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by James
Sat Apr 06, 2019 4:50 am
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: Wayne Co KY Cherokees
Replies: 13
Views: 46107

Re: Wayne Co KY Cherokees

Shari, a lot of people in and around Wayne County believe they have Cherokee anscestors, but "experts" will argue that the Cherokee were never there. This is a subject I have studied for several years. It's good to read your post.
by James
Mon May 01, 2017 4:08 am
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: Mitosearch
Replies: 0
Views: 16676

Mitosearch

In the past I have found mitosearch.org to be quite useful, but I was recently informed by Family Tree DNA, who owns mitosearch, that they are no longer maintaining the web site. It is still up, but has become a little buggy and does not always work. Really a shame. It's a great tool for genealogist...
by James
Fri Apr 28, 2017 4:24 am
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: Cherokee DNA Project (mtDNA)
Replies: 2
Views: 19402

Re: Cherokee DNA Project (mtDNA)

We submitted a sample for my cousin to the mtDNA project.
by James
Thu Apr 27, 2017 4:01 am
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: Cherokee DNA Project (mtDNA)
Replies: 2
Views: 19402

Cherokee DNA Project (mtDNA)

How is the Cherolee DNA Project progressing for mtDNA? Sorry, I don't want to get impatient. My own DNA project has slowed to a crawl and I am looking forward to seeing what you learn, if anything. The web site says the end of 2016 and I don't know how long it takes to study and compare, or if it ha...
by James
Tue Jan 17, 2017 5:29 am
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: Cherokee Autosomal Research Project
Replies: 7
Views: 28998

Re: Cherokee Autosomal Research Project

I was unable to open the Cherokee Autosomal research project ll. but I would like to be part of it.. I know my dad is Native American Indian and Cherokee. his mother was Cherokee Indian and his father was native American Indian and Scottish/ Irish. I never could get to it through the web site but f...
by James
Sat Nov 05, 2016 4:55 am
Forum: Native American
Topic: Comparing DNA to Anzick Child
Replies: 1
Views: 10530

Re: Comparing DNA to Anzick Child

I have a few cousins who took a dna test for me and I uploaded their results to gedmatch. The site is not the most user friendly, but you can get some interesting information from it.
by James
Sat Sep 10, 2016 5:09 am
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: Saleechie (Doublehead) Colbert
Replies: 4
Views: 30949

Re: Saleechie (Doublehead) Colbert

Ok. I found it. Thanks
by James
Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:35 am
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: Saleechie (Doublehead) Colbert
Replies: 4
Views: 30949

Re: Saleechie (Doublehead) Colbert

Is your family tree online anywhere? I am fairly confident that I am not related to her but i am still collecting evidence.
by James
Sun Aug 28, 2016 10:50 pm
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: Cherokee Autosomal Research Project
Replies: 7
Views: 28998

Re: Cherokee Autosomal Research Project

Do you have a link to where you read about the project? In other Cherokee projects you needed a documented paper trail.
by James
Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:24 am
Forum: Cherokee
Topic: At a loss
Replies: 2
Views: 19294

Re: At a loss

You might try gedmatch if you haven't already. You describe a common problem for that time period.

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