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From: "Margaret Mabrey" <>
Subject: Re: [ANDERSON-DNA] John Anderson-Sarah (Carey) Anderson of Virginia
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 11:51:36 -0500
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Mary Alice,
I thought that the idea behind doing DNA was to take advantage of other
testers who matched, through exploring the paper trail of other testers.
Since neither your brother nor the other tester in Gp #9, have anything
posted on the website, how can you hope to connect to others?
Margaret
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From: "M. A. Farrell" <>
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Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [ANDERSON-DNA] John Anderson-Sarah (Carey) Anderson of Virginia


> Brian and Kimbal - I, too, thought joining and testing with this Anderson
> YDna project would solve all my "Virginia Anderson" problems.
>
> Long ago, I found through recorded document research, there were so many
> Andersons in Augusta Co ca1770, it would be nearly impossible to
> positively prove all lines. In the 1777 Augusta Co Tithe [tax] List,
> which was organized by Militia Companies, there were five (yes 5) adult
> William Andersons. Read the Augusta Co actual will books, and you will
> see how many older Anderson men had not only sons with the same names, but
> also SON-IN-LAWS WHO WERE ALSO ANDERSONS... see wills of George Anderson
> and William Anderson.
>
> For this reason it is impossible to believe the "old genealogies" which
> make statements with no source information. I have a doubt of even my own
> line, which for 150 years has been referred to as "the __ Brothers of
> Augusta Co"... Even wills are not clear as to which John or William or
> whatever, is their son. An identification by birthyear would be helpful,
> but there were even first cousins with same first names born about the
> same years. This is why I have become so critical, and want positive
> proof.
>
> So - as I posted previously, my brother's results (kit #56732) on both
> Ysearch, Charles Kerchner's R1b Project, and Anderson Project - is
> supposed to represent descendancy from "the Augusta Co Anderson Brothers",
> 2 of whom may have immigrated into VA ca.1735 per importation court proof
> in 1740.
>
> There IS NO JAMES Anderson mentioned, Rev. or otherwise. The only 2
> Andersons who had wives at this time were John (Jane) and George
> (Elizabeth) - all the others mentioned could have been sisters, brothers,
> or even indentured servants - they are not explained. This document is
> found in Augusta Court Order Book 2, and you have to get the microfilmed
> copy of original to actually see what it says. There is no indication
> that John and George were brothers, and there is another entry in between
> them. See what I mean!!
>
> Thanks for update on Pat Anderson - same as I expected...
>
> Mary Alice
>
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