB Newspapers)
It contains Names, Date of loss, Name of ship, place of birth/residence, age and family if noted. The sources of the information are also available.
At some point, I hope to add all of the Maritimes but one Province at a time is more manageable.
If you have a family member or ancestor from New Brunswick that is known to have perished at sea please leave a comment or e-mail me directly with sources.
If you are looking for someone before the list is up also feel free to contact me with questions.
I will add an updated blog when I feel it is ready to go online and what format I have decided to use. Right now I am thinking Google Doc's might be the best.
I welcome your thoughts, suggestions or information.
Michele
Showing posts with label Genealogy. Show all posts
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Friday, April 26, 2019
Monday, April 15, 2019
Grampy was an NPE
Blogging does not come easy to me. So I don't do it as often as I would like. That said I will be trying to post my genealogical thoughts more this year.
NPE's or Non-Parent Expected - is a term in Genetic Genealogy that most know but not many had to deal with until the last few years. With the advancement of Autosomal (atDNA) testing and the sheer numbers of people testing NPE is becoming very well known to most.
I started testing family almost 8 years ago now. I read and researched to understand how atDNA worked and began charting all my family matches and where they fell into my tree.
Shortly after I started helping others, adoptees and people who were confused by their DNA test because they didn't match to the family they thought they should. I will admit I started many on their journey by sending a note to request information to how we related on a specific line of my family.
Most would say they have no ancestry with that name or in that area and I learned quickly to leave it alone. All of them would come back later finding they didn't belong to their father or that one of their parents didn't belong to theirs.
I had helped many using paper trails in past years to find birth families so adding DNA was a natural progression. It is challenging and emotional but I am so thankful for the people who I have met along the way. Some have become chosen family to me.
A few years ago I knew something was not right with one line of my family, so I tested my maternal aunt, my mother had passed several years before DNA have become affordable, neither of us was getting matches to my grandfather's paternal line. As I have mentioned in previous blogs parts of my family are from Albert County, New Brunswick. Endogamy causes huge issues with figuring out DNA matches in this area.
My grandfather's only sibling died at age 2, and his Birth Certificate Father (BCF) was an only child. None of us would have a close match show up for this family because you have to go back to 1849 to find his grandfathers siblings.
I can't use my own atDNA to help other Leaman descendants from that area to find their ancestors because I descend from Robert Leaman 4 different ways.
Believing the endogamy was part of the problem I kept trying to locate the connections. I tested my other maternal aunt. I am so thankful to her and her family for her agreeing to test while very ill.
Again no matches.
Helping a few friends/distant cousins with their results was the breakthrough I needed. I could see their matches. Because of the Endogamy, they had shared matches that belonged to the family I was searching for. There they were, match after match and not one matched me or my aunts.
About the same time in late 2016, I had a new match show up on Ancestry, at 212 cM's I contacted her and even build a tree for her to see how we connected. Believe me, I know all my 2nd cousins and she was not one of them. Looking things over I was afraid I would have to tell another person they didn't belong to their father.
I wanted to make sure I have everything correct so I made a spreadsheet of matches, a mirror/floating tree, and a handwritten chart. It quickly came to light that it was my DNA that was matching to her family.
The only place I had any questions was my maternal grandfather, Weston, he was my person, my go-to guy. He pass when I was 7 and I don't remember if we ever had any conversations about his family.
Narrowing down the possibilities of who was his biological father I was down to 3 men of the same family. Luckily for me, I contact the grandson of one of the men. The key was the picture of my grandfather I sent, who looked very like his grandfather. He agreed to ask his father, at age 92, if he would take an atDNA test for me. I was so thankful he said yes and as I can attest it is not easy to get a DNA test order in the US delivered to Canada.
The test showed he matched my maternal aunt at 596 cM's, so most likely he was a full cousin of my grandfather.
Down to two men, but one was not in the same area and was only 15 at the time. So it fell to one man, the grandfather of my original 212 cM match.
My great grandmother, Weston's mother, had been married for several years when he was born. I don't judge her in any way, I believe she was in an arranged marriage to a man who most likely could not have children.
I belong to a Facebook group for NPE's there were not many in the beginning but it is about to hit 10,000 people, all who found they did not belong to who they thought they did through DNA.
I had worked with people for years, helping them through finding their families, the emotions, disappointments, and joys. I was not ready for the feeling of losing a quarter of my ancestry. At that time 25 years of research gone. I knew that family inside and out, having re-written the book on them. Now they were not mine. The walls and shelves of my house loaded with pictures of people who were absolutely no relation to me anymore. I would just stand there and look them over feeling so sad for this family, who now no longer had any descendants.
This week I had the opportunity to meet a cousin from my new family. The first person I have seen that I share this family with. My grandfather did not have any siblings that lived or paternal cousins. So it wonderful to add, cousins and Aunts and Uncles to his tree. We only had a short time but it was wonderful to share information and hear stories of my new great grandfather. To him, his Uncle Pete.
NPE is not a club I would have asked to join but being place in it has been a journey of discovery and finding others who have joined who are trying to find their new place in the world has changed me forever.
NPE's or Non-Parent Expected - is a term in Genetic Genealogy that most know but not many had to deal with until the last few years. With the advancement of Autosomal (atDNA) testing and the sheer numbers of people testing NPE is becoming very well known to most.
I started testing family almost 8 years ago now. I read and researched to understand how atDNA worked and began charting all my family matches and where they fell into my tree.
Shortly after I started helping others, adoptees and people who were confused by their DNA test because they didn't match to the family they thought they should. I will admit I started many on their journey by sending a note to request information to how we related on a specific line of my family.
Most would say they have no ancestry with that name or in that area and I learned quickly to leave it alone. All of them would come back later finding they didn't belong to their father or that one of their parents didn't belong to theirs.
I had helped many using paper trails in past years to find birth families so adding DNA was a natural progression. It is challenging and emotional but I am so thankful for the people who I have met along the way. Some have become chosen family to me.
A few years ago I knew something was not right with one line of my family, so I tested my maternal aunt, my mother had passed several years before DNA have become affordable, neither of us was getting matches to my grandfather's paternal line. As I have mentioned in previous blogs parts of my family are from Albert County, New Brunswick. Endogamy causes huge issues with figuring out DNA matches in this area.
My grandfather's only sibling died at age 2, and his Birth Certificate Father (BCF) was an only child. None of us would have a close match show up for this family because you have to go back to 1849 to find his grandfathers siblings.
I can't use my own atDNA to help other Leaman descendants from that area to find their ancestors because I descend from Robert Leaman 4 different ways.
Believing the endogamy was part of the problem I kept trying to locate the connections. I tested my other maternal aunt. I am so thankful to her and her family for her agreeing to test while very ill.
Again no matches.
Helping a few friends/distant cousins with their results was the breakthrough I needed. I could see their matches. Because of the Endogamy, they had shared matches that belonged to the family I was searching for. There they were, match after match and not one matched me or my aunts.
About the same time in late 2016, I had a new match show up on Ancestry, at 212 cM's I contacted her and even build a tree for her to see how we connected. Believe me, I know all my 2nd cousins and she was not one of them. Looking things over I was afraid I would have to tell another person they didn't belong to their father.
I wanted to make sure I have everything correct so I made a spreadsheet of matches, a mirror/floating tree, and a handwritten chart. It quickly came to light that it was my DNA that was matching to her family.
The only place I had any questions was my maternal grandfather, Weston, he was my person, my go-to guy. He pass when I was 7 and I don't remember if we ever had any conversations about his family.
Narrowing down the possibilities of who was his biological father I was down to 3 men of the same family. Luckily for me, I contact the grandson of one of the men. The key was the picture of my grandfather I sent, who looked very like his grandfather. He agreed to ask his father, at age 92, if he would take an atDNA test for me. I was so thankful he said yes and as I can attest it is not easy to get a DNA test order in the US delivered to Canada.
The test showed he matched my maternal aunt at 596 cM's, so most likely he was a full cousin of my grandfather.
Down to two men, but one was not in the same area and was only 15 at the time. So it fell to one man, the grandfather of my original 212 cM match.
My great grandmother, Weston's mother, had been married for several years when he was born. I don't judge her in any way, I believe she was in an arranged marriage to a man who most likely could not have children.
I belong to a Facebook group for NPE's there were not many in the beginning but it is about to hit 10,000 people, all who found they did not belong to who they thought they did through DNA.
I had worked with people for years, helping them through finding their families, the emotions, disappointments, and joys. I was not ready for the feeling of losing a quarter of my ancestry. At that time 25 years of research gone. I knew that family inside and out, having re-written the book on them. Now they were not mine. The walls and shelves of my house loaded with pictures of people who were absolutely no relation to me anymore. I would just stand there and look them over feeling so sad for this family, who now no longer had any descendants.
This week I had the opportunity to meet a cousin from my new family. The first person I have seen that I share this family with. My grandfather did not have any siblings that lived or paternal cousins. So it wonderful to add, cousins and Aunts and Uncles to his tree. We only had a short time but it was wonderful to share information and hear stories of my new great grandfather. To him, his Uncle Pete.
NPE is not a club I would have asked to join but being place in it has been a journey of discovery and finding others who have joined who are trying to find their new place in the world has changed me forever.
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Hardest Part of Genealogy...or How to be a Dyslectic Genealogist...
What is the hardest part of genealogy for you?
For most people it would be the brickwalls or researching in another language. For me it is the way my brain works. You would think someone with a form of dyslexia would never attempt something like Genealogy that deals with numbers and fact organizations. If I didn't love it so much I probably would have given up by now.
When typing a date or even a name I check it 5 or more times to make sure it is right and sometimes it still comes out wrong.
I have gotten snippy notes tell me to correct a name or date and I just fix it all the while wondering why people just cant be nicer. I rarely ever tell anyone I am dyslexic. Why? One because it is none of their business and two its hard to explain. I was not even diagnosis until I was in my early 20's. I was tested for my eye site, my psychological abilities, you name it and I was tested for it. I was send to "special classes" where I played cribbage and poker with the teacher because they didn't know what to do with me. It was the 70's and things were allot different from the way they are now. It is not just reading, numbers, adding or subtracting can be a nightmare too. I was told I was lazy because I have a high I.Q. and was just not living up to my potential.
I work by memorization. I had memorized 15 books as a small child and amazed everyone by age 3 or 4 that I could read them. I couldn't, I was just storing it and repeating it back. Reading was hard enough, reading out-loud was next to impossible.
I have found I have two 1st cousins, my son and a niece that all have the same thing at different levels.
I forced myself to learn to read, not the way I was taught in school, but my way. I started with small romance novels, because, who cares if you cant read a few paragraphs it all turns out the same in the end. I took a speed reading class. You think that wouldn't help but it did. It taught me how to skip unnecessary words and focus on the words I need to know what was going on.
Surprisingly, I can read old documents, maybe its because they look so scrambled to begin with. I am now an avid reader. I can finish a 400 page book in a couple of hours. Does it always make sense? No but I go back and re-read things several times and it will sink in at some point.
I try to be very careful when inputting data and pull reports all the time to be sure there are no errors showing in my database. If I have something incorrect I want to hear from people, I love getting new info, and contacts with other researchers. It is when I am hurried or trying to send an e-mail that I make biggest mistakes. Again I try to catch things but my brain sees it as correct so I think it is. (make sense?). So now that I have re-read this post for the 45th time (lol) I will finish up.
Please just remember when you are sending a note to a fellow researcher for a correction be nice. Even if they are not dyslexic, everyone makes mistakes, I have always told my kids the day I am perfect is the day I am dead ;-}
Digging our way out of the Blizzard of '13 in Maine,
Michele
On a side note: Rootsweb is finally fix (!!!) and I uploaded a big update of the O'Donnell's of NB and some more on the Hovey's and their lines of descendants.
For most people it would be the brickwalls or researching in another language. For me it is the way my brain works. You would think someone with a form of dyslexia would never attempt something like Genealogy that deals with numbers and fact organizations. If I didn't love it so much I probably would have given up by now.
When typing a date or even a name I check it 5 or more times to make sure it is right and sometimes it still comes out wrong.
I have gotten snippy notes tell me to correct a name or date and I just fix it all the while wondering why people just cant be nicer. I rarely ever tell anyone I am dyslexic. Why? One because it is none of their business and two its hard to explain. I was not even diagnosis until I was in my early 20's. I was tested for my eye site, my psychological abilities, you name it and I was tested for it. I was send to "special classes" where I played cribbage and poker with the teacher because they didn't know what to do with me. It was the 70's and things were allot different from the way they are now. It is not just reading, numbers, adding or subtracting can be a nightmare too. I was told I was lazy because I have a high I.Q. and was just not living up to my potential.
I work by memorization. I had memorized 15 books as a small child and amazed everyone by age 3 or 4 that I could read them. I couldn't, I was just storing it and repeating it back. Reading was hard enough, reading out-loud was next to impossible.
I have found I have two 1st cousins, my son and a niece that all have the same thing at different levels.
I forced myself to learn to read, not the way I was taught in school, but my way. I started with small romance novels, because, who cares if you cant read a few paragraphs it all turns out the same in the end. I took a speed reading class. You think that wouldn't help but it did. It taught me how to skip unnecessary words and focus on the words I need to know what was going on.
Surprisingly, I can read old documents, maybe its because they look so scrambled to begin with. I am now an avid reader. I can finish a 400 page book in a couple of hours. Does it always make sense? No but I go back and re-read things several times and it will sink in at some point.
I try to be very careful when inputting data and pull reports all the time to be sure there are no errors showing in my database. If I have something incorrect I want to hear from people, I love getting new info, and contacts with other researchers. It is when I am hurried or trying to send an e-mail that I make biggest mistakes. Again I try to catch things but my brain sees it as correct so I think it is. (make sense?). So now that I have re-read this post for the 45th time (lol) I will finish up.
Please just remember when you are sending a note to a fellow researcher for a correction be nice. Even if they are not dyslexic, everyone makes mistakes, I have always told my kids the day I am perfect is the day I am dead ;-}
Digging our way out of the Blizzard of '13 in Maine,
Michele
On a side note: Rootsweb is finally fix (!!!) and I uploaded a big update of the O'Donnell's of NB and some more on the Hovey's and their lines of descendants.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
My Trip through Genetealogy...
In 2011 I asked my husband and children for DNA tests for Christmas. Sound strange? Not if you know me and my genealogy obsession. I received three DNA tests and excitedly order the first test and waited for it to arrive. Genetic Genealogy or Genetealogy as it is being called is a great tool when you are trying to crack a brickwalls or to find if your research is correct.
I started to read everything I could get my hands on to educated myself. What I would tell you is education first then order a test. I am not going to go into a long explanation about the companies available and which one is best. I choose Family Tree DNA http://www.familytreedna.com/ for two of the test and 23 and Me https://www.23andme.com/ for one. I will explain why later.
If you have already done the testing you will probably not learn anything new here but if you are just starting or even thinking about testing there are a few things you must know first.
Find a good book, there are many that are recommended but if you have just started, I recommend, "DNA & Genealogy" by Colleen Fitzpatrick and Andrew Yeiser, It is basic and easy to understand. I have also heard good things about "Trace Your Roots with DNA: Use Your DNA to Complete Your Family Tree" by Megan Smolenya and Ann Turner. However good these books are they were published over 5 years ago and in Genealogy things can change daily.
I just started reading, "DNA and Social Networking: A Guide to Genealogy in the Twenty-first Century" by Debbie Kennett's, it gives more information about autosomal DNA and using online sources in your research.
Another recommendation is The International Society of Genetic Genealogy found at http://www.isogg.org/ . Their Newbies section will give you everything you need to know to find the right test and even after to help with your results. There is also a Newbies DNA group on Yahoo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DNA-Testing/ . You can join both webpages.
Understanding that learning about DNA is just like learning a new language will help you in your journey. At some points I was pretty sure my head would explode with all the new terms and information. I took Biology 1,2 & 3 in High School and even Bio classes in College, although I was a History Major, I understand how it works, that was not the problem. The issue is trying to understanding what your results mean and when you ask for help the answers that you receive will just lead to more question. I found that anyone who has been doing this for a while cant or wont explain things simply. They expect you to already know what they know. If you take this into account and keep asking and searching you will find the answers.
So now you have read and re-read everything and you now have to test someone, it might be easy, like my first test I chose my husband. His Daniels ancestry was one of my brickwalls. Males carry the Y-DNA from their fathers and the MtDNA which is from the mother. Females only carry the MtDNA from their maternal ancestors. Then there is Autosomal DNA which basically allows you to find relatives but no proof of your common ancestor. A good explaination can be found here. http://www.dnainheritance.kahikatea.net/autosomal.html
Remember to keep and open mind and make sure your research will stand up to review. You may find out things you had no idea existed or disprove thing you thought you knew.
Testing will depend on what you are looking for. I was stuck on his ancestor Christopher Columbus Daniels b 1832 Virginia and lived in Ohio. He fought in the Civil War but all but a few pension records are missing. He is found in 1850 Ohio census with his mother and stepfather.
Once you chose your "subject" and the company you want to use, check the surname to see if there is a DNA project for that name. Some offer free or discounted testing.
I also contacted several Daniel, Daniels and even Danielson DNA groups online. The one that had the best information was the Daniel Family of Middlesex County, Virginia http://www.pamiller.net/genealogy/docs/danielmiddlesex/danieldna/index.htm
My first try at DNA testing would be a textbook case of what you want to have happen.
I had a 37 marker test done with Family Tree DNA and the results come back in sections. When the first 12 markers came back much to my luck it was a 12 for 12 match to over 150 people that were tested. The good thing 15 of those were to the Daniel's of Middlesex group. The admin of the group was a wonderful woman named Joyce and I credit her with how easy my first experience with DNA research was. Then the next section came in and the next. My husband and another man in Texas were a full match. It helped prove that a mutation that man carried was specific to one ancestor and we could then track from the original William Daniel b abt 1638 through his son William Jr and to William Jr's son Obadiah. Following each know person down the trail until we found the only person left that could be my husbands ancestor.
After years of searching in only 7 weeks the misery was solved and over 200 years of missing genealogy was discovered.
For those who understand the breakdown, my husband is an I1 which is of Scandinavia ancestry.
This Daniel's family is a good example of how DNA can change everything you know about your ancestor. William Daniel b 1638 had 4 known sons who lived to adulthood. The oldest two William Jr and Robert are from a unknown 1st wife and James and Richard were thought to be from his 2nd marriage to a Jachebed. What DNA proved is that the 3rd son James was in no way related to William Daniel Sr. His DNA is matched to a Davis family. We will probably never know if William knew that James was not his biological son.
My next test was for me through 23 and Me, although they offer autosomal Testing, I was more interested in their health testing. I could have tested my MtDNA that would be my mothers, mothers, mother, ext. My furthers known maternal Mtdna ancestor was Hanna Sofia Conge born 1737 in Germany. At this point I am not interested in researching her line.
I have had some matches from my test for family members but in the 20 people I contact I heard back from 5 and we have never been able to find the connection. I am an H and 100% European ancestry.
What was great about the testing is medically I know know what I carry and what I can pass on to my children. My maternal grandmother and my mother both died of breast cancer and one maternal and one paternal aunt have been diagnosed. I have had yearly mammograms since I was 34 years old but thanks to DNA testing I know I do not carry the BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation for early onset breast cancer. It does not mean I can stop being careful. The testing is a guide, something to add to your knowledge.
The final test has been a wild and bumpy road. My great uncle was kind enough to allow me to have his DNA tested for one of my Price lines. At 89 he was excited to find out what answers his DNA could offer. Unfortunately he passed away just 4 days after the test was sent in.
When the test results came back it was determined that he was an R1b1a2 which is one of the most common European ancestries. Further testing found he was in a smaller group of R1b1a1a1a1b4 that breaks down into L21 (see all Greek!) . I am still working on this part trying to see if I want to break down the L21 into subgroups that are available or wait until more groups come available or more common descendants have test done.
The fun had just begun when I started to search my matches on Family Tree DNA and Ysearch (Free world wide DNA database) http://www.ysearch.org/ I found that my Price family matched no other Price's ever tested in the world. At 37 markers it was a full match to two tested men with the last name Williams and a 37/35 to another. Since the original test I upgraded to a 67 marker test. The Williams men went to 65 to 67 and another person has been tested at the same group. So now I have 4 men named Williams all out of Pee Dee, South Caroline that match my ancestor William Price Sr. (see previous blog) who I know has been in New Brunswick, Canada since 1783.
So far only more questions have arisen than answers and some family members just could not understand how we were not Price's. Very simply it all goes back to before there were surnames. Both families are Welsh and surnames did not come into steady practice until the 1600's (1800's in some rural areas). A full explanation can be found at http://www.terrynorm.ic24.net/welsh%20surnames.htm .
What was great about the testing is medically I know know what I carry and what I can pass on to my children. My maternal grandmother and my mother both died of breast cancer and one maternal and one paternal aunt have been diagnosed. I have had yearly mammograms since I was 34 years old but thanks to DNA testing I know I do not carry the BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation for early onset breast cancer. It does not mean I can stop being careful. The testing is a guide, something to add to your knowledge.
The final test has been a wild and bumpy road. My great uncle was kind enough to allow me to have his DNA tested for one of my Price lines. At 89 he was excited to find out what answers his DNA could offer. Unfortunately he passed away just 4 days after the test was sent in.
When the test results came back it was determined that he was an R1b1a2 which is one of the most common European ancestries. Further testing found he was in a smaller group of R1b1a1a1a1b4 that breaks down into L21 (see all Greek!) . I am still working on this part trying to see if I want to break down the L21 into subgroups that are available or wait until more groups come available or more common descendants have test done.
The fun had just begun when I started to search my matches on Family Tree DNA and Ysearch (Free world wide DNA database) http://www.ysearch.org/ I found that my Price family matched no other Price's ever tested in the world. At 37 markers it was a full match to two tested men with the last name Williams and a 37/35 to another. Since the original test I upgraded to a 67 marker test. The Williams men went to 65 to 67 and another person has been tested at the same group. So now I have 4 men named Williams all out of Pee Dee, South Caroline that match my ancestor William Price Sr. (see previous blog) who I know has been in New Brunswick, Canada since 1783.
So far only more questions have arisen than answers and some family members just could not understand how we were not Price's. Very simply it all goes back to before there were surnames. Both families are Welsh and surnames did not come into steady practice until the 1600's (1800's in some rural areas). A full explanation can be found at http://www.terrynorm.ic24.net/welsh%20surnames.htm .
Now it will be a challenge to find when the line splits.
I have a few more DNA test to go, descendants of Peter Watson b. abt 1760 of Woodstock, New Brunswick next and Richard Flynn b. 1865 Ireland, lived Rhode Island and after that. I am hoping to convince a distance Morton cousin to contribute his DNA to find our common ancestor Frances Morton b. 1803 possibly Nova Scotia.
The decision to test is up to you and how far you want to take the testing (and cost) as with the Daniel's I only need a 37 marker test to find what I needed. Unlike the Price's where I have upgraded twice and had tests done for more information on the SNP's. All I can do is re-emphasize educating yourself before you start and be willing to learn something new about your ancestry.
I have a few more DNA test to go, descendants of Peter Watson b. abt 1760 of Woodstock, New Brunswick next and Richard Flynn b. 1865 Ireland, lived Rhode Island and after that. I am hoping to convince a distance Morton cousin to contribute his DNA to find our common ancestor Frances Morton b. 1803 possibly Nova Scotia.
The decision to test is up to you and how far you want to take the testing (and cost) as with the Daniel's I only need a 37 marker test to find what I needed. Unlike the Price's where I have upgraded twice and had tests done for more information on the SNP's. All I can do is re-emphasize educating yourself before you start and be willing to learn something new about your ancestry.
If you have questions feel free to ask, I may not be an expert but I can point you in the right direction.
Enjoy your hunt,
Michele
Enjoy your hunt,
Michele
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