In my last two posts about my ongoing project to discover who fathered William Munford Stubbs, I shared that Y-DNA test results revealed two possible surnames: Dale and Brock. I then discussed my methodology for finding men of the correct age with th ...
Who Was the Father of William Munford Stubbs? Tracing Y-DNA Surnames
In my previous post about William Munford Stubbs, I shared that the Y-DNA results for this objective revealed two different surnames: Dale and Brock. Could one of these surnames have been William's father's surname too? The next step in my attempt to ...
Who Was William Munford Stubbs’ Father? Y-DNA Test Results Provide Possible Surnames
In my last blog post, I introduced my research project for the Research Like a Pro with DNA study group that I participated in over the last three months. William Munford Stubbs was born to single mother Ann Munford. Records indicate that he used his ...
Who Was William Munford Stubbs’ Father?
I have recently been participating in a Research Like a Pro with DNA Study Group offered by Diana Elder and Nicole Dyer of FamilyLocket. My objective for the study group has been to further my work on a long-standing family history mystery, discoveri ...
Research Like a Pro With DNA: An Essential Addition to Every Genealogist’s Library
The sharing of essential additions to a genealogist's personal library is a key component of many classes, institutes, and genealogy forums. With so much information out there, it's nice to hear what resources others have found to be instrumental in ...
Finding William’s Father: Possible Candidates
I am trying to find the father of William Munford Stubbs, my second great-grandfather who was born to Ann Munford in Hethel, Norfolk, England in 1858. I am using DNA and traditional genealogy research to aid my quest. Over the last fe ...
Finding William’s Father: My Research Plan
In the last post in this series, I discussed locality research as well as ethnicity estimates from Ancestry and MyHeritage. The next step in my project is to create a research plan for both DNA and traditional genealogy research. Her ...
Finding William’s Father: DNA Ethnicity Estimates and Locality Research
I have been working through the steps to complete a project in which I am trying to discover the name of my 3x great-grandfather using DNA and traditional genealogical research. I’m using my Dad’s DNA reports at Ancestry and MyHeritage for this proj ...
Finding William’s Father: New Leads
I have been working on a personal DNA project, "Finding William's Father," a little at a time over the last few weeks. In my last post, I wrote about using the AutoClustering tool at Genetic Affairs. Over the last couple of weeks, I was able to dete ...
Finding William’s Father: DNA Cluster Analysis
Last weekend while working on my DNA project, Finding William's Father, I uploaded DNA data to MyHeritage and Gedmatch. While waiting for the DNA to finish processing, I created a timeline of Ann Munford's life and analyzed my sources. This past we ...