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  • RE: WikiTree

    From Mike Dippel@954:895/1 to Sirronmit on Thursday, September 26, 2024 19:53:14
    On 9/26/2024 1:24 PM, Sirronmit wrote to Mike Dippel:

    I like wikitree but it can appear to be edited by nearly anyone. I do see some
    items are deleted by some MERGE bot?

    I gave up on Ancestry years ago after paying hundreds of dollars to locate my
    Father's Grandfather's name and coming up empty handed.

    A couple months ago I started using MyHeritage and FamilyTree after purchasing
    my DNA kit. That opened up a whole world for me. I am waiting for confirmation
    of my direct lineage to Thomas Edward Norris (1608-1675). He ran away from home
    at age 11 and became a ship mate and arrived in the now Virginia area, Kent Island. I wish I could locate the information I gathered while deployed overseas and passed through England. They had me put on cotton gloves and opened a book showing 7 NORRIS/NORREYS names. I was looking for any
    information
    back then and wondered what my Heraldry looked like.

    So it appears if the information can be confirmed, that I am 13 generations down from my direct lineage to NORRIS arriving at Kent Island. There have been
    other Norris' within a 100 year or so period, but I haven't looked into seeing
    if those NORRIS' are different branches of the tree.

    I tied my DNS kit to the two sites and waiting for hits and confirmations.

    --
    Timothy Norris aka SirRonmit

    I have learned a lot and have helped a number of people trace their roots, but over
    time, I have spent thousands of dollars and certainly will never truly get my money's
    worth.

    Mike Dippel
    https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelDippel

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  • From SirRonmit@954:895/45 to Mike Dippel on Thursday, September 26, 2024 13:19:25
    I like wikitree but it can appear to be edited by nearly anyone. I do see some items are deleted by some MERGE bot?

    I gave up on Ancestry years ago after paying hundreds of dollars to locate my Father's Grandfather's name and coming up empty handed.

    A couple months ago I started using MyHeritage and FamilyTree after purchasing my DNA kit. That opened up a whole world for me. I am waiting for confirmation of my direct lineage to Thomas Edward Norris (1608-1675). He ran away from home at age 11 and became a ship mate and arrived in the now Virginia area, Kent Island. I wish I could locate the information I gathered while deployed overseas and passed through England. They had me put on cotton gloves and opened a book showing 7 NORRIS/NORREYS names. I was looking for any information back then and wondered what my Heraldry looked like.

    So it appears if the information can be confirmed, that I am 13 generations down from my direct lineage to NORRIS arriving at Kent Island. There have been other Norris' within a 100 year or so period, but I haven't looked into seeing if those NORRIS' are different branches of the tree.

    I tied my DNS kit to the two sites and waiting for hits and confirmations.

    --
    Timothy Norris aka SirRonmit
    admin@f4fbbs.com
    bbs.f4fbbs.com:2323 or :62323

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