There are three main DNA tests for genetic genealogy. The yellow the the most popular autosomal DNA and this covers very well through 2nd cousin, well enough, but missing many from 3rd cousin and the farther back missing more each generation. The red is the maternal DNA with relatively zero genealogy use (yes, yes in some cases) and the magic blue line is the y-DNA. With y-DNA you can identify a male ancestor from way back, by testing male line son descendant from each of that ancestor's sons. If the ancestor did not have two sons this cannot be done and work down until you can, or go farther back in time and over and test male cousin.
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The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road
Using your own families’ genetic results you can follow the routes they took and use those matches to guide your searches for paper records and documentation. You are welcome to download this map. This is from a 1751 map that is in the public domain. (See Library of Congress website of map free maps, newspapers and records – all online and easily and freely accessible.) Although we know maps must be tweaked and re-tweaked, we must have a public domain map to work from and this is a great place to start.
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The French Broad and its many tributaries.
Beginning on page 23 of Wilma Dykeman's book The French Broad: In 1791 a scarcely documented flood occurred in the whole area, which Davy Crockett, over on the Nolichucky (river), described as "the second coming of Noah's Fresh." From that date on, floods became more... Decades later, Paw and family would take the train to Dayton, Tenn., and then the family took them in a wagon and all would have the picnic reunions riverside. Many more decades later he described to me the sun setting into the treetops down the river and I fell in love with the mighty rivers that flow through the mystical mountains.
Wallace was a different matter…
Wallace was a politician, he was not a fascist. But it was fascism and its leaders that egged it all on and infiltrated and propagandized the mass of white working middle class and poor, and anyone else that would listen for that matter. But Walace would make a deal. The late date re-election of George … Continue reading Wallace was a different matter…
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Taking The Waters ~ Mineral Hot Springs Of Planet Earth
No one will ever convince me that hot springs are not "out of this world." My daddy and his sister Aunt Anne and her hubby Uncle Jim all loved and knew where the hot and warm springs were located. I have carried this love into my old age and my hubby, Dai, and I have … Continue reading Taking The Waters ~ Mineral Hot Springs Of Planet Earth
Cherie Lynn's Herstory 