I'm trying to help her realise not everything has do be done on computer/laptop/ipad or any other techy device but will produce the same results via the old fashioned way 
We were/are discussing the use of a spreadsheet (LEEDS METHOD) using the data which is already on Brigids' family tree on ancestry & her DNA matches
It's more about her being able to see at a glance on a spreadsheet (off computer) exactly where her matches descend from which is far easier than viewing them on ancestry itself.
The visual (on paper) is so much easier than trying to work through ancestry matches as it's all in one place, all matches are visible on the spreadsheet & any overlaps can be seen at a glance.
In my view, the LEEDS METHOD is 2nd to none & the way to go.
Not a totally valid statement.
The Leeds Method does not work for either my DNA matches or my Wife’s.
Leeds Method prime criteria:-
1) Use only matches between 90 & 400 cM.
2) Do not use matches that start sharing at Grandparent level.
3) Use 2C and 3C.
Using this criteria I cannot group many of my DNA matches into a specific Grandparent as per the method.
My Wife has only 1 DNA match in Criteria 1) which is the Son of her Cousin and hence is well known but he has no tree. All her other matches and well below 90 cM.
Ergo
The Leeds Method is not the be all and end all of techniques.
Same thing with DNA Painters WATO tool, it has limitations that apply to my own use of it yet the website is adamant that it is valid. It to is a tool but should be considered accurate only if other supportive research validates the chosen probability.
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Biggles, I agree for the lower end of the criteria range it doesn't work but in Brigid's case, I think with her knowledge of DNA matching, she'd soon find a way to link lower matches.
It was basically to help Brigid with what she's already been doing, except on paper in front of her being as she has a phobia of computers.
I have numerous matches from around 4th - 8th cousins with no shared matches, some with no trees, others with e.g. 20 people in a tree going back to maybe grandparents/g g/parents who would be ages with my parents & g/parents i.e. not enough info. to follow back & absolutely no way of working out which side or anything else as surnames often don't match those of my ancestors especially where the link is through a female further back.
Anyway, for those with the criteria required, I still think the LEEDS METHOD is best!
Annie