tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19809384695659088862024-03-04T16:29:31.423-05:00The Thacker ChroniclesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980938469565908886.post-8482944871306289882015-11-27T15:46:00.000-05:002015-11-27T15:46:16.440-05:00Pension File Stories: What we can learn from Joseph Thacker's Pension File<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">J</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">oseph Thacker enlisted with Ohio 56<sup>th</sup> Infantry on <span style="line-height: 18.4px;">October 31, 1861 and was part of Company I. His enlistment papers, found in Joseph’s compiled military file, give the following details:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-size: large;"><b>Height</b>: 5 foot 8 inches</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Occupation:</b> Farmer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="color: #ffe599; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Place of Birth</b>: Louisa County, Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ffe599;"><b>Age:</b> 26</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Joseph mustered out October 10, 1864 in New Orleans, LA. He would apply and be awarded a pension which was later revoked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Joseph claimed that his wrist was injured during the time he was enlisted and that he was crippled as a result of that injury. He initially received a pension for this disability. Then, after an investigation in 1873, he was dropped from the pension roles because it was concluded that he suffered the injury prior to joining the 56th in 1861. New testimony was taken in 1882.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Several of his relatives were deposed in 1882 and their relationships were part of the investigation. Though it would later be concluded that Joseph did not deserve the pension (which having read the file, I’m not sure this was a fair determination), the testimony given in the deposition has some interesting information about the relationships between some of the Thacker clan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Below is verbatim testimony that I thought descendants of the Vinton County Group might find interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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How long have you known Joseph Thacker? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Well, I have known him from the time I was fourteen years old. up to the time
he enlisted and after the war to the present time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>: Right above Byer's Station about two miles southeast Washington township, Jackson County, Ohio.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>: He lived with David Thacker, his father, I suppose.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>: Yes, Sir, I think it was right close before the war. I don't know the year he died.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>: I expect him and me come from Va. together. Our parents all travelled (sic) in a gang. We had two or three wagons and we settled in Vinton Co.Ohio. It was Gallia County, then. I expect we lived together up to 1850, when his father moved away, some nineteen or twenty miles, to Byers Station Jackson County, Ohio.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>: Yes him and I are first cousins.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>: Knowed him ever since I knew myself. I knew Joe raised (as) boys together.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>: Yes, Sir. A great-deal. Probably for ten years worked together and in sight because we lived on the same farm, that was in Gallia County, now Vinton County, Ohio. His father moved out of our neighborhood may be fifteen years before the war but Joe staid (sic) in our neighborhood most of the time. Worked for his uncle Thomas Thacker, not for me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>: Yes, Sir, first cousins.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>: He wasn't of age. He ran away from his father and called on me on this farm for work. I wouldn't give him labor till I heard from his father, and his father sent word for me to take him in and I did so.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">Deposition G - Thomas Thacker 20 July 1882, Raysville P.O., Vinton County, Ohio</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>: Well if I live to see my birthday I will be 73.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>: Well when - I can't say positively whether he was born in Va. or in Ohio. I think it was Va. I knowed him all the time Wilkesville township, Vinton County, Ohio. His father and me lived right close together, in sight of one another, for quite a number of years before the war.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>: Yes, Sir. Me and his father were half brothers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>: I was 48 years old, the 7th day of April, last.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>: I have been acquainted with him since me and him were little boys. We lived on the Raccoon, Vinton Co. - the most of our acquaintance was there when we were boys.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>: My father and his father are half brothers that's what they tell me any how.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I - Thomas B. Thacker, 20 July 1882, Rays P.O., Vinton County, Ohio.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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What is your age? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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am 39 I reckon I was the third day of last December. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Where did you first know Joseph Thacker? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>:
Well in Wilkesville township I knowed him, I might say ever since I was a
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Are you related to him? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Yes, Sir. Second cousins, I reckon. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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K - Benjamin Byers, 21 July 1882, Byer's Station, Jackson County, Ohio</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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How was he using it, his right hand? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Answer</i>: I
can tell you now what he was doing. Well he was a chopping firewood for his
father, the winter before he enlisted. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Is his father living? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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When did he die? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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died about war time. I was away when he died. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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M - Michael Barrett, 21 July 1882, Byer's Station, Jackson County, Ohio.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Where did you first know him from? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Right here abouts. They lived below me
the next house. The old house is thrown down now. He was raised right here as long as I knowed
him. When I first knowed them they owned the land but the old folks are dead
and the land gone. I was intimate with him before the war but he used to go to
cousins of his at Raccoon and be sometimes absent for some months. I knowed him
as well before the war as I knowed him since. We worked together many times. I
seen him the very day he enlisted, he was cutting corn stalks in the same field
where I was plowing in the fore noon, his brother was working along with me. We
both was plowing and he cutting the corn stalks. A man called to the fence to him and asked
him to list, and he left the field and went out to him on the road. The man's
name was William McLaughlin, I think was the man's name. I don't know where
McLaughlin is now. I didn't know him well. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Was his father living when he enlisted? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Yes Sir, he was. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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T - Ebenezer Thacker, 24 July 1882, Sharonville, Pike County of Ohio. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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When did you first know Joseph Thacker? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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have knowed him every since I knowed myself. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Are you a relative of his family? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and Joe are cousins, first cousins. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Ebenezer named his father as Edward in the deposition. Could have been an error on the part of the
note taker. </i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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U - Edwill Thacker, 24 July 1882, Sharonville, Pike County, Ohio. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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What is your age?</span></span></div>
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I live to see the 28th of August, I will be 70 years old. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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How long have you known Joseph Thacker? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Ever since he was born. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Are you related to him?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Yes, Sir brothers and sisters children.
<i>(Terry's note - I have no idea what that means!) </i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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X - Fountain Thacker, 25 July 1882, Waverly, Pike County, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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When did you first know Joseph Thacker?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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have knowed him ever since I have knowed anybody. I have knowed him all of my life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Did he live with your father at the time he enlisted? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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left my fathers and went back on to Pigeon Creek at his fathers. His father was
living then. I think he was. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Are you a relative of Joseph Thacker? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Yes Sir, second cousins.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980938469565908886.post-10363445106772501622014-04-01T03:14:00.001-04:002014-04-01T03:15:01.986-04:00The Death of Wed Napper, Malachi Dorton, and Dennison McGinnis<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The following brief account of the death of Wed Napper,
Malachi Dorton and Dennison McGinnis appears in Volume 1 of A Standard History
of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">“Among the early
settlers in the vicinity of Hartley’s Mill were Peter Starr, a relative of
Houdascheldt, who accompanied him to the locality; Isaac Hawk and his son,
Benjamin Hawk, who settled in the northern part of the township in 1842 (Isaac
died in 1863;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Benjamin Hawk, in 1865);
Michael Carpenter, Ivory Thacker, Thomas Thacker, Holman Thacker, James McNeal,
Louis Dowell, Malachi Dorton, Dennis McGinnis and W. Knapper. The last three
were drowned at Hartley’s Mill in 1857 by the upsetting of a canoe in which
they were rowing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">While the book clearly states the date of the tragedy as
1857, contemporary news reports of the time indicate that the accident occurred
two years earlier, in 1855.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From the Jackson Standard, May 10, 1855:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sad Occurrence, Two
Men Drowned<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>A sad and mournful occurrence took place at the Mill known
as Westfall’s Mill, in Vinton county, about sixteen miles from this place, on
May 3d.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It appears that nine men had
occasion to cross the creek just below the dam, all of whom got into a skiff or
canoe with that intention; the vessel was headed towards the falls of the dam,
for the purpose of frightening an individual that was in the company, but they
ventured too far, and was taken under by the suck or whirlpool, two of the
company, Denison McGinnis, and Wetherford Napper, were drowned, and the other
seven, after great exertions narrowly escaped a watery grave. The bodies of the
two unfortunate men were not found until Monday last.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since writing the above we have learned that
a Mr. Machia (sic) Dordan (sic), one of the persons that jumped into the water
has died from the severe effect of strangulation</em>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From the McArthur Democrat, May 11, 1855:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><em>We are informed that two men were drowned on the 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>
inst., in crossing Raccoon in a canoe, at Berkhermar’s Mills, in this
county.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One named Denison McGinnis, and
Wed Napper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We cannot get the facts and
have heard several different tales about the manner of the accident.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have also learned that the body of
McGinnis was since found, near the breast of the dam.</em></span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Three Lives Lost by
Folly in Vinton County, Ohio <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We find the following in the Chillicothe Metropolis of the
11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> inst. It says: <o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><em>“We learn from the Jackson Standard that a few days since
nine men got into a canoe at Westfall’s Mill, in Vinton county for the purpose
of crossing the creek. The men who had charge of the oars, for the purpose of
frightening one or two who were timid, rowed the boat up close to the fall and
suddenly the water struck and filled the little vessel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The result was that two men, named Dennison
McGinnis and W. Napper, were drowned, and M. Dordan (sic) so severely strangled
that he died a day or two afterward with congestion of the brain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other’s escaped, with some difficulty.</em></span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since there were nine men in the canoe, I suspect that the
named men in Hanging Rock Iron Region volume starting with Michael Carpenter
make up the remaining six individuals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was hoping for a confirmation in one of the newspaper accounts, but did not
find anything to corroborate this. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Based on this information, Wetherfoot Napper and Dennis
McGinnis died on May 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> with Malachi Dorton died either on the 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
or 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> of May 1855 not 1857.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->A Standard History of The Hanging Rock Iron
Region of Ohio, Volume 1, Eugene B. Willard, Ironton, General Supervising Editor,
pages 574 -575 , The Lewis Publishing Company, 1916. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980938469565908886.post-67874332843608569572014-02-01T14:39:00.003-05:002014-02-01T17:44:09.521-05:00David (NO M) Thacker - or Why you should always look at source material instead of using the index or heaven forbid, scooping a name off someone else's family tree! Okay, a couple of years ago I went on a disciplined rant to the tune of six separate posts on why Nimrod Nicholas Thacker's wife was Frances J. Thacker and not Mary Frances Grover (or Frances Mary Grover or Frances J. Grover.) Success was limited, but I have noticed a few more trees with Frances's name listed correctly. I'll take success where I can get it!<br />
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My latest pet peeve is the use of a middle initial "M" for David Thacker, husband of Sally Lemay Thacker.<br />
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Quick show of hands, how many of you have gotten sucked into using the middle letter "M?" You can't see me, but my hand is raised, too.<br />
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I was doing some research and came across a David R. Thacker in some land records in Vinton County. Well, I knew it wasn't "my" David, because after all, my David had the middle initial of "M." Still curious, I looked at the deed closely and I was correct, it wasn't my David. But it got me thinking. Where had I gotten the middle initial "M?"<br />
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I looked through all my bits and pieces of information I had on David. I couldn't find one instance of an M.<br />
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Below is the marriage bond for David Thacker and Sally Lemay. See, no middle initial.<br />
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My next step was to search for "David M. Thacker" on Ancestry. Ah, there he was - David M. Thacker, 1820 Census for Louisa County, Virginia. Thank goodness, proof of the middle initial "M". True, it was the only result that listed "my" David with an M, but at least, I had proof.<br />
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So wanting to bask in my "I'm a responsible researcher" persona, I clicked open the link to see my proof. <br />
I looked at it, and "Oh, crap." <br />
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By this time, I'd been doing enough research on my free colored ancestors to know what I was really looking at. The "M" was actually a scrunched together version of the letters "FN" which stood for Free Negro.<br />
Take a look:<br />
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Notice that David, unlike the next few gentlemen listed below him, had no marks on the left side of the sheet - only on the right. The left side of the sheet tallies a family's white members, while the right side tallies slaves, and then free colored.<br />
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When I first noticed the issue, I put a comment on Ancestry. I blush to say that when I made the comment I used the examples of John Ivan, Winney Jackson, and Joseph Kennie. I realize now, that Winney is actually Henry, but my error merely emphasizes the problem of reading almost two hundred year old handwriting. <br />
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Here's a look at the John, Henry and Joseph's page and their postscript of "FN."<br />
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Note again, white members of the family appear on the left hand side, slaves and free colored on the right. <br />
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When this page was indexed, the indexer thought the letters were "FET." Below is a closer look:<br />
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Finally, one more example from the 1820 Louisa County Virginia Census found on Ancestry.com.<br />
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Below is Gilbert Gibson and Nathan Gibson. <br />
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The indexer this time correctly indexed the letters as "FN," however, they read Nathan's name as Rashad.<br />
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You may be saying to yourself, "Sheesh, Terry, take a chill pill. It's only a little letter. Why are you making a big deal about it?"<br />
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Well, there's a couple of reasons I am making a big deal about it.<br />
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1. If I reject looking at documents for say, a David G. Thacker (or P or R etc.) because I am so darn sure it can't be "my David "( because his middle initial is "M"), I may miss out on some useful information.<br />
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2. In point of fact, the "FN" distinction is definitely more important than the
middle initial, given that this is the only census where David is listed as a Free Negro. In all the other censuses, David Thacker is listed as white.<br />
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in <a href="http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/louisa.htm">Paul Heinegg's list of tax records for Free Negroes </a>you will notice that not one Thacker
is listed. However, Sally Lemay's family is listed as Free Colored. In 1816, when the two
married they would have only been legally allowed to marry if they were
both considered to be of the same race. So, if David had been considered white
at the time and Sally had been considered free colored, it would have been illegal for them
to marry. Which makes this "FN" designation a very big deal! <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980938469565908886.post-60868066954242549192014-02-01T00:08:00.001-05:002014-02-01T00:08:46.460-05:00Figuring Out an Individual's mtDNA Ancestral Line Below I am using my own pedigree to illustrate the line of an individual's mitochondrial DNA. If you have access to someone's pedigree chart you can easily see their mitochondrial line. Mitochondrial DNA is passed from mother to child. Both men and women have mitochondrial DNA, which is a very stable DNA, not easily given to mutations. <br />
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If you have access to the public family trees on Ancestry.com (which is where this illustration came from) you can easily figure out someone's mitochondrial line.<br />
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1. Once you are in the person's chart change the view from Family view to Pedigree view.<br />
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2. The bottom line of ancestors is the individual's mitochondrial DNA line.<br />
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It this instance, you can see my mitochondrial line goes from me (Teresa L. Snyder) to my mom, to my maternal grandmother (Katheryne C. Lynch), to her mother, my great grandmother (Laura Jane Feasel), to her mother, my gg grandmother (Elizabeth H. Armstrong) and not on the screen, Elizabeth's mother, my ggg grandmother (Leah M. Shupe). This is as far as my research has taken me, but obviously, this line would go as far back as the beginning of my maternal line.<br />
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If you change the individual to my mother, you can see that her mtDNA line and mine are exactly the same (except now you can see my ggg grandmother, Leah Mary Shupe.)<br />
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But look what happens when I change the main individual to my dad.<br />
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My father's mtDNA goes through his mother (Anna Martha Schrader), to his maternal grandmother (Emma Augusta Gleffe), to her mother, dad's great grandmother (Pauline Gliffe), to her mother, dad's gg grandmother (Wilhelmine Bayack). <br />
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In the case of the Vinton County Group, we are looking for individual's whose mtDNA ancestral line goes back to the Napper, Thacker and Dorton women of the clan. As you can see by this, neither my father or I have the right mtDNA line to be tested. <br />
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If you haven't checked it out, the Library of Congress program, <a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/">"<strong>Chronicling America</strong>"</a> has included images from Vinton County newspapers. Digitized newspapers include: <br />
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<strong>The McArthur Democrat</strong> - January 5, 1855 to December 28, 1865<br />
<strong>The Vinton Record </strong>- January 4, 1866 to December 31, 1874<br />
<strong>The Democratic Enquirer</strong> - January 24, 1867 to January 15, 1873<br />
<strong>The McArthur Enquirer</strong> - January 22, 1873 - January 7, 1874 <br />
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Future plans include digitization of copies of The Jackson Standard from approximately the same era as the Vinton County papers. <br />
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The above captured article appeared in The Vinton County Record, December 9, 1869, Page 2, Column 3. <br />
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Source: <em>The Vinton record.</em> (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio), 09 Dec. 1869. <i>Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers</i>. Lib. of Congress. <<a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038222/1869-12-09/ed-1/seq-2/">http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038222/1869-12-09/ed-1/seq-2/</a>>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980938469565908886.post-22606377240683851492013-09-13T01:10:00.000-04:002013-09-13T01:11:07.926-04:00New Ethnicity Estimates from Ancestry.comYou'll remember that when Ancestry came out with their <a href="http://thethackerchronicles.blogspot.com/2012/04/ancestry-autosomal-dna-beta-saga.html">predictions of my ancestry</a>, I wasn't all that impressed.<br />
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Today, some lucky Ancestry DNA customers got a first glimpse at a program they will be rolling out for all of their DNA customers over the next few months.<br />
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Count me as one of the lucky ones. Below are the "new" ethnic predictions Ancestry has made for yours truly. <span id="goog_1182584400"></span><span id="goog_1182584401"></span><br />
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I'm still studying it, but I really do like the documentation and the graphics. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980938469565908886.post-22741068940738593102013-09-08T16:18:00.001-04:002013-09-08T21:07:48.337-04:00Interesting Article on Racial Origins of Melungeons and oh, yes - probably The Vinton County Group too!One of my Internet friends (and also as it happens, a distant, distant, distant cousin) sent me a link to an article written in October of 2002 by a George R. Gibson entitled "Mellungeons and Myth." The article, in fact, appeared in Appalachian Quarterly in December 2002.<br />
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It's a great piece looking at the possible racial origins of Melungeons. Since the Vinton County Group has the same Virginian Gibson heritage, the information relates to our own mixed racial origins. <br />
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Mr. Gibson's conclusions after doing research, mirrors very closely to my own beliefs on the subject.<br />
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In any case, if you are enamored, like I am, with the idea of our mixed racial roots you might like to take a peek at this article.<br />
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You can find it <a href="http://www.banjohistory.com/article/detail/2_mellungeons_and_myth"><b>HERE</b></a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the things that has fascinated me right from the
beginning was the mixed racial aspect of my Thacker branch of the family tree.
But I am seven generations removed from David Thacker and his wife Sally Lemay
Thacker. Who knows how many generations the
two of them were removed from their own non-European ancestors.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With each successive generation that married into European
only families, my branch of the family lost all traces of their non-European
heritage. </span></span></div>
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</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So when the results of my DNA testing came back showing only
European ethnicity I was not surprised – disappointed, yes, but not surprised. </span></span></div>
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</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But what if lingering traces of my minority roots still
remained in small segments? Segments so small that they didn’t show up in my
overall ethnic mixture, but large enough to be recognized on the chromosomal
level. </span></span></div>
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</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That’s what the chromosomal painting features do at
Gedmatch. Simplified, your raw data is
looked at and compared to the base data set, and based on those comparisons,
the ethnicity of each segment of the chromosome is “painted” so you can “see”
the different pieces of ethnic heritage. </span></span></div>
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</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In my last post, I showed you my overall ethnic heritage
according to Eurogenes K36 calculator.
Theoretically, I could use that same K36 calculator to paint my 22 pairs
of chromosomes. The problems with doing that are twofold. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> 1.
</span>It’s impossible for the computer to show 36
separate colors, and therefore the color red, for example, is used for Native
American, Volga-Ural and Indo-Chinese. Though
you can easily see red painted on a
chromosome, you can’t be sure what the color means. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> 2. </span>According
to Gedmatch, there is a glitch in the program, and it can only paint up to 26
different ethnicities. If you have a
very diverse ethnic background, (over 26 of the listed ethnicities) you won’t
get an accurate painting. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So I picked Eurogene’s K12 to do my
chromosome painting. Here’s what is says
about my overall admixture</span>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">South Asian 1.00%</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">North American Indian & </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Western European 28.41%</span></span></span></div>
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The chromosomes are numbered left to right, and the segments
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My paternal grandmother’s family came to this country in
1906.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They came from a place called
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descendant from Frances J. Thacker) he like the other descendant of Frances J.
Thacker we had tested, would have been found to have the U3a1 Haplogroup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This particular haplogroup has its highest
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But what I am really looking for are the American Indian
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980938469565908886.post-6581754144076083642013-06-29T02:43:00.000-04:002013-07-01T10:12:39.547-04:00My Autosomal DNA and Gedmatch<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay, the truth is I’ve been meaning to write some posts
about my experience with using Ancestry’s autosomal DNA test.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But whoa, new information keeps being tossed
my way, and like the little pin ball in Monster Bash, I keep getting bounced
from one thing to the next. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You will recall that Ancestry had given my ethnicity as 42 %
Scandinavian (What!), 38% British Isles and 20% Southern European (Double
What!!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not what my paper trail in
genealogy says, but hey, I’m not a scientist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the cool things Ancestry has done (after much pressure from the
Genetic Genealogy segment of the Genealogist community) is to give us access to
our raw data.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which I promptly
downloaded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I even looked at it, for all
the good, it did me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fortunately, for
me, I have an engineer Internet genealogy buddy who is way too smart for his
own good, and he could look at the data and tell me things like where he and I
matched. He also was smart enough to practically drag me into putting the raw
data on Gedmatch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Gedmatch is a wonderful site for “playing” with your DNA
results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You upload your information. (Their
instructions were clear enough that even a non-techie like me could do it.)
Then you wait. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know how long you
wait because; quite frankly, at the time I didn’t really see the value of uploading
the information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could be days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could be weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But about a month later, I went back, logged
in and I was ready to go. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some cool things you can do. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->You can predict your eye color – They came
pretty close to getting the dark gray blue color of my iris correct, the gray
outer circle was also right, but missed slightly on the color surrounding my
pupil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very cool! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can
predict if your parents had ancestors in common – according to Gedmatch, there
is a 0% chance that my mom and dad had a common ancestor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t found anything to contradict this. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->You can get a list of matches from everybody who
has entered their raw data into Gedmatch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means not only other Ancestry DNA alumni, but also those
individuals from 23 and Me, and Family Tree DNA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think of the possibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->You can compare your matches to see on which
chromosomes you match, and on exactly which part of that chromosome the match
occurs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->You can run programs predicting your admixture
(ethnicity in Ancestry speak.) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Other cool things too numerous to mention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, trust me; if you’ve wanted to let your
inner Nerd go wild, this is the place! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s item number five, I want to talk about today, Admixture
Gedmatch style. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There are four different individuals, genetic genealogists
if you will, who have contributed various admixture calculators to the
website.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Three of the individuals
concentrate on studying European DNA, and there is a fourth individual who
focuses on Middle Eastern and Asian DNA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They use both DNA results that have been published elsewhere, plus they
have recruited participants online to fill in the gaps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For example, Davidski (Polako) who runs the <a href="http://bga101.blogspot.com/">EurogenesGenetic Ancestry Project</a>, has created several different calculators that you can
run.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the K36
calculator you can compare your DNA to 36 different “ancestral clusters.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> For his </span>“Pygmy”
category, he used DNA donations from the Mbuti and the Biaka peoples, to give you one example of the datasets he is using to compare my DNA data.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Below are the results
that I get when I run my own DNA using the K36 calculator. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Population<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Amerindian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Arabian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(254, 254, 255); border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.31%<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Armenian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Basque<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(253, 253, 255); border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.84%<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Central_African<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Central_Euro<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(244, 244, 255); border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.28%<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">East_African<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">East_Asian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">East_Balkan<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(250, 250, 255); border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.36%<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 30pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 30pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">East_Central_Asian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 30pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 30pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 30pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">East_Central_Euro<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(245, 245, 255); border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 30pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.49%<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">East_Med<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Eastern_Euro<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(245, 245, 255); border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.44%<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fennoscandian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(245, 245, 255); border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.69%<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">French<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(246, 246, 255); border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.32%<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 16;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Iberian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(231, 231, 255); border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18.14%<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 17;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Indo-Chinese<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 18;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Italian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(247, 247, 255); border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.94%<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 19;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Malayan<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 20;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Near_Eastern<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 21;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">North_African<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 22;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">North_Atlantic<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(236, 236, 255); border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">14.12%<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt; mso-yfti-irow: 23;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 30pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">North_Caucasian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 30pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 24;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">North_Sea<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(236, 236, 255); border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">14.59%<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt; mso-yfti-irow: 25;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 30pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Northeast_African<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 30pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 26;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Oceanian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 27;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Omotic<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 28;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pygmy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 29;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Siberian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 30;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">South_Asian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(254, 254, 255); border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.47%<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30pt; mso-yfti-irow: 31;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 30pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">South_Central_Asian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 30pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 32;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">South_Chinese<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 33;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Volga-Ural<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 34;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">West_African<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">- <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 35;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">West_Caucasian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(254, 254, 255); border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.71%<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 36;">
<td style="background: white; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" width="127"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">West_Med<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
<td style="background: rgb(249, 249, 255); border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" width="112"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.30%<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 37;">
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<tr style="height: 15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 38; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 95.25pt;" valign="bottom" width="127"></td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 84.25pt;" valign="bottom" width="112"></td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 42.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="57"></td>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And below is the pretty little graphic that Gedmatch made
for me: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Davidski says about this calculator: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“<i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">An important point to keep in mind is
not to take the ancestry proportions too literary. If you're, say, English, and
you get an Iberian score of 12% this doesn't actually mean you have recent
ancestry from Spain or Portugal. What it means is that 12% of your alleles look
typical of the reference samples classified as Iberian, and this figure might
only indicate recent Iberian admixture if it's clearly higher than those of
other English users</b>.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He also says: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>“The main purpose of the Eurogenes K36
is to help users unravel the ethnic origins of local areas of their genomes
(aka. half-segments), hence the high number of ancestral categories, some of
which are very specific. In other words, the test is mainly a chromosome
painting utility.”</i><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, okay, I shouldn’t
take this all too literally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it’s
more of a tool for chromosome painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Huh, you say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is chromosome
painting? In this context, Chromosome painting is a way to look at the individual
chromosomes to see what the various ethnicities look like graphically on that
chromosome. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you’re not following
this, it’s okay. In my next post, we will play show and tell to give you a better
idea about chromosome painting.</span></span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><u>VINTON COUNTY GROUP DNA NEWS</u></strong><br />
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In other news, I suffered a hard drive crash last month. I lost most of the genealogy files that I had neglected to back up in the last year. I am still trying to regroup. Thankfully, I had sent a copy of my Thacker ged.com to someone who has been a great help in understanding the ins and outs of DNA. <br />
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Unfortunately, I was working on a post on <em><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><strong>Holman Thacker</strong></span></em> that I have to research again from scratch. A descendant of Holman's took the YDNA test a few years ago when Ancestry was offering them. He has transferred the data to Family Tree and there was a match, but not to any Thacker's in the database. He has a 25 of 25 markers match to descendants of - wait for it - <strong>Gilbert Gibson</strong>! <br />
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We have the mtDNA results from the descendants of <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><em><strong>Mildred Jane Thacker</strong></em></span> wife of Wetherfoot Napper and <em><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><strong>Frances Thacker</strong></span></em> wife of Nimrod Nicholas Thacker. Mildred is from the haplogroup H1c. Frances is from the haplogroup U3a. This means, though they were living beside each other in the 1850 census, they were not sisters. More on this as I research these two haplogroups. <br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980938469565908886.post-78123592626258754742012-08-03T01:23:00.001-04:002012-08-03T01:28:47.177-04:00It's Official - We Have A DNA Project!Okay, it's pretty exciting - Family Tree DNA has given us the green light to go ahead with our Dual Geographic Project. We have three participants already signed up! All three are testing the mitochondrial DNA and are descendants of three different Thacker women.<br />
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There are other individuals who have expressed an interest in the project, but have not yet committed themselves to ordering a DNA kit.<br />
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Just as testing of Y DNA can indicate the ancestral origins of an individual, so can mtDNA testing. The map below from Family Tree DNA shows the various Haplogroups and their migration route. Haplogroups A, B, C and D would indicate Native American origins. The most common European mtDNA Haplogroup is H.<br />
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Paul Heinegg has theorized the Free Colored class came from the union of Anglo-European females and African American males. His theory has merit in that a child's status (either free or slave) was determined by the mother. In John Henderson Russell's book, <b><u>The Free Negro in Virginia, 1619-1865</u></b>, he makes a strong case that those African Americans brought in after 1640 were considered slaves. It is, therefore, likely that the majority of African American females would have been slaves and any children born to them would also be considered slaves. If this is true, then our mtDNA probably will not confirm any African American heritage. <br />
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However, Dorothy A Mays in her book, <b><u>Women in Early American: Struggle, Survival and Freedom in a New World,</u></b> estimates that in colonial Virginia that there were 3.38 males for every 1 female, at times the ratio of male to female may have been higher. It is not unreasonable to think that because of this some of the European males may have taken Native American women as mates. Which is why testing of our mtDNA lines is essential. While it is likely that our mtDNA will show as European there is a chance we might find the Native American link in a Vinton County Group's descendant mtDNA. <br />
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Because all females descend from approximately 20 some Eves, and because mutations happen very slowly in the mitochondrial DNA, some have said that studying mtDNA for genealogical purposes is not useful. Even with the full sequence panels that our three participants have ordered it still only tells us if they had the same female ancestress in the last 400 years. <br />
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But in our overlapping families, if the results aren't a perfect match that will tell us that they are separate families, which will, if we are able to get enough descendants tested, enable us to distinguish the various groups more readily. Not to mention the information on the Haplogroups could prove to be interesting. <br />
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If you are interested in participating you can contact me at the email address in the right hand column. You can now find our project listed at Family Tree DNA. Look under Project, Dual Geographic, and the letter "V." We are a small group so far, but it is a start. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">While I am still waiting to hear back from Family Tree DNA, I thought now might be a good time to point out the benefit for the <b>Vinton County Group</b> in having YDNA tests done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you are one of the many descendants of Sally Napper aka Gibson, you know that there has been some speculation on the father of her children. Many researchers believe the father was David Lemay, the son of John Lemay and Annis Branham Lemay. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">None of the researchers has shared their theory with me, but it definitely has merit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><i>1. We find Sally and David Lemay living together in Vinton County in the 1850 census.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>2.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> 2. </span>Richard Napper’s death certificate indicates that his father was a Napper and him mother was a Lemay. It would be natural for the informant to mix the surnames of Richard’s parents or even the clerk taking down the information, since the natural assumption would be that the father’s surname would match the deceased. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So the benefit in an YDNA test would be the possibility of finding a genetic surname match. There is not a current Lemay surname project at Family Tree DNA, but it would be still be possible that a Lemay was tested and is in the database. If not, we could work at finding a willing Lemay participant to see if the Napper males match. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Because there is no record of Sally Napper and David Lemay marrying, we can’t be sure that all of the children had the same father. At the time, it was against the law for a white individual and a nonwhite individual to marry, so Sally and David could not marry regardless of how many children they had together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If we tested the DNA from the descendants from Wetherfoot Napper, Peter Napper, and Levi Napper and they all matched, it would not prove that all the children had the same father, but there would certainly be a much stronger case for this assumption. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Finally, there is the matter of Richard Napper. It is thought by some (me included) that the missing Uncle Dick from Lizzie Dorton’s recollection might actually be William Napper father of Irena Dolby’s children. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One of Irena’s children lists Richard as the father on her death certificate. If DNA of a descendant from William Napper matches, the DNA of the other three sons of Sally Napper that would go a long way in proving the theory that William Napper was a son of Sally and possibly the same individual as Richard Napper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Theoretically, all of the Thacker men should have, if not matching DNA, than a close match. That of course, assumes that all of these men have the Thacker name through their father’s line and not their mother’s line. It’s possible that some, or maybe even all, are not genetic Thackers but actually have different genetic surname. The only way to tell is to have each of the descendants of the Thacker males tested. Once that is done, we will have a better idea of the Thacker relationships. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">My hunch is you will find that they are a match for other surnames and not all of them match each other. Since there are Gibson, Branham and Dalton surname projects it would not be surprising to see some matches to these groups. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It’s clear if you look at Malachi’s census records that he had more than the three children ascribed to him and Mahala Thacker. My hunch is if we test a descendant of James Dorton and some of the Thackers, we will find a match. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Because the Y chromosome passes from father to son without recombining, it is possible to trace your ancestor’s migrations to a geographic region thousands of years ago. So for example, when my father’s DNA was tested it showed that his Haplogroup R1b1a2. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">R1b1 is the most common Haplogroup found in Western Europe. Because of migration patterns to the US, it is also the most common group in the US. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The added designation of a2 on the end of my father’s group indicates that the group originated about 9500 years ago, and that the most prevalent ancient group was “European, Centum & Anatolian branches of Indo-European speakers”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So, fine, Terry, very nice, but what does it matter to me? Well, when the YDNA is tested, we will get a Haplogroup listing for it. This will give us another piece to our puzzle. If for example, the test shows a Q Haplogroup that would indicate Native American Heritage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to the<a href="http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/gibson/results"> <b><span style="color: yellow;">Gibson surname project</span></b></a>, those of us who descend from Gilbert Gibson know one Haplogroup of a branch from our family tree. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Someone from the group had further testing so that we know that Haplogroup for Gilbert Gibson and his descendants is R1b1a2a1a1b4. That group formed about 4000 years ago. They were found in Ireland, Britain, Northwest France, south-west Norway. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Who in the Vinton County Group descends from Gilbert Gibson? Anyone who descends from the following: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1. <b>Sally Gibson aka Napper</b> who was the daughter of William Gibson and Mary Adams Napper. William was the son of George Gibson and Susannah unknown. George was the son of Gilbert Gibson and first wife (name unknown.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">2. <b>David Lemay</b> said to be the common law husband of Sally Gibson aka Napper. David was the son of John Lemay and Annis Branham. Annis was the daughter of Frances Gibson and Benjamin Branham. Frances was the daughter of Gilbert Gibson and first wife (name unknown.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">3. <b>David Thacker, Robert Thacker, and Malachi (Dalton) Dorton</b> who, according to a deed drawn in 1833, descend from Mary Branham Dalton. Mary was the wife of John Dalton and the sister of Annis Branham Lemay . She descends from Frances Gibson Branham. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">4. <b>Sally Lemay Thacker</b> who was the wife of David Thacker and sister of David Lemay. She is, therefore, another descendent of Frances Gibson Branham. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>What about the other Thackers of Vinton County</u></b><b>?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> I don’t know the answer to that question but with YDNA testing, we may find the answer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There is a lot to be learned from YDNA testing. If you are a father to son descendant from one of the Vinton County Thackers, Nappers or Dortons, please consider having the test done at <u><b><a href="http://www.familytreedna.com/"><span style="color: yellow;">FamilyTree DNA.</span></a><span style="color: yellow;"> </span></b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Right now, there is a special going on until July 15. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you read this after that date and are interested in participating, please leave a comment or write to the email in the right hand column. I will send you a notice the next time Family Tree has a sale. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Note: Information on <u><b><a href="http://www.eupedia.com/europe/Haplogroup_R1b_Y-DNA.shtml"><span style="color: yellow;">R1b1 Haplogroups from Europedia.com</span></a> </b></u></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980938469565908886.post-46314317029568453882012-07-10T01:42:00.000-04:002012-07-10T01:42:24.877-04:00Announcing (I hope) The Vinton County DNA ProjectOkay, this is a little premature, but I have applied to <a href="http://www.familytreedna.com/"><strong>Family Tree DNA</strong></a> to do a geographic project for The Vinton County Group. We will be looking at YDNA and mtDNA of the original members of the group trying to answer the following questions: <br />
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1. How are we related?<br />
2. What is our ethnic background?<br />
3. What is our genetic surnames? <br />
4. Do we share common ancestors with any of the other so called triracial groups? <br />
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Unfortunately, not all of us who descend from "the group: would have the "right stuff" to be tested. <br />
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For the YDNA test you have to be male. You also have to have an unbroken father to son descent from the original members of the group, meaning you probably have the last name Thacker, Dorton or Napper. <br />
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For the mtDNA testing it is a little trickier. Mitochondrial DNA is pasted down from mother to child. A female child will pass it on to her children but a male child cannot. So for example if my grandfather was alive (he is not), he could be tested because his mother was Elizabeth Cope Smathers. Her mother was Frances Thacker Cope whose mother was Clarinda Thacker Marcum, whose mother was Frances Thacker Thacker. <br />
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Frances is one of the individuals we want to find the mtDNA for, so while my grandfather would have Frances's mtDNA and would be a candidate for the test, his children would not. However, one of my grandfather's sisters would not only be a candidate for the the test but so would her children. Have I confused you?<br />
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If you are interested in doing the test, but aren't sure if you qualify just email at the address in the right hand column of this page. We'll chat. :) <br />
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Why am I telling you this now, before the project has been approved? Well,<a href="http://www.familytreedna.com/"> <strong>Family Tree DNA</strong></a> is having their summer sale from now through June 15th. Below are the prices for New Kits. <br />
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Y-DNA12 : $59 instead of $99<br />
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Y-DNA37 : $129 instead of $149<br />
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Y-DNA67 : $199 instead of $238<br />
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mtFullSequence : $219 instead of $299<br />
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Family Finder : $199 instead of $289<br />
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Family Finder + Y-DNA37 : $328 instead of $438<br />
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Family Finder + mtDNAPlus : $328 instead of $438<br />
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SuperDNA : $428 instead of $518<br />
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Comprehensive (FF + FMS + Y-DNA67) : $617 instead of $797<br />
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<strong><em>The following are individuals whose YDNA we hope to find: </em></strong><br />
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Nimrod Thacker<br />
Holman Thacker <br />
Chapman Thacker <br />
Edwell Thacker <br />
Ivory Thacker <br />
Thomas Thacker <br />
John A Thacker<br />
Ellis Thacker <br />
Robert Thacker <br />
David Thackeer <br />
Ambrose Thacker <br />
George W. Thacker<br />
Malachi Dorton<br />
Levi Napper <br />
Wetherfoot Napper<br />
Peter Napper <br />
William Napper (who may be Richard Napper) <br />
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<em><strong>The following are individuals whose mtDNA we hope to find: </strong></em><br />
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Emma Jane Dorton, wife of Peter Napper, daughter of Mahala Thacker Dorton<br />
Mildred Jane Thacker wife Wetherfoot Napper<br />
Frances Thacker wife of Nimrod Thacker<br />
Patsy Ann Thacker wife of Levi Napper, Daughter of Sally Lemay Thacker<br />
Permelia Jane Thacker wife of Joseph McKinnis and Levi Shiflet, Daughter of Sally Lemay Thacker <br />
Peachy Thacker or Napper? wife of Moses Freeman<br />
Martha Thacker wife of Chapman Thacker <br />
Sally Thacker wife of Austin Pattison <br />
Catherine Thacker wife James Jordon, Daugher of Nancy Dalton Thacker <br />
Nancy Thacker wife of John Vest, Daughter of Nancy Dalton Thacker<br />
Louisa Thacker wife of James Hollis, Daugher of Nancy Dalton Thacker<br />
Polly Ann Napper, wife of Edwill Thacker, Daugher of Sally Napper (Gibson)<br />
Roxanne Napper, wife of Holman Thacker, Daugher of Sally Napper (Gibson)<br />
Lucinda Napper, wife of Sanford Smith, Daughter of Sally Napper (Gibson)<br />
Virginia Napper, wife of James Dorton, Daughter of Sally Napper (Gibson)<br />
Patsy Ann Napper, wife Ivory Thacker, Daughter of Sally Napper (Gibson)<br />
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Some of these are redundant. For example Roxanne, Polly Ann, Lucinda, Virginia and Patsy Ann should all have the same mtDNA. (But does Peachy?) <br />
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Theoretically all the Nappers should be the same and all of the Thackers should be the same, but are they? <br />
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Should we look for mtDNA for Sarah Evans wife George W. Thacker? What about Ann Vaughn wife of Thomas Thacker. Should we include Moses Freeman or Levi Shiflet? <br />
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Lots of questions, and your input is wanted. If you are interested, you can contact me through the comments or the email address over in the right hand column. Maybe, together we will solve some of the mysteries. <br />
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When it comes to DNA, many of you, like me, might be scratching
your head and saying (to paraphrase Prissie in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gone with the Wind</i></b>), “I
don’t know nothin’ ‘bout understandin’ no DNA.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Boy, do I wish I would have taken time out from doodling and playing
cootie catcher to listen to at least a couple of my science teachers. </div>
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The University of Utah has put
together <a href="http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/extras/molgen/four_types.html">four short little videos</a> explaining the four kinds of DNA – Autosomal DNA,
X Chromosome DNA, Y Chromosome DNA, and Mitochondrial DNA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently, three of these types of DNA - Autosomal,
YDNA and mtDNA (mitochondrial) are being used for genealogical purposes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The type of DNA that Ancestry used
to predict my genetic ethnicity is autosomal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you are interested in understanding autosomal (a whole lot had better
than yours truly could hope to explain) take a peak now at U of U’s<a href="http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/extras/molgen/auto_dna.html"> autosomal DNA video</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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In a nutshell, each of us has 23
pairs of chromosomes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Autosomal DNA
looks at 22 of these pairs (the 23<sup>rd</sup> pair is the XY or XX
chromosomes that determine a person’s sex.) </div>
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You have inherited ½ your father’s
autosomal chromosomes and ½ of your mother’s autosomal chromosomes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that also means that you lost half of each
of your parents’ autosomal chromosomes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Likewise, your parents only inherited ½ of
their parents’ autosomal chromosome etc. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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This is why your siblings’ genetic
ethnicity might not look precisely the same as yours – they might have
inherited different chunks of your parents’ DNA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s also, why you and a cousin can take the
test and not come up a match, yet you and a fourth cousin are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s all in how the chromosomes recombined.</div>
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If you read the paper, “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.jogg.info/72/files/Estes.pdf">Melungeons, A Multi-Ethnic Population</a>”</b> by
Roberta J Estes, Jack H. Goins, Penny Ferguson and Janet Lewis Crain, you will
see that the prediction of how much of the DNA I probably carry from my 4<sup>th</sup>
great grandparents, Nimrod and Frances Thacker, is less than 1%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you factor in the probability that the individual
who supplied the mixed race part of their DNA could have been 50, 100 or 200 years
prior to their births – well, you can see why my autosomal DNA might not have
picked it up.</div>
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For some of you who are
descendants of the Vinton County Group, you may have expanded your chances by
having several sets of the original group members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only testing will tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Autosomal testing by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ancestry.com</b> should be available to the
US market some time later this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Family Tree DNA</b> offers their own
product called Family Finder and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">23 and
Me</b> calls their product Relative Finder. </div>
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<i>Note: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As of right now, Ancestry does not offer the
option of looking at raw data, which the other products do. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980938469565908886.post-89463816416719828382012-06-18T00:59:00.000-04:002012-06-18T00:59:32.929-04:00Good News, Bad News - The Results of My Ancestry Autosomal DNA TestOkay, so the good news is I received the results from Ancestry's
autosomal test. The bad news is my results don't give us a clue to the
Thacker clan's mixed racial identity.<br /><br />I made a prediction of my
own on what the results would look like. I predicted 73% Central European (I
have German ancestors all over the place), 25% British Isles, and 2%
Uncertain.<br /><br />Below are the actual results.<br />
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So the thing is, I don't have a lick of Scandinavian heritage (Norway, Denmark and Sweden) in my family tree. Ancestry, however explains it this way: </div>
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<i style="color: magenta;">For example, if you have German or British ancestors in your family
tree, it’s a possibility that your genetic ethnicity may be partly
Scandinavian. The Viking invasions and conquests about a thousand years
ago are likely responsible for occurrences of Scandinavian ethnicity
throughout other regions. </i></div>
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Okay, I can accept that. In addition, a quarter of my family tree came directly from the former German Province of Pomerania. A portion of this province, known as the Hinterpommern, was in fact part of Sweden from 1630 to 1815. This happens to be the exact area where this part of my family tree lived.<br />
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The Southern European is a bit of puzzler, however. This area encompasses Spain, Italy and Portugal. I swear that I have not found one incidence of any of this ethnicity in my family tree. It is interesting to note that many of the Melungeon's, (no, we are not Melungeons) a significant portion of whom trace their roots to Louisa County, have claimed that they descend from Portuguese sailors. <br />
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A recent paper appearing in <b>The Journal of Genetic Genealogy</b> entitled, "<a href="http://www.jogg.info/72/files/Estes.pdf"><i>Melungeons, A Multi-Ethnic Population"</i></a> disputes this notion of a Portuguese heritage. The paper, co-written by Roberta J. Estes, Jack H. Goins, Penny Ferguson, and Janet Lewis Crain, is based on the testing of descendents of the Core Melungeon group. They used YDNA tests (father to son) and mtDNA tests (mother to daughter ) to base their conclusions. The findings of these test showed mostly a Northern European heritage with some African American origins and one Native American (the Sizemore's, who were NOT from Louisa County).<br />
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Still, these odd ball results of mine are food for thought. <br />
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I would be interested in hearing about the DNA results of anyone else who descends from the Nappers, Dortons and Thackers. If you have had any testing done, please share. You can either leave a comment or you can write me at the email address found on the left hand column of this page. Maybe together, we can solve some of the mysteries surrounding The Vinton County Group. <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Right before Easter, I received a notice from Ancestry telling me that they could not get a decent sample from the swabs that I sent to them last November.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next day, April 5<sup>th</sup>, Ancestry sent me an email informing me that they had<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sent a second kit for DNA sample collection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I still hadn’t received my kit by today’s mail, so I decided to call Ancestry's DNA customer service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I learned a couple of things from Sean, my good buddy at Ancestry. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>1. They had a significant rate of problems with the swab tests. The new kits will contain a "spit<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">" collection method instead of the swab collection method. ( </span>I remember reading that another company does a spit method of collection.- Maybe 23 and ME?) </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">2. </span>If the second kit is not here by May 6<sup>th</sup>, I can call and request them to send out yet another kit. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">So, I’m back to square one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ARGGHHH!!!!! </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980938469565908886.post-88918898660379537482012-03-31T20:27:00.000-04:002012-03-31T20:27:28.617-04:00Update (Or Lack of Update) on Ancestry.com’s New Autosomal Test<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>ZH-TW</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> <w:UseFELayout/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNormal">In case anyone out there is burning up with curiosity on what’s happening with the Autosomal DNA test that I submitted to Ancestry.com the answer is – NOTHING (much.) </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">On the first of March I received the below email from Ancestry letting me know that Beta testing would begin shortly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out it did begin, but only for a select group of people. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> </div><div class="MsoNormal">When I emailed them after three weeks of waiting for “shortly” to begin, I got the stock answer that my sample was “in processing.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Trying to find more information out hasn’t been particularly easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, CeCe Moore of the blog <a href="http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/">“YourGenetic Genealogist”</a> has written several posts about this new product.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The latest post,<a href="http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2012/03/new-information-on-ancestrycoms.html"> “New Information onAncestry.com Ancestry.DNA Product,”</a> is particularly interesting as it is a result of a phone conference that Ancestry held with several bloggers along with a private call she had made to the Ancestry.DNA team earlier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">A couple of main points that interested me were: </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">1. </span>Of the current 22 ethnicities being tested for – Native American ethnicity is included.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is good news for those of us who descend from the Vinton County Group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Although, because my own mixed race is so far back, it may not matter.)</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-size: small;"> 2.</span> </span></span></span>North African ethnicity is also included but if I am understanding correctly that there is not yet a lot of detail in the African mixture as of yet. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span><span>33 3.</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Because there is a reliance on information available on the family trees now on Ancestry for predicting ancestral origins, I am concerned that a lot of “bad genealogy” that I have seen on many trees, will lead<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>us astray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">For example, if someone finds that he or she is a match with a Chapman Thacker descendent and in that descendant’s family tree it shows Chapman having been born in West Virginia (he was not!) that would send the “testee” looking in the area of West Virginia when he or she should be searching Louisa County, Virginia. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> 4<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-size: small;"> 4</span>, </span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>According to Ancestry.com officials, they said that they "<i style="color: #e06666;">will be getting it out to more and more customers throughout this year</i><span style="color: #e06666;">".</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which says to me, I could have a long wait to see the results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ah well, what can you expect when you are a Beta tester? </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980938469565908886.post-89227014517145004242012-02-19T19:16:00.001-05:002012-02-19T19:18:42.891-05:00DNA, Genealogy, and Me<div class="MsoNormal">What I know about DNA could fit into a thimble. But a couple of summers ago I was lamenting to my father that I could not find proof that my grandfather (the handsome fellow in the picture over to the right <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">→</span>) had been a Smathers before he was adopted. I had anecdotal evidence that supported that our genetic surname was Smathers, but nothing more than that. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">My fear was that in another couple of generations, the story of how my father’s paternal aunts tracked him down would become one of those family tall tales. My dad asked me if there was any way we could prove the connection. In fact, I knew there was a way – DNA. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I was aware that there was a Smothers/Smathers Family Tree DNA project and I knew that a descendent of Franklin Smathers, the brother of my great great grandfather Henry Smathers was one of the participants. My dad looked at me and said, “Let’s do it.” So we did. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I won’t go into all the sleepless nights I had while we waited for the results. What if the information I had wasn’t correct? What if one of the earlier Smathers was adopted? What if there was a child out of wedlock somewhere along the way? What if – well, you get the idea. A full quarter of my ancestry would be on the junk heap if there were no match, including my Thacker connection. Oh boy, it was enough to make a girl sweat! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Fortunately, when we got the results back, my father’s DNA was a dead on match with the descendent of Franklin Smathers – 37 out of 37 markers. (My dad’s DNA also matched those descending further up the line, so there was no adoption, nor any out of wedlock baby.)<br />
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Curiously enough, this would not be my only dip into the wonderful world of genetic testing. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Recently, Ancestry.com sent me an invitation to become part of their autosomal DNA study that would look at my genetic ethnicity. I had to reply by a certain date and agree to pay the shipping and handling fee of $9.95. While the Y-DNA studies can only be done on males (because if you remember biology class only males have a Y chromosome which is passed on from father to son), autosomal DNA can be done on both male and females. In fact, two full siblings can have different results depending on what part of DNA they have inherited. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Because my mixed heritage is so far back, I don’t have much faith that the test will show anything but European ancestry, but for the bargain price of $9.95 I was willing to play guinea pig! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Maybe some of you Thacker, Dorton, Napper, Shiflett, Dole, and Freeman lurkers were also invited to participate. If so, let me know and we can compare results! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Or maybe, some of you have participated in other DNA testing and have interesting stories to share. You can reach me by email. The address is over on the right. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Wouldn’t it be great if technology turns out to be the key to solving our family mystery? </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980938469565908886.post-62769952269512041482011-02-13T01:22:00.001-05:002011-02-13T01:23:30.997-05:00Our Civil War MenAs you may know, I have been working on a list of those men affliliated with the Vinton County Group who enlisted during the Civil War. I have already spotlighted the sons of Edwill Thacker (those in bold text below.) I am hoping to write a little about each of the men on this list. It is difficult to know for certain who actually had ties to our clan, since by the time of the civil war, many had moved to other locations. <br />
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Those highlighted in light orange are individuals that may or may not be related to the Vinton County Group. If you see anyone on the list that you feel doesn't belong, be sure to write me. If you feel I've left anyone out, please feel free to let me know. <br />
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In addition to descriptions of all the men who enlisted in the USC, I also have descriptions for the following men: Ambrose Thacker, Nimrod Thacker, Chapman Thacker and Joseph Thacker. If anyone has the descriptions for any of the other men, please let me know, so I can include that information when I write about those individuals. <br />
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<em><strong> Last Nm, First Nm, Div, Branch, Unit, Company, Enlistment Date, Age, Birth YR</strong></em> <br />
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1 Shiflet Levi Ohio H.A. 1 H October 1, 1862 35 1827<br />
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2 Thacker George W. Ohio H.A. 1 B September 2, 1864 22 1842<br />
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3 Thacker Thomas B. Ohio H.A. 1 B September 1, 1864 21 1843<br />
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4 Thacker David Ohio Calv 12 F October 18, 1863 36 1827<br />
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5 Freeman John Ohio Inf 56 I November 7, 1861 NA NA<br />
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6 <strong>Thacker Fountain Ohio Inf 56 I & C November 7, 1861 24 1837</strong><br />
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7 Thacker Joseph Ohio Inf 56 I October 31, 1861 26 1835<br />
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8 Thacker Henry Ohio Inf 73 G November 28, 1861 18 1843<br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;">9 Thacker David Ohio Inf 73 G November 21, 1861 34 1827</span><br />
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10 Thacker Robert W. Ohio Inf 185 E February 15, 1865 36 1829<br />
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11 Dorton Hiram Ohio Inf 194 D March 6, 1865 22 1843<br />
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12 Dorton James Ohio Inf 194 D February 14, 1865 29 1836<br />
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13 Napper John Ohio Inf 194 D March 6, 1865 18 1847<br />
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14 Napper Peter Ohio Inf 194 D February 18, 1865 36 1829<br />
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15 Thacker Chapman Ohio Inf 194 D March 6, 1865 43 1822<br />
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16 Thacker Ivory Ohio Inf 194 D March 7, 1865 42 1823<br />
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17 Thacker Nimrod Nicholas Ohio Inf 194 D March 6, 1865 42 1823<br />
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18 Thacker William H. Ohio Inf 194 D February 23, 1865 20 1845<br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;">19 Thacker John Ohio Inf 194 G March 3, 1865 20 1845</span><br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;">20 Thacker Lewis Ohio Inf 194 G March 3, 1865 44 1821</span><br />
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21 Thacker Ambrose Ohio Inf 198 C March 24, 1865 33 1831<br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;">22</span> <span style="color: #fce5cd;">Napper John C. USC Inf 5 F August 16, 1864 24 1840</span><br />
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23 Napper Richard USC Inf 5 H June 21, 1863 41 1822<br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd;">24 Napper William H. USC Inf 5 H June 17, 1863 21 1842</span><br />
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25<strong> Thacker Charles USC Inf 5 H June 17, 1863 22 1841</strong><br />
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26 Napper Alexander USC Inf 27 E February 12, 1864 24 1840<br />
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27 <strong>Thacker Ebenezer USC Inf 27 E February 27, 1864 20 1844</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980938469565908886.post-43509234631288552622011-01-30T12:09:00.000-05:002011-01-30T12:09:54.336-05:00Free White Names from the 1800 Louisa County CensusBelow are some of the other heads of household named in the 1800 census for Louisa County, Virginia. I’ve chosen individuals who may or may not have something to do with our Vinton County Group. <br />
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You will notice that the Gibsons are all considered white by the 1800 census. <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Bramham, Ludow</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males </em><br />
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1 under 10 years<br />
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1 of 16 and under 26<br />
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1 of 26 and under 45<br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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1 of 16 and under 26<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Freeman, Robert</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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1 under 10<br />
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3 of 10 and under 16<br />
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1 of 26 and under 45<br />
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1 of 45 and upwards<br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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2 of 16 and under 26<br />
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1 of 45 and upwards<br />
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1 Slave <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Freeman, John</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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1 of 45 and upwards<br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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1 of 16 and under 26<br />
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1 of 45 and upwards<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Gibson, Gilbert</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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5 under 10<br />
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2 of 10 and under 16<br />
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1 of 26 and under 45<br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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1 of 26 and under 45<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Gibson, James P. </span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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2 under 10<br />
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1 0f 26 and under 45<br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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2 under 10<br />
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1 of 26 and under 45<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Gibson, John</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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2 under 10<br />
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1 of 10 and under 16<br />
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1 of 16 and under 26<br />
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1 of 45 and upwards<br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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3 under 10<br />
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1 of 10 and under 16<br />
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2 of 26 and under 45<br />
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4 Slaves<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Gibson, Lightfoot</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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2 under 10<br />
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1 of 26 and under 45<br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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2 under 10<br />
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1 of 10 and under 16<br />
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1 0f 26 and under 45 <br />
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4 Slaves <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Gibson, Thornton</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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1 of 16 and under 26<br />
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1 of 26 and under 45<br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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2 of 10 and under 16<br />
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1 of 26 and under 45 <br />
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2 Slaves<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Gibson, William</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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2 under 10<br />
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1 of 26 and under 45<br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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2 under 10 <br />
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1 of 10 and under 16<br />
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1 of 26 and under 45 <br />
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6 Slaves<br />
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<span style="color: #f4cccc;"><strong>Gibson, William</strong> SA</span> (I’ve no idea what the SA means – anybody?)<br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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4 under 10 <br />
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1 of 45 and upwards<br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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2 of 10 and under 16 <br />
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1 of 26 and under 45 <br />
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1 Slave<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Lemay, Nancy</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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3 under 10<br />
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1 of 10 and under 16<br />
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1 of 16 and under 26<br />
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Free White Females<br />
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1 under 10<br />
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1 of 10 and under 16 <br />
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1 of 16 and 26 <br />
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1 of 26 and under 45<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Napper, Ann</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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1 of 16 and under 26 <br />
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1 of 45 and upwards<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Napper, Thomas</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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1 of 26 and under 45 <br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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1 under 10 <br />
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1 of 16 and under 26<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Thacker, Alice</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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2 under 10 <br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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1 under 10<br />
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1 of 16 and under 26<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Thacker, Isaac</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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1 of 16 and under 26<br />
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1 of 45 and upwards<br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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1 of 26 and under 45<br />
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1 of 45 and upwards<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Thacker, Jessee</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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3 under 10 <br />
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2 of 10 and under 16<br />
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1 of 26 and under 45<br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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4 under 10 <br />
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1 of 26 and under 45 <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Thacker, Mary</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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2 under 10 <br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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3 under 10 <br />
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3 of 16 and under 26 <br />
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1 of 26 and under 45 <br />
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1 of 45 and upwards<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Thacker, Nathaniel</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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1 of 45 and upwards<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Thacker, Reubin</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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1 of 26 and under 45 <br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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1 of 16 and under 26<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Thacker, Reubin</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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1 of 26 and under 45 <br />
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<em>Free White Females</em><br />
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1 of 26 and under 45 <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f4cccc;">Thacker, William</span></strong><br />
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<em>Free White Males</em><br />
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1 of 10 and under 16 <br />
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1 of 26 and under 45 <br />
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<em>Free White Females </em><br />
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2 under 10 <br />
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1 of 16 and under 26 <br />
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No Daltons are listed as being Free White. They are only listed under "Other Free Persons." <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>Reference</em></strong>: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">True, Ransom B., “The Manuscript Return of the Census of 1800, ” <em>Louisa County Historical Magazine</em>, Louisa County Historical Society, Vol. 4, June 1972, 21-49. </span><br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1980938469565908886.post-43136880506043694722011-01-22T03:12:00.000-05:002011-01-22T03:12:41.758-05:00The "Lost" 1800 Census of Louisa County, Virginia<em>Back in November, I posted the following on the Free Persons of Color Forum on the AfriGeneas website. I thought it might be of interest for those of you with Louisa County roots</em>. <em><strong>TLS </strong></em><br />
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The loss of early census records for the state of Virginia has been a problem for all genealogists. Additionally, the 1810 census for Louisa County of Virginia, where my free colored ancestors lived is also missing. <br />
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According to the statistical compilation done for the 1790 census, there were only 14 individuals listed under the heading of “all other free persons,” for Louisa County. In 1800, the number had risen to 132. <br />
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In 1968, a copy of the 1800 census for Louisa County was found filed under tax records. The Louisa County Historical Society, printed a copy of the schedule in its magazine, “<strong><em><span style="color: #ffe599;">Louisa County Historical Magazine,</span></em></strong>” Volume 4, No. 2 dated June 1972. Another researcher sent me a copy for my records. <br />
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The gentleman who wrote the introduction to the article in the magazine, Ransom B. True, counted 12 households composed solely of free colored and 1 household that included a white female. He reported that no free colored owned slaves. However, according to the transcribed copy, a household headed by John Warren was composed of 2 Free Colored and 1 slave. I’m not sure if Mr. True missed this individual or if it was transcribed incorrectly. <br />
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The rest of the households composed exclusively of “other free persons” include the following: <br />
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Nathaniel Branham, 5 individuals <br />
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Ursala Cooper, 3 <br />
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Patience Chase, 3 <br />
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James Dowles, 3 <br />
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William Dalton, 4 <br />
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John Dalton, 12 <br />
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Isaac Fuzzamore, 11 <br />
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Duncan Homes, 3 <br />
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Annis Lemay, 5 <br />
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Thomas Mason, 6 <br />
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Laurence Mason, 7 <br />
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Francis Pack, 4 <br />
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Additionally, there is the household of William Captain that includes 7 individuals listed as “other free persons,” and one white female that was of the age of 26 but not more than 45. <br />
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The remainder of the 132 listed under the column “other free persons,” are scattered among a number of families that are primarily white. It is difficult to know whether they were part of the family or merely servants. The largest group of these is part of the household of John Pointdexter Jr. That household is composed of 8 white males, 4 white females, 7 other free persons and 12 slaves.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0