Hi CHeri, I'm already a member of the Azores DNA project and when I logged on I did not find any form requesting info. If I click on "join" the prompt says I'm already a member. Maybe I'm overlooking the obvious but your help would be appreciated.
My ancestors are from Maia, Achada, Nordeste, to name a few locations and my line goes back to 1500s. MaryAnn Santos On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > (cross posted to Azores and IslandRoutes lists) > > I have enabled a setting on Family Tree DNA where you have to fill out a > little form telling us admins why you want to join the Azores DNA project. > > I'm doing this because of the number of people joining the Azores project > who have no Azorean or Portuguese roots. Why do they join then? Some are > just confused. They match someone who is mixed (say Azoresn, German, > British Isles, and Martian) so even though they are, say, 100% Martian, > they join the Azores, German, and British projects too because their match > is of the same ancestry. And some people join just because they want to. No > known ancestry to the Azores. I get to spend time explaining to them that > the projects don't work that way. > > So if you have tested with FTDNA or will test with FTDNA and are a member > of this list, you don't need to go into great detail when you fill out the > join request. You can say something such as "My ancestors are from Topo, > Sao Jorge." Or "My surname (or ancestor's surname) is Tavares and I'm still > trying to find my island (or freguesia)." Or if I (or the other admins) > know you and we've been emailing you and told you to join, then say > "Cheri/Rick/Nancy Jean/Kalani (whoever), It's me, Marty Martian, and here I > am!" We'll let you in. > > Thanks for understanding, > Cheri Mello > Family Tree DNA Administrator (volunteer) > Azores DNA Project > > > > -- > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- *MaryAnn Santos* Senior Advisement and Student Affairs Administrator Department of Art and Art Professions NYU/Steinhardt 212.998.5702 m...@nyu.edu Follow us at *Twitter / @NYUart <https://twitter.com/NYUart>Instagram / @nyuart <http://instagram.com/nyuart>* *Facebook / NYU Art Department <https://www.facebook.com/pages/NYU-Art-Department/53833145389>* -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
