A Model Letter to Promote the Taylor Project
Hi Fellow Taylors!Whenever I run into a new Taylor in my life, I tell them about the Taylor project. It's hard to explain in a simple soundbite, and sometimes I'm less than successful. So I met yet...
View ArticleTaylors and Humankind
Greetings Taylors and Fans,I've got a bunch of forthcoming articles about general Taylor topics. I'll give some hints here, and then send you to a very interesting site at BBC with information about...
View ArticleSome new information about predicting appearance from DNA
Hi,As fans of genetic genealogy, we are always interested in new applications. Here are a couple of articles about predicting appearance from a DNA...
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Jeff Taylor's Genetic and Paper Genealogical Discoveries
Hi,Jeff Taylor is a member of the Taylor project. He is part of family group 15. Here is his story:"Prior to submitting my DNA I was at a dead end. The only information regarding my most distant...
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Taylor Project is Increasing and Getting Better
I've been less communicative in this blog lately, but Taylor work is proceeding. The project as a whole is now over 380 members. We've established goals and metrics to make sure we are progressing....
View ArticleBeginning Steps to using Family Finder or Autosomal DNA Tests
We are getting queries and getting results with the new Family Finder test available from Family Tree DNA. There are many benefits to using Family Finder. One is to confirm how collatoral branches of...
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Searching Taylor Family Trees in the Taylor Surname Project
Participants in the Surname Project have the opportunity to submit family trees. In fact, they are strongly encouraged to do so, as well as to send in updated information if they discover changes....
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Navy Hero, Captain Edwin Taylor Pollock
Today's Wikipedia features a front page story of Captain Edwin Taylor Pollock, USN, who became the 1st Governor of the U. S. Virgin Islands and the 8th Governor of American Samoa. Pollock's mother was...
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Using Genetic Matches to Understand Your Roots
Finding out the story of our ancestors, who they were and something of their personal history, involves a combination of genealogy research techniques, serendipity, and the science of genetics....
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Working Together to Assist All Genealogists
Our Taylor DNA project is just one of the many ways those who love family history can help themselves directly and indirectly by helping preserve genealogical information. A perennial problem is the...
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Collaboration is the Name of the Game
A lot of work goes on behind the scenes of this Taylor DNA project. Among what happens is that the administrators are actively working with project members to facilitate a win-win experience for all....
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Jefferson Taylor, Police Officer Killed by Lightening at Joplin Tornado Scene
From Police One.com:SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Officer Jefferson “Jeff” Taylor of the Riverside (Mo.) Police Department, who was struck by lightning while aiding in relief efforts in the wake of the Joplin...
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The Case for Using Family Finder in a Surname Project
Members of the Taylor Project have almost all participated by means of y-DNA testing. You submitted a sample, provided a basic pedigree and the name of your earliest know Taylor ancestor and now...
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Summer Sale at FTDNA
Hi,I have more coming up about interpreting DNA results, but today I need to let you know about the current sale going on at Family Tree DNA. Now is the time for you to let others know about genetic...
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Genetic Testing, what to do after 25 Markers
I was working with a project member this morning who had done 25 markers and was looking for how to make sense of the match. Here's what I told him, information that will be helpful for everyone:I see...
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Adding in Taylor data from non-Family Tree projects
Family Tree DNA is offering special pricing to include people who have tested their y-DNA with other companies. This is important to the existing members of the Taylor Project at FTDNA, and to other...
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The Simple Way to Understand Genetic Genealogy Tests, Part 1
As a co-administrator of a y-DNA/surname project, I and my colleagues get many questions about what various genetic tests can do for people. The long answer probably requires an advanced degree in...
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The Simple Way to Understand Genetic Genealogy Tests, Part 2
In part one of this series we discussed mitochondrial DNA and how it mutates (changes) so slowly that there are almost no changes over genealogical time periods, which would be the last 700 years when...
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Pearl Harbor and the Taylors
Tomorrow, December 7th, is the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Among the 2,402 Americans killed there were six Taylors. I am not sure which of our Taylor project families they...
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2012 is the Hundredth Anniversary of the Titanic Disaster
On Friday the 13th of January the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia struck a reef on the Isola del Giglio. Of the 4,229 people on board, few were likely to be Taylors. The ship carried 126-129 US...
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