RE: [LegacyUG] DNA Testing

2007-08-06 Thread William Hurst
Hi Rob and all, Family Tree DNA has, by far, the most customers, the greatest number of surname and other projects, the largest databases, and the greatest range of DNA tests. I've taken every test they offer and I manage two of their projects. I have attended all three of their annual confere

RE: [LegacyUG] DNA Testing

2007-08-06 Thread William Hurst
Hi again Rob and all, Hi Bill: How many test markers did you go with? I can see where the more the better, but are the smaller marker tests still worthwhile? Thanks! Rob I started five years ago with 12 markers and over the years upgraded to 85 markers with FTDNA. Twelve is too few, since

RE: [LegacyUG] Boarders in Census Records

2007-10-09 Thread William Hurst
Hi all, One comment on boarders in the census. Landlords can't be relied on to know the ages or birth information of their boarders. I have one case where the age was 10 years off and the person was listed under his father's first name. But I worked it out. Bill Hurst Legacy User Group

Re: [LegacyUG] test

2006-06-23 Thread William Hurst
Your message was *not* in plain text ... which is a violation of the LUGs guidelines. Dennis, I don't know about other mail systems, but with MSN mail you can set your mail as "plain text," but your next message may go out as HTML. That's a defect in MSN, but the user has no control over it.

RE: [LegacyUG] Status?

2006-07-19 Thread William Hurst
Hey, yours is the first message I've received thru the list since 07/05. Same here. I've been too busy to complain. Bill Hurst Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http