Re: [LegacyUG] DNA results

2013-07-04 Thread Michele Lewis
is also beginning to be used and needs somewhere to be recorded. Ron Taylor From: Wendy Howard wendy.how...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] DNA results I read Michele's query as being

Re: [LegacyUG] DNA results

2013-07-04 Thread brittongen
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 11:53:56 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] DNA results With the DNA results in a table it should be possible (eventually) to have the program automatically query some of the online DNA databases without manually entering all the allele values

[LegacyUG] DNA results

2013-07-03 Thread Michele Lewis
I have DNA results for a couple of people in my file. I see how to add the results, no problem. My question is, how will it benefit me to add them? Michele Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009:

RE: [LegacyUG] DNA results

2013-07-03 Thread Frank Fuqua
Here's one DNA application. I have documented my surname line down from my 7th Great-Grandfather EXCEPT for one circumstantial link. I have no doubt whatsoever that the link is correct, but how to prove it without resurrecting a burned courthouse all its records? My DNA analysis, and that of

Re: [LegacyUG] DNA results

2013-07-03 Thread Robert57P_gmail
For living people, we can send in a sample and get DNA results, but how do you get DNA info on people that are no longer living? On 07/03/2013 13:00, Frank Fuqua wrote: Here's one DNA application. I have documented my surname line down from my 7th Great-Grandfather EXCEPT for one

RE: [LegacyUG] DNA results

2013-07-03 Thread Michele Lewis
So do you fill in the same yDNA values for all of the direct line males? Michele -Original Message- From: Frank Fuqua [mailto:confu...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 1:00 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] DNA results Here's one DNA application

Re: [LegacyUG] DNA results

2013-07-03 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 03/07/2013 18:06, Robert57P_gmail wrote: For living people, we can send in a sample and get DNA results, but how do you get DNA info on people that are no longer living? For the most part you don't. But you can get DNA from living people who are possibly related and use the results to help

Re: [LegacyUG] DNA results

2013-07-03 Thread Frank Fuqua
Jenny is correct. DNA analysis will not replace traditional (and documented) genealogical research. However, it can prove good research and disprove erroneous research. It can also uncover unexpected situations such as father of record problems. Recording DNA records in Legacy is just as valuable

Re: [LegacyUG] DNA results

2013-07-03 Thread Wendy Howard
I read Michele's query as being about how entering DNA results in her Legacy database would be of assistance, not about doing DNA testing in the first place. Can anyone comment on that aspect? Wendy Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages

Re: [LegacyUG] DNA results

2013-07-03 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 03/07/2013 22:05, Wendy Howard wrote: I read Michele's query as being about how entering DNA results in her Legacy database would be of assistance, not about doing DNA testing in the first place. Can anyone comment on that aspect? In just the same way, surely, as recording any other

RE: [LegacyUG] DNA results

2013-07-03 Thread Bobby Johnson
@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] DNA results Here's one DNA application. I have documented my surname line down from my 7th Great-Grandfather EXCEPT for one circumstantial link. I have no doubt whatsoever that the link is correct, but how to prove it without resurrecting a burned courthouse

RE: [LegacyUG] DNA results

2013-07-03 Thread Lee Bruch
Johnson [mailto:b...@brmemc.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 2:48 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] DNA results Certainly DNA is a good research tool, but recording it in Legacy does not give you any additional tools. It is just there and serves no other purpose

Re: [LegacyUG] DNA results

2013-07-03 Thread Ron Taylor
: Wendy Howard wendy.how...@gmail.com To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] DNA results I read Michele's query as being about how entering DNA results in her Legacy database would be of assistance, not about doing DNA testing in the first