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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 2171636" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>That is wonderful!</p><p></p><p>One reason I started doing family history many years ago was to find my paternal grandfather. It is also the reason why I did the DNA test. However, as I haven't a clue what his name is it is an impossible task. I have exhausted all possibilities. The DNA may eventually be of some use, but all I know is he had an only daughter born before 1914. If she never married, or had no children, the line is lost.</p><p></p><p>I agree with you [USER=487111]@SaskiaKC[/USER] that there are many Ancestry contributors that have no idea how to research or to record their sources. Many simply copy from others without verifying what they add. I can't tell you how many don't even bother to look at maps. Numerous wives having children when they are well above child bearing age, children baptised in churches hundreds of miles from where the parents live, similarly burials. I even saw one whose son was older than he was! Having said all that, it is a remarkable resource for those of us who do verify and research, and who get off our bums and do some field research in graveyards and county record archives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 2171636, member: 94045"] That is wonderful! One reason I started doing family history many years ago was to find my paternal grandfather. It is also the reason why I did the DNA test. However, as I haven't a clue what his name is it is an impossible task. I have exhausted all possibilities. The DNA may eventually be of some use, but all I know is he had an only daughter born before 1914. If she never married, or had no children, the line is lost. I agree with you [USER=487111]@SaskiaKC[/USER] that there are many Ancestry contributors that have no idea how to research or to record their sources. Many simply copy from others without verifying what they add. I can't tell you how many don't even bother to look at maps. Numerous wives having children when they are well above child bearing age, children baptised in churches hundreds of miles from where the parents live, similarly burials. I even saw one whose son was older than he was! Having said all that, it is a remarkable resource for those of us who do verify and research, and who get off our bums and do some field research in graveyards and county record archives. [/QUOTE]
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