As I continue to think about endogomy vs. multiple lines of descent and the impacts of both/either on my at-DNA match lists I realized I simply couldn’t hold all of
Category: methodology
mt-DNA research – maybe a plan for determining the mother of James McLeland and sister Mary McLeland Wharton
at-DNA suggests that James McLeland (1772 North Carolina – 1847 Indiana) and Mary McLeland (1770 North Carolina – 1842 Indiana, married to Richard Wharton 1793 Kentucky) are siblings. There are
So Many Basil Prathers
Three of Colonel Thomas Prather’s grandsons were named Basil Prather (he had other grandsons named Basil but they did not carry the Prather surname.) The reason for the sudden
Pedigree Collapse or Endogomy – which causes my interesting DNA match results?
Pedigree Collapse – “The common historical tendency to marry those within walking distance, due to the relative immobility of the population before modern transport, meant that most marriage partners were
DNA provides a connection to Mary McLeland Wharton’s decendants
In December of 2019 I did an AncestryDNA test. This is an autosomal DNA test which is the only kind of test that will help connect my family line to
DNA evidence the long way around
I’ve groused about the uncritical use of DNA evidence before. And I’ve muttered about how without careful thought and supporting documentary evidence DNA really can’t answer many genealogical questions. So
Finally! The re-footnoted Whitman article is back on the McLeland-Wieser Family Blog
It has taken me far too long but I’ve finally put all the footnotes back into The Children of Phoebe and George Whitman – using record analysis to establish relationships
DNA evidence is not a genealogical miracle cure
You’ve hit a brick wall – say with an ancestor who flourished (don’t you love that word) in the early 1800s. You have excellent evidence connecting he or she to
The pension file of my dreams!
John McLeland, father of Thomas Asher McLeland, took the unusual step of applying for a Civil War Service Pension based on the service of his deceased son James R. McLeland.
Lumberjacks – the cowboys of early Maine
Following up on the legend of the death of Moses Gould in 1816, I had some questions. Would a logger’s death have been so commonplace it wasn’t recorded in a