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From: "Roberta J. Estes" <>
Subject: RE: [DNA] Y-STR testing rate slowing down?
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:45:45 -0500
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I have noticed on the lists that many are silent and that many of the other
lists have a lot of postings relative to the late 1800s and early 1900s.
The "I'm looking for Mabel Smith who married Marcus Jones about 1890. Does
anyone know about these people?" type have increased a lot. I find fewer
direct, original records researchers. Maybe this is a reflection of the
fact that so many of us are so overwhelmed timewise now.

My projects continue to grow slowly, in fits and starts often.

Just yesterday I got a Geno match with a new cousin who had info about the
genesis of my Speaks line that, if correct, solves the question of why there
appears to be a nonparental event. It's not a nonparental event in the
classic sense, it's two separate Thomas's in the same location at the same
time. Viva Geno!! He tested because he was curious, not because he knew
about FTDNA's surname projects or genealogical testing. His father and
grandfather did this genealogy work years ago.

Roberta Estes

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Subject: RE: [DNA] Y-STR testing rate slowing down?

Terry Barton writes:
My sense is that awareness of the value of DNA testing to genealogy
continues to spread in the general population and that our genetic genealogy
efforts are becoming more widely accepted. I think that is great.

Carol writes:
Terry, I can't agree with you more about how valuableDNA testing has become
to the wonderful world of genealogy. I think that DNA testing IS becomming
more and more accepted, but I am wondering if the interest in 'traditional'
genealogy is on the wane. Like a perfect fool, I am researching EVERY known
direct ancestor that I can identify. I have 391 'direct' ancestors
identified to date -- not including some 20-30 that I don't feel are well
documented. That's a lot of surnames to follow. On virtually every surname
that I am interested in, there has been a noticeable fall off in postings to
forums like GenForum or rootsweb. [I don't access the ancestry.com message
boards, so I can't speak to their level of activity.] It is just my
observation in all of surnames that I am interested in that over the past
two years or so, the kind of white-hot interest in genealogy that was
palpable about five to eight years ago has significantly diminished. This
would ultimately affect!
DNA testing, if I'm right. Do others have this same impression??

Carol Vass
Kent, WA


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