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From: "Larry Carter" <>
Subject: Re: [CARTER-DNA] web re-design suggestions
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 22:34:11 -0500
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My two cents: Idon't think we need the donor's name. In my tree, I am the
donor. However, I stop at my Grandfather. If anyone wants more after him,
they can contact me.

Kathy Wells, I'm going to use you as an example; In her husband's line he is
a Carter via his mother if I remember right, and his father was a Wells, but
they had a Carter relative do the DNA testing. If you check their research,
you will see an excelent job,of documentation on their Carter line. If Kathy
was to remove her posting because the donor's name is not listed, this would
be a wealth of information that would be missing from the group.

Trees like Kathy's as well as others, can help us narrow that search down
for our own families.

Do we need the donor's name? No. We would like to have their input into our
Carter group.

Larry F. Carter



----- Original Message -----
From: "Bette" <>
To: <>; <>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [CARTER-DNA] web re-design suggestions


I haven't been reading all this, but I don't know why it's important to have
the donor's name - we're trying to go backwards in time.

My male cousin is interested in what I find out - but I would not place his
name without permission. We share the same connection. My gggrandfather
Carter was also his grandfather's ggrandfather(oh, wow, that's confusing for
a Friday night!). This Male Carter (my cousin), is the last male carter in
our family.
Bette

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From: <>
Subject: Re: [CARTER-DNA] web re-design suggestions
To:
Date: Friday, August 5, 2011, 6:46 PM


If there is a requirement that the DNA donor be listed, I will leave the
group and withdraw my information. Sorry, but the donors are often here
ONLY because the researcher asked and the donors often don't care about
genealogy. I have just asked another person to do Carter DNA testing and he
will only do it if he remains anonymous. My son doesn't care, but the other
man does.

Judy


----- Original Message -----
From: "Isabel M. Carter" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: [CARTER-DNA] web re-design suggestions


>I think the DNA donor should be listed for each submission, as well as the
> sponsor/contact person. I have paid for a number of different DNA surname
> tests, and am the contact person in almost every case. Sometimes the
> results
> were a match to my family tree, and sometimes not.
>
> In a couple of cases, both the donor and I are the contact people. If you
> list only the contact person, and not the donor, it can be confusing. The
> name of the donor helps keeps the samples straight without memorizing a
> lot
> of kit numbers. The men I have recruited have not minded that their names
> were attached to their donations, and were glad to help.
>
> Isabel Carter
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 5:22 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [CARTER-DNA] web re-design suggestions
>
> Good points!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:] On Behalf Of Holly Carter Dunlap
> Georgia
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:44 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [CARTER-DNA] web re-design suggestions
>
>
>
> The thing to remember is that the DNA Donor and the Researcher (Kit
> Sponsor)
> are not always the same person. I am suggesting having contact info for
> the
> Researcher, not the DNA Donor. Often the actual DNA Donor is a distant
> cousin who did the sample as a favor and has no interest in genealogy and
> doesn't want to be bothered or even identified.
>
>
>
>
>> From:
>> To:
>> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 13:21:10 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [CARTER-DNA] web re-design suggestions
>>
>> I am very much in favor of adding #3
>>
>> 3) I would add a column right on the Test Results Page for the
>> Names(s)/email addresse(s) of the Researcher(s)/Kit Sponsors(s) to be
>> identified. Of course, this information would be voluntary.
>>
>> I made the suggestion several years ago, and it was shot down. I am a
>> member of several DNA surname projects, and all of the others list the
>> donor who is the match. It was through contacting them that I was able
>> to make connections in my family tree. The earliest ancestor groupings
>> have been minimally useful to me because I never could link the names.
>> Most were recent ancestors in a particular line, and not in my files.
>>
>> As far as the information being voluntary, I think the submitters
>> should provide contact information if they want to be part of the
>> project. If they can't be contacted, what's the point of joining?
>>
>> Isabel Carter
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Holly Carter Dunlap Georgia
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 1:18 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: [CARTER-DNA] web re-design suggestions
>>
>>
>>
>> I have some web re-design suggestions. Since we are in the process of
>> discussing the re-design of Carter-World, I think this would be as
>> good a time as any to toss them into the wind to see what flies.
>>
>>
>> In reviewing the Carter-Cousins.org wegsite, I see that Vickie has
>> setup the following columns on the Test Results page:
>>
>>
>> - Kit #
>> - Earliest Ancestor
>> - Haplogroup
>> - # of Markers Matched
>> - Date & Places
>>
>>
>> I'm sure other people have other ideas but here are my suggestions.
>>
>>
>> 1) Get rid of that # of Markers Matched column. It is confusing. It
>> raises the question; matched to what? I think it is meaningless and
>> misleading.
>>
>>
>> 2) I think Earliest Ancestor and Dates & Places should be combined.
>> Both serve the same identification purpose. This field may need to be
>> expanded to include brief notes in some cases.
>>
>>
>> 3) I would add a column right on the Test Results Page for the
>> Names(s)/email addresse(s) of the Researcher(s)/Kit Sponsors(s) to be
>> identified. Of course, this information would be voluntary.
>>
>>
>>
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