Genealogy News Bytes - 2 June 2017

Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last three days include:

*  Kenneth R. Marks shared the latest additions to the free Chronicling America website in his The Ancestor Hunt blog post - Chronicling America Updates - May, 2017.

*  The Family Tree Webinars presentation of "The Great War: Researching Your World War I Ancestors" by Michael L. Strauss, AG is now available to view at  www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

*  The FamilySearch blog announced new indexing projects in Recently Launched Indexing Projects On FamilySearch: May 2017.

*  Lisa Louise Cooke has announced 13 Free 20 minute sessions in the Exhibit Hall and will stream 7 of them via Facebook Live at the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree.  See the list in her press release here.

*  The Family Nexus mobile app has announced premium features in Version 1.1  See details here.

*  Thomas MacEntee tees up Genealogy Bargains for Friday, 2 June 2017.

*  DearMYRTLE hosted another hangout with Melissa Barker titled "The Archive Lady - May 2017."

*  DearMYRTLE hosted the second hangout of the "GermanGen Study Group."

*  James Tanner has a new BYU Family History Library video on "Inside FamilySearch.org - Revealed."

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SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Plans - Sunday Events

My plans for the Southern California Genealogical Society 2017 Genealogy Jamboree in Burbank, California have crystallized now, so here are our plans for Sunday, 11 June:

The Sunday schedule is at http://www.genealogyjamboree.com/2017/schedule-sunday.html.

I hope to participate in these events:

*  7:30 a.m.:  Breakfast in the Bloggers Lounge (where the breakfast bar is).  Usually a banana and a blueberry muffin and orange juice.

*  8:30 a.m.:  SU002 Putting Your DNA Matches to Work
Are you drowning in DNA matches? Let’s take a deep dive into how you’re connected through all those matches. Make a splash by learning how to filter, sort, search or use the latest tools to connect you to your DNA cousins, and find real answers to real questions. Level: Beg., Int., Adv. (Anna Swayne of Ancestry)
*  10 a.m.:  SU011 Mayflower to Minutemen: Finding Colonial Records (1610-1790)
This presentation discusses the composition of immigrants within the several colonies. The variety of available records is discussed for the diverse colonies, their people, and their genealogy source data. Online records are stressed. Level: Beg.  (James Marion Baker, PhD, CG^sm)
*  11 a.m.:  Lunch from the Concession Food Sales folks in the Patio.  Usually a hot dog, an apple and a cookie.

* 12:30 p.m.:  SU021 Family Secrets: Court Records Tell It All
No matter what time period your ancestors lived in, they surely had a few secrets. Explore various court records that reveal family relationships and issues. Find answers to long-standing family mysteries! Level: Int. (Sharon D. Monson)
*  1:30 p.m.:  The Exhibit Hall closes at 2 p.m., so I'll take one last visit.

*  2 p.m.:  SU030 You Can't Take It With You: Estate Planning for Genealogists
Who will care for your genealogy research and family heirlooms when you’re gone? Explore legacy options for distributing family treasures, learn how to be an attractive donor to institutional archives, and discover tips to safeguard collections and recover from natural and man-made disaster. Level: Beg., Int., Adv. (Denise May Levenick, MA)
3 p.m.:  It's over.  We will probably head for Huntington Beach and see the grandkids and have dinner there before heading home to Chula Vista.

Of course, I will flit in and out of the Exhibit Hall between classes, and may even skip a class session or two during the day to have extended discussions with exhibitors in the Exhibit Hall.  I want to take photographs for the blog, too.  Um, and I will probably take a nap during the day - either in a class or in a quiet place.  

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New Records Available to Search and Browse This Findmypast Friday, 2 June 2017

I received this information from Findmypast today:

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Over 5 million additional United States, WWI Draft Registration Cards available to search this Findmypast Friday

 Over 5.1 million new records have been added to our collection of United States WWI draft registration cards. This final update completes this fascinating collection, which now totals more than 25 million records.

The draft was authorized for the purpose of raising a national army in light of the United States' entry into World War I. When, on April 6, 1917, the United States officially declared war on Germany, the US Army was far too small to effectively fight an overseas war. In response, the Selective Service Act was passed enabling men to be selected, trained and drafted into military service, as necessary. Following the Act’s passage on May 18th 1917, more than 24 million Americans (nearly 98% of the male population under the age of 46) registered for the draft, meaning that this collection records nearly half the male population at that time.

Each result will provide you with a transcript and an image of the original draft registration card. Transcripts will reveal your ancestor's birth date, place of birth, residence, registration year and citizenship country. Images will often provide additional details such as your ancestor's home address, citizenship status, marital status, occupation, employer and place of employment, prior military service, race, and details relating to their next of kin. Each card was also signed by the individual, which provides you with a look at your ancestor's own script and signature.

Additional Sets Added This Week

A total of 7.3 million records from the US, Canada and the UK have been released this Findmypast Friday. Additional collections now available to search include;

New Brunswick, County Deed Registry Books image browse

This browse-only collection allows you to explore over 1,400 volumes of land records in their entirety. The material covers 1780 to 1993, contains over 792,000 records and covers all 15 counties within the province. The deed books cover the years 1780 to 1930 while the Indexes run from 1780 to 1993.

Illinois, Northern District, Naturalization Index

Illinois, Northern District, Naturalization Index contains over 550,000 records. This index of naturalization cards from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois covers petitions made by residents of northern Illinois, northwest Indiana, southern and eastern Wisconsin, and eastern Iowa. The records have the highest concentration from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s, with a few outliers. Each result will provide you with a transcript and an image of the original record. Transcripts will generally reveal the date of your ancestor's naturalization, their country of birth, place of birth and language. Images may provide further information such as the names and addresses of witnesses, the name and place of the naturalization court, their address, and their date and port of arrival in the United States.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police obituary card index and notices 1876-2007 browse

Find out if your ancestor died or was killed while serving with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with over 9,000 browsable obituary cards. The collection comprises obituaries and death notices of RCMP officers who died in service and that were printed in Royal Canadian Mounted Police publications, such as the Scarlet and Gold Magazine, as well as an index of obituaries. The amount of information listed will vary depending on the source material. Most records will reveal when your ancestor died, their rank and regimental number at the very least. A number or entries also include photographs of the deceased officer.

Scotland, Post Office Directories Image Browse

More than 180,000 additional records have been added to our collection of browsable Scottish Post Office Directories. These fascinating records provide brief descriptions of local areas, lists of notable people, of local business owners and are an excellent source for both family and local historians.

1939 Register - empty addresses

Over 667,000 additional 1939 Register records are now available to search. These new records relate to vacant addresses recorded in the register.

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52 Ancestors - Week 178: #257 Eunice (Rayment) Seaver (1707-1773) of Massachusetts

Here is my 52 Ancestors biography for week #178 (in the 6th great-grandparents):

Eunice (Rayment) Seaver (1707-1773)  is #257 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandmother, who married #256 Robert Seaver (1702-1752)  in 1726, in Boston, Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their son, #128 Norman Seaver (1734-1787) who married #129 Sarah Read (1736-1809) in 1755.

*  their son, #64 Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816) who married #65 Martha Whitney (1763-1832) in 1783.

*  their son #32 Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825) who married #33 Abigail Gates (1797-1867) in 1817.

*  their son #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) who married #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884) in 1851.

*  their son #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) who married #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) in 1874.

*  their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.

*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.

*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Name:                          Eunice Rayment[1–2]

*  Alternate Name:          Eunice Raymond[3]    

*  Alternate Name:          Eunice Seaver[5–6]   

*  Sex:                             Female   

*  Father:                         Samuel Rayment (1679-1723)   

*  Mother:                       Eunice Norman (1686-1743)   

  

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

  

*  Birth:                           12 June 1707 Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[3]   

*  Deed:                           7 April 1755 (age 47), estate sold Lot 70 (60 acres) to Luke Brown for 20 pounds and to Ezra Taylor for 54 pounds; Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[4]   

*  Membership:              14 December 1755 (age 48), First Parish Church, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[5]   

*  Membership:              17 November 1772 (age 65), First Parish Church, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[6]   

*  Death:                         after 17 November 1772 (after age 65) probably Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States   

       

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

  

*  Spouse 1:                   Robert Seaver (1702-1752)   

*  Marriage Intentions: 19 August 1726 (age 19) Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[1]   

*  Marriage:                  2 September 1726 (age 19), Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[2]   

*  Child 1:                     Joseph Seaver (1727-    )   

*  Child 2:                     Benjamin Seaver (1728-    )   

*  Child 3:                     Thankful Seaver (1731-    )   

*  Child 4:                     Norman Seaver (1734-1787)   

*  Child 5:                     Hannah Seaver (1736-    )   

*  Child 6:                     Moses Seaver (1738-1809)   

*  Child 7:                     Robert Seaver (1743-1828)   

*  Child 8:                     Samuel Seaver (1747-1830)   

*  Child 9:                     John Seaver (1752-    )   

  

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

Eunice Raymond was born on 12 June 1707 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, the daughter of Samuel and Eunice (Norman) Raymond[3].  

Eunice Rayment  and Robert Sever filed marriage intentions on 19 August 1726[1] and were married on 2 September 1726 in Boston, Massachusetts by Samuel Myles[2].

Robert and Eunice (Rayment) Seaver settled in Framingham, Massachusetts after their marriage, resided also in neighboring Sudbury, and had nine children between 1727 and about 1752, some of whom were recorded in Framingham and some in Sudbury. 

In 1748, the Seaver house in Sudbury burned down and the family moved to Westminster, Massachusetts.  Robert died there in 1752 and Eunice was administratrix for his estate, which was insolvent.  She sold Lot 70 (60 acres) to Luke Brown for 20 pounds and to Ezra Taylor for 54 pounds to pay off the debtors[4].

After Robert's death, Eunice Seaver moved back to Sudbury with her minor children, and lived in Sudbury, perhaps with her son Norman until he married in 1757.   Eunice joined the First Parish Church of Sudbury on 14 December 1755[5].  Samuel Sever, son of Eunice Sever, was baptized at the First Parish Church of Sudbury on 28 July 1754 (although the record says "son to widow Thankful").  Eunice Sever is listed as a member of the First Church of Sudbury on 17 November 1772[6].

Her death date and residence at the time of her death are unknown.  It is probably either Sudbury or Westminster.  Heywood's Westminster book says she died in 1773. There is no probate record located for Eunice (Rayment) Seaver.  

There is no burial record for either Robert or Eunice (Rayment) Seaver in Sudbury or Westminster.

5)  SOURCES

 

1. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Boston, "Marriage Publications, 1713-1728, Vol. 2," page 252 (image 128 of 151), Robert Sever and Eunice Rayment entry.

2. Massachusetts, Town Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com, Boston, "Births, Marriages and Deaths" page 259 (image 2073 of 60705), Robert Sever and Eunice Rayment marriage entry.

3. Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1904, 2 Volumes), Births, Volume 1, page 422, Eunice Raymond entry.

4. "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org :, accessed 25 May 2017), Worcester County, Volume 36, page 270 and 281, Robert Seaver estate to Luke Brown and Ezra Taylor, recorded 7 April 1755; also on FHL Microfilm 0,843,173.

5. First Parish Church (Sudbury, Mass.), Church Records, 1704-1956, Sudbury, Massachusetts, Family History Library (on FHL US/CAN Film 0,185,464), Eunice Seaver membership.

6. Jacob Bigelow, The Record Book of Jacob Bigelow, 1772-1800, Family History Library (on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 0,185,462), Eunice Seaver membership.

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NOTE:  Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge:  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2017 to 208 Ancestors in 208 Weeks.

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Seavers in the News - Searching for My Name

It's time for the latest episode in my "Seavers in the News" series, in which I try to find interesting, humorous, macabre, or puzzling.

I was curious if my own name had entries in the online newspapers on GenealogyBank, so I searched for "seaver" and "randy" and checked the Exact name box.  I got two hits in the Newspaper Archives collection, both from San Diego.  One was for Tom Seaver and Randy Jones in 1975 - not me.

The other one was for, apparently, my only entry in the San Diego Union newspaper, dated Friday, 20 August 1963:

The transcription of this article is:

"International Radio Club Meets Today

"The national convention of the International Radio Club of America will be held at El Cortez Hotel today through Monday.

"Randy Seaver, 2119 30th St., convention chairman, said 30 to 40 members plan to attend.

"The meeting will be highlighted by a banquet at El Cortez Monday evening."

The source citation for this article is:

"International Radio Club Meets Today," San Diego [Calif.] Union, Friday, 20 August 1963, page B16, column 1; digital image,   GenealogyBank  (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 1 June 2017), Newspaper Archives collection.

Yep, that is me, at age 19, acting as a convention chairman for my hobby radio club.  My hobby from 1960 to 1988 (i.e., before genealogy) was to listen to the radio for faraway stations - it is called DXing (for "distant reception").  I specialized in the AM broadcast band, 540 to 1600 khz, and in 1963 was using my family's Zenith console tube radio.  With this radio, I was able to hear distant stations in between the local or regional radio stations - stations from Central America, the Caribbean, South America, Hawaii, Australia/New Zealand, eastern Asia, Canada and most U.S. states - late at night when many U.S. stations would go off the air.  I "graduated" to a Hammarlund communications receiver in 1964, which had better sensitivity and selectivity, especially with a long wire antenna or a tuneable box loop.  The club had a weekly mimeo bulletin mailed to members, and I had a column in it from 1964 to 1968.  

The IRCA was a new group, having broken away from the venerable National Radio Club in 1962, and San Diego was the second annual convention for IRCA.  Of course, I didn't know what I didn't know, so I volunteered to host this shindig at one of the best business hotels in San Diego. We had a core group of about 5 San Diego area DXers who helped set it up and execute it.   I got a free room at the hotel for my efforts, but had to pay for the banquet dinner.  We had a great time - I had not attended one of these before, and had not met anyone in person outside of Southern California.  I don't recall all of the activities - we had displays of radio station verification cards in the meeting room, discussions about stations, equipment and techniques, etc.  I think we visited several San Diego radio station studios (KCBQ-1170 was across the street) and transmitter sites, plus we listened into the wee hours to available radios.  And talked, and talked, etc.  

This event led to attending subsequent conventions in Denver, Milwaukee, Montreal, Boston, Vancouver, Sacramento and several other locations in the period 1964-1973.  I still love conventions and conferences!

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SCGS Genealogy Jamboree Plans - Saturday Events

My plans for the Southern California Genealogical Society 2017 Genealogy Jamboree in Burbank, California have crystallized now, so here are our plans for Saturday, 10 June:

The Saturday schedule is at http://www.genealogyjamboree.com/2017/schedule-saturday.html.

I hope to participate in these events:

*  7:30 a.m.:  Breakfast in the Bloggers Lounge (where the breakfast bar is).  Usually a banana and a blueberry muffin and orange juice.

*  8:30 a.m.:  SA009 Descendancy Research: Another Pathway to Genealogy 
Breaking down genealogy brick walls is not without rewards. Finding descendants of an ancestral couple and searching collateral lines is another pathway yet to be explored. This lecture examines the methodology used to find living relations who may hold the key to your family history research. Level: Beg., Int. (Michael L. Strauss, AG®)
*  10:00 a.m.:  SA018 Wives, Girlfriends, Widows, Exes and Mistresses: Documenting Women
What records exist to document women’s relationship to their significant others or other male family members? Learn what records exist that connect a woman with her husband, partner, father or other male relative. Level: Int. (Gena Philibert-Ortega, MA, MAR)
*  11:30 a.m.:  SA026 How to Get More from Your DNA with GEDMatch.com 
Learn how to mine your autosomal DNA results for genealogical gems using the most popular third-party tool for genetic genealogy. Level: Beg., Int., Adv. (Shannon Stewart Christmas, MCP)
*  12:30 p.m.:  Lunch from the Concession Food Sales folks in the Patio.  Usually a hot dog, an apple and a cookie.

*  2 p.m.:  SA036 Your Ancestor's FAN Club: Using Cluster Research
Our ancestors were each surrounded by family, associates, and neighbors. By researching them, we discover additional records pointing to our own ancestors. Level: Int. (Drew Smith, MLS)

*  3:30 p.m.:  SA038 “She Came from Nowhere…” A Case Study Approach to a Complex Genealogical Problem.  This lecture illustrates a problem-solving approach utilizing social history, female research and family analysis to identify the parents of Elizabeth Stith, the ancestor “from nowhere.” See the Genealogical Proof Standard at work! Level: Int., Adv. (Michael D. Lacopo, DVM)

*  5 p.m.:  SA046 7 Awesome Apps That Will Help You Captivate Non-Genealogists

Eliminate your relative's eye-rolling! Lisa Louise Cooke, author of the book “Mobile Genealogy," will cover seven easy-to-use, free mobile apps that will help you tell your family history stories in a riveting way. Apple and Android. Level: Beg., Int., Adv. (Lisa Louise Cooke)

*  6 p.m.:  Probably dinner out with friends in beautiful downtown Burbank.

*  8 p.m. and on:  Blogging and/or discussion, in the Blogger Lounge.

Of course, I will flit in and out of the Exhibit Hall between classes, and may even skip a class session or two during the day to have extended discussions with exhibitors in the Exhibit Hall.  I want to take photographs for the blog, too.  Um, and I will probably take a nap during the day - either in a class or in a quiet place.  At some point during the weekend, I want to visit the Research Assistance area to see what an expert will tell me about breaking down my brick walls.

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1707 Birth Record of Eunice Raymond (1707-1772) of Marblehead, Mass. -- Post #367 of Treasure Chest Thursday

It's Treasure Chest Thursday - time to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the  1707 birth record of Eunice Raymond, daughter of Samuel and Eunice (Norman) Raymond of Marblehead, Massachusetts:

 The birth record for Eunice Raymond:

The transcription of this record is:

"RAYMOND, Eunice, eldest d. Samuell and Eunice, June 12, 1707."

The source citation for this record is:

Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1904, 2 Volumes), Births, Volume 1, page 422, Eunice Raymond entry.

Eunice Raymond was the first child of Samuel and Eunice (Norman) Raymond of Marblehead, Massachusetts.   She married (as Eunice Rayment) Robert Seaver (1702-1752) in 1726 in Boston, Massachusetts, and they had nine children in Framingham and Sudbury between 1727 and about 1752.  Robert and Eunice (Rayment) Seaver are my 6th great-grandparents through their son, Norman Seaver (1734-1787) who married Sarah Read (1736-1809) in 1755.

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Comparison of My Autosomal DNA Ethnicity Estimates

I added the MyHeritageDNA to my autosomal DNA ethnicity estimate list today.  Here are the updated results:

1)  Perceived Genealogical Ancestry

I estimated my perceived genealogical ancestry, based on where my ancestors in each line resided in 1500 CE (this had to be an educated guess!) in My Autosomal DNA Quandary Persists:

68%  British Isles
24%  Germany/Switzerland
1%  Holland/Belgium
1%  France
6%  Unknown (perhaps some are French, Dutch, Scandinavian, Belgian, English, Native American, or other places)

2)  AncestryDNA Autosomal DNA Ethnicity Estimate:

The AncestryDNA ethnicity estimate by sub-region is:

*  66% Europe West
*  18% Ireland
*  9% Great Britain
*  3% Scandinavian
*  1% Italy/Greece
* <1% Iberian Peninsula
*  <1% Pacific Islander
*  < !% Native-American

3)  FamilyTreeDNA Autosomal DNA Estimate:

My FamilyTreeDNA ethnicity estimate by sub-region is:

*  45% Scandinavia
*  32% Western and Central Europe
*  19% Southern Europe
*  4% British Isles

4)  23andMe autosomal DNA ethnicity estimate:

My 23andMe ethnicity estimate by sub-region is:

*  47.9% British & Irish
*  26.0% French and German
*  2.0% Scandinavian
*  21.0% Broadly Northwestern European
*  1.3% Southern European
*  1.1% Broadly European
*  0.5% East Asian and Native American
*  0.1% Middle Eastern and North African

5)  DNA.land autosomal DNA Ethnicity Estimate:

My DNA.land ethnicity estimate by sub-region is:

*  82% Northwest European
*  8.6% Balkan
*  1.6% Ambiguous South European
*  7.6% Ambiguous West Eurasian

5)  Living DNA autosomal DNA Ethnicity Estimate:

*  86.2% British Isles
*  13.8%  Europe

The British Isles numbers were further broken down as:

*** South Central England = 21.0% (orange)
*** Central England = 18.6% (blue)
*** South England = 18.5% (green)
*** East Anglia = 10.1% (red)
*** Devon = 8.5% (light blue)
*** Cumbria = 2.5% (brown)
*** Northumbria = 1.7% (teal)
*** Southeast England = 1.1% (purple)
*** Unassigned England = 4.1% (gray)

7)  MyHeritageDNA autosomal DNA Ethnicity Estimate:

*  North and West European:   64.7%
*  English:                                34.2%
*  Central American:                 1.1%

8)  Conclusions and Comments

a)  The six DNA ethnicity estimates do not match one another.  This is probably because they have different sub-regional groupings, and different reference groups (persons tested and assigned to each grouping), on which  they are basing their estimates.

b)  For those services that identified a sub-region of British Isles and Ireland, the results are:

**  Living DNA:  86.2% British Isles
**  AncestryDNA:  27%  Ireland and great Britain
**  FamilyTreeDNA:  4%  British Isles
**  23andMe:  47.9%  British and Irish
** MyHeritageDNA:  English 34.2% (nut not Scotland and Ireland)
Compared to my perceived genealogical estimate of 68% for the British Isles (including Ireland), the Living DNA estimate overestimates the DNA contribution, while the other services underestimate the DNA contribution.    

Obviously, the British Isles were a place where invasions from the Romans, the Angles, the Saxons,  the Vikings, and the Normans have occurred over the past 2,000 years.  I probably left some out.  

c)  Based on my perceived genealogical ethnicity, and the six DNA autosomal test service results, I still think that 23andMe provided the best ethnicity estimate.  I may be wrong, of course!

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Disclosure:  I purchased the 23andMe autosomal test.  I received a complimentary test kit from AncestryDNA.  I won a contest for the FamilyTreeDNA autosomal test kit.  I used raw data from the 23andMe test for the DNA.Land, Living DNA test and MyHeritageDNA test.

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