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NEW YDNA TEST AVAILABLE FROM FTDNA - R1b M343 Backbone Panel 7/31/15
This test would be of interest to those who show M269 in red on the project page as their SNP branch. The test will refine your SNP branch and give you an indication where your paternal ancestors may have lived in the distant past. Further SNP tests will then be available to you to further refine your paternal area of origin. In Scotland for example, SNP branch M222 is associated with the Southwest, U106 with the South and U152 with the East Coast.
If you would like to contribute to our project fund please visit http://www.familytreedna.com/group-general-fund-contribution.aspx for more information.
OLDEST PATERNAL ANCESTOR
The administrators of the project have been conferring lately about how to improve the website. One area we’re zeroing in on is the information provided by members in the “Paternal Ancestor Name” column of the Y-DNA results page (https://www.familytreedna.com/public/patterson/default.aspx?section=yresults). We are asking all members to:
(1) Enter information if none is currently provided. Please enter only information you’ve been able to document.
(2) If information is currently entered, and if birth date/birth location/death date/death location is known, but not entered, please do so. This is a challenge because FamilyTreeDNA has created the template for this webpage and has limited entries in this column to 50 characters (letters, numbers, spaces). So abbreviations (“b.” for “born”; “d.” for “died”; etc. are necessary. U.S. states should also be abbreviated (“SC” for “South Carolina”; “N.I.” for “Northern Ireland”; etc.). A “?” can be used if birth date, birth location, death date, or death location is not known. A “c.” (for “circa”) can be used to indicate that the date is approximate.
Example of an entry we’d like to see when the basic facts are known/documented:
“John Patterson b. c. 1754 PA; d. 1803 Fayette Co., KY”
(If space permits, counties are VERY important to squeeze in!)
Example of an entry we’d like to see when some, but not all, basic facts are known:
“John Patterson b. ? in PA; d. 1803 in KY”
SHARING YDNA INFORMATION
Sharing information is a good way to break down those “brick walls” we often encounter in our genealogy research. Using DNA matching is a great way to find unknown relatives who may have the information we are seeking. In order for others to see your Y-DNA test results, as well as the information you provide about your oldest known paternal ancestor, you will have to do the following:
(1) Sign into your FTDNA page.
(2) Click on “Manage Personal Information”
(3) On the next page, click on the “Privacy and Sharing” tab (at top of page, on far right)
(4) Change the various default settings IF THEY CURRENTLY SAY “only you” to a setting of your choice.
It is important to change the setting in “Who can view my DNA results in group projects” IF IT IS SET TO “only you” to “anyone.” It is also important to change the default setting in “Who can view my Most Distant Ancestor” IF IT IS SET TO “only you” to “project members.” (“Anyone” is not a choice here, for some reason.)
This test would be of interest to those who show M269 in red on the project page as their SNP branch. The test will refine your SNP branch and give you an indication where your paternal ancestors may have lived in the distant past. Further SNP tests will then be available to you to further refine your paternal area of origin. In Scotland for example, SNP branch M222 is associated with the Southwest, U106 with the South and U152 with the East Coast.
PATTERSON RESEARCH PAPERS REFERENCE
One of our co-administrators, Janice(Patterson) Rosenthal, has researched many Patterson lines settling early in Pennsylvania. Project members with ancestors living in colonial Pennsylvania may want to check out the papers posted on her website at www.pattersongenealogy.info
PATTERSON PROJECT FUND
If you would like to contribute to our project fund please visit http://www.familytreedna.com/group-general-fund-contribution.aspx for more information.
OLDEST PATERNAL ANCESTOR
The administrators of the project have been conferring lately about how to improve the website. One area we’re zeroing in on is the information provided by members in the “Paternal Ancestor Name” column of the Y-DNA results page (https://www.familytreedna.com/public/patterson/default.aspx?section=yresults). We are asking all members to:
(1) Enter information if none is currently provided. Please enter only information you’ve been able to document.
(2) If information is currently entered, and if birth date/birth location/death date/death location is known, but not entered, please do so. This is a challenge because FamilyTreeDNA has created the template for this webpage and has limited entries in this column to 50 characters (letters, numbers, spaces). So abbreviations (“b.” for “born”; “d.” for “died”; etc. are necessary. U.S. states should also be abbreviated (“SC” for “South Carolina”; “N.I.” for “Northern Ireland”; etc.). A “?” can be used if birth date, birth location, death date, or death location is not known. A “c.” (for “circa”) can be used to indicate that the date is approximate.
Example of an entry we’d like to see when the basic facts are known/documented:
“John Patterson b. c. 1754 PA; d. 1803 Fayette Co., KY”
(If space permits, counties are VERY important to squeeze in!)
Example of an entry we’d like to see when some, but not all, basic facts are known:
“John Patterson b. ? in PA; d. 1803 in KY”
SHARING YDNA INFORMATION
Sharing information is a good way to break down those “brick walls” we often encounter in our genealogy research. Using DNA matching is a great way to find unknown relatives who may have the information we are seeking. In order for others to see your Y-DNA test results, as well as the information you provide about your oldest known paternal ancestor, you will have to do the following:
(1) Sign into your FTDNA page.
(2) Click on “Manage Personal Information”
(3) On the next page, click on the “Privacy and Sharing” tab (at top of page, on far right)
(4) Change the various default settings IF THEY CURRENTLY SAY “only you” to a setting of your choice.
It is important to change the setting in “Who can view my DNA results in group projects” IF IT IS SET TO “only you” to “anyone.” It is also important to change the default setting in “Who can view my Most Distant Ancestor” IF IT IS SET TO “only you” to “project members.” (“Anyone” is not a choice here, for some reason.)