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The Lighter Side / Re: WDYTYA Live 2015
« on: Thursday 09 April 15 14:14 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: california dreamin on Thursday 09 April 15 12:12 BST (UK)
Perhaps you could enlighten us - what is a 'wiki-tree' badge.   ???

I don't think it will cut much mustard at the WDYTYA event.  :-[

It has nothing to do with attending per se, but for those of us utilizing the wonderful DNA tools and http://wikitree.com it is a way for us to let one another know we are attending.  If you are on wikitree do let me know as I can award you the badge.  I hope to meet some of my fellow wikitreers at the WDYTYA event!  I've heard from a few already and am excited about it!!  I'm a BIG FAN of WDYTYA, wikitree, 23andME and FTDNA, in that order!!  LOL ;D ;D ;D

http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Franklin-Family-Tree-1969

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: DNA company recommendations - any good experiences?
« on: Thursday 09 April 15 12:56 BST (UK)  »
 ;D ;D For me spending the money was WELL worth it on DNA testing...you are right the records will be found if they will, but after 20 years stuck at a brick wall DNA testing helped me find a match that sent me sailing over the brick wall from stuck in a state in southern Alabama back two generations to England..why you may ask? Well the county I was searching in Alabama had burnt courthouses and no early records so I had no clue where to go back from there, but a DNA match to a line out of Pulaski County, GA gave me a place to search and sure enough a trip by Dad and I to the courthouse there and viola!  records found that would have been a needle in a haystack without  the direction of DNA testing!  From there we were quickly back to England, where I am now seeking participants in the hopes of finding a match that will give me a county/area in England to start my search.  Until I have a match I am again, stuck at that needle in a haystack point, but at least this time it's only been 6 years and as more and more become interested in using technology to move ahead with their family tree, I'll have more potential matches to provide me that 'jackpot' clue!  So I'm ALL FOR DNA testing!  It has saved me a LOT of random research trips and a TON of time!!  Score one for FTDNA in my book! I'm now testing multiple lines of my tree (thanks to male cousins who want to assist) and the newest test offering for men at FTDNA, the Big Y has taken my Franklin group on a fascinating journey of discovery that has led me to the WDYTYA event this year for my first time!  EXCITING STUFF--living on the edge of new discoveries--we live in exciting times my friends!  ;D ;D

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: DNA company recommendations - any good experiences?
« on: Thursday 09 April 15 02:14 BST (UK)  »
I agree with Devon no chance of FTDNA going bust.  If you are doing the testing for genealogy you don't want the Nat Geno test--I have done it on Dad and while it's true they give you some of all of it, they don't test as many markers for any of it as FTDNA does individually and the more markers the better for all test types.  :)  Also Nat Geno  has no one to compare to, meaning they don't do comparisons so you lose the part at FTDNA that will help you most making Nat Geno of no help to you genealogically.  Also the raw data can't be used at gedmatch which is where you will want to upload after you get results in order to compare to folks who have tested at ancestry and 23andme..gedmatch.com is a free site that allows you to compare to others from other companies thereby widening your net of potential matches so to speak.

FTDNA will also have a booth at WDYTYA (see exhibitors link)
http://www.whodoyouthinkyouarelive.com/
 The event is April 16-18, at the NEC in Birmingham, UK and I will be attending myself.  Hope to see you there!

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The Lighter Side / WDYTYA Live 2015
« on: Wednesday 08 April 15 20:48 BST (UK)  »
 ;D
I'm super excited and looking forward to my first visit to England and to attending Who Do You Think You Are Live in Birmingham!  Hoping we see some Franklin men at the FTDNA booth at the event!!  And hope I have some good luck researching while I am in the country!  YAY!  Anyone else attending the event?  I've got my wikitree badge and am ready to roll!

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: DNA company recommendations - any good experiences?
« on: Wednesday 08 April 15 20:34 BST (UK)  »
Tia,
For Y and mtDNA testing FTDNA is the ONLY company to use!  They have the world's largest databases and that means a better potential for matches for you.  As the company has grown larger the test times have slowed some due in part to increased orders.  They have made some recent improvements in the notifications system for testing which looks to be helpful at keeping customers notified as to when to expect results.  Y testing seems to be taking the longest of late, but in this case you should know it will be worth the wait.  I used FTDNA in 2007 and  it helped us over a 20 year brick wall on my family and now I am using it again in an attempt to make connections in England where we now know our family originated prior to the US. 
They do sale package deals and you can add autosomal testing (Family Finder is their name for it) as an upgrade later during a sale.  They do have sales regularly and indeed if you join a project you may find coupons available for upgrades as well.
Hope this helps!
Sincerely,
Zephyr

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Yorkshire (North Riding) Lookup Requests / Re: Stainton in Cleveland
« on: Wednesday 08 April 15 20:11 BST (UK)  »
I too am seeking a lookup from Stainton in Cleveland.

For the marriage of Francis Frankland to Ann Aseley on 10 Feb 1772.
Francis and Ann had two children, William and Ann.  I'm trying to verify this is the same Francis Frankland who was a son of Thomas Franklin and Esther Prudome.  I'm hoping the marriage may help confirm this.  Thank you!

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