GRAVES FAMILY BULLETIN
Vol. 16, No. 10, Nov. 28,
2014
A
Free, Occasional, Online Summary of Items of Interest to Descendants of all
Families of Graves, Greaves, Grieves, Grave, and other spelling variations
Worldwide
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CONTENTS
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General Comments
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Special Sale Prices on DNA Tests from Family Tree DNA
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500 Best Genealogy & Family History Tips
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Interesting Observations Relating to Capt. Thomas Graves of Virginia
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News From Family Tree DNA
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Graves Family Books Still Available to Buy
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New Family Tree Display at Family Tree DNA
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MyHeritage and 23andMe Announce Partnership
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Request for Help and Collaboration
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Trivia
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To Submit Material to this Bulletin & Other Things
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GENERAL
COMMENTS
I
had intended to publish this bulletin in October but, as you can see, it didnÕt
happen. I hope all of you who celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday had a great
day!
Some
of you may have noticed that I have been somewhat less involved in the GFA
Facebook page since Karen Beverly and Concetta Phillipps were added as
co-administrators to help Vann Graves and me. It is my plan to do something similar with the
Graves/Greaves DNA project soon so that it can get the attention it needs also.
There
is no special theme to this issue of the bulletin. I hope you find some of the articles helpful and
interesting.
Now
is the time to take advantage of some of the special prices offered by Family
Tree DNA for DNA tests, especially for Y-DNA testing of genealogies that donÕt
already have any Y-DNA tests, upgrading Y-DNA tests to more markers to find
markers that are specific to a particular line, and the Big Y test. Note that the interest in this Y-DNA
testing is for males with the Graves surname. For other males and for females, autosomal DNA testing is
what will be most helpful.
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SPECIAL SALE
PRICES ON DNA TESTS FROM FAMILY TREE DNA
Family
Tree DNA (FTDNA) has slashed prices on all their most popular DNA tests. The sale ends Dec. 31, 2014. You can see the sale prices on the
FTDNA website by clicking here and
then clicking on the link at the top of that page in the magenta strip. The prices are also shown below. There will also be randomized mystery
rewards, giving everything from $5 off any purchase to $100 off Big Y.
More
discussion can be seen on Roberta EstesÕs blog here,
on Dave DowellÕs blog here
and here,
and from Judy Russell here.
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500 BEST
GENEALOGY & FAMILY HISTORY TIPS
This
book by Thomas MacEntee is free from Amazon. I was a little dubious at first. However, as I read through it, I changed my mind. He
provides some very good suggestions, and the price is right. To get your free electronic copy for
Kindle or your computer, go to amazon.com, search for the book by title, then
click on the book image and then on ÒBuy now with 1-ClickÓ. You can also see the many other books
he has written by searching for him on the Amazon website.
In
addition to general tips, topics include how to use Google Books and other
Google offerings, other free digital libraries, various approaches to data
backup and file storage, genealogy education, Evernote, Facebook, free stuff,
mapping, finding and preserving genealogy, publishing, social media, and
more. The table of contents is at
the end, so you may want to go there first.
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INTERESTING
OBSERVATIONS RELATING TO CAPT. THOMAS GRAVES OF VIRGINIA
Thomas
Graves, gentleman, arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in 1608, and was later termed
Capt. Thomas Graves, when he was given responsibility for governance of part of
the colony. He is the one at the
head of genealogy 169. It was
stated many years ago in a family history submitted to the LDS that the parents
of this Thomas Graves were Thomas Graves and Joan Blagrove. This information has been copied by
many others, and many records also state that the Thomas Graves of Virginia was
born or baptized 1 April 1584 in Lambourn, Berkshire, England. No records have ever been found to
support the date, the place, or the names of the parents.
In
relation to this, it was interesting to receive a message from Jean Wall
recently about the 1582 subsidy roll of London, which included Thomas Keeling
(£10), b.c. 1608, St. Zacharyes Parish, London, Edwarde Graves (£3), Langbourn
Ward, London, and Edwarde Crosshawe (£10), Saynt Marye Wolnothes Parish &
St. Mary Wolchurch Parish. Is it
possible that Langbourn Ward of London has been confused with Lambourn,
Berkshire?
According
to Wikipedia, Langbourn is one of the 25 ancient wards of the city of London
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NEWS FROM
FAMILY TREE DNA
NEW POLICY ON TRANSFERRING
DNA RESULTS TO FTDNA
Family
Tree DNA announced at the FTDNA conference that for first time ever, people
that have taken an AncestryDNAª or 23andMe© (V3) test can transfer into the
FTDNA databases for free by visiting
https://www.familytreedna.com/landing/atdna-landing.aspx and following the
instructions to upload their raw data file. Within an hour or two, we provide a
preview of whatÕs waiting if they transfer by showing the top 20 matches along
with an estimate of the total number of matches in the FTDNA database.
Full
functionality can be unlocked by either paying $39 or recruiting four other
people to upload via a special referral link, thus unlocking the rest of the
matches.
Some
things that have been learned about this process are:
1. To unlock the full results
for free, the four referrals must use the single link generated for a specific
kit. Otherwise thereÕs no way to track who uploaded for that kit.
2. If someone already has
Family Finder, they cannot transfer their results from another company onto the
same kit.
3. It takes about two business
days for unlocked results to be processed. Weekends arenÕt business days.
4. If you manage a surname
project, and someone with an autosomal test wants to join your group, itÕs
completely your call whether you allow them to do so. If you deny their request
or if you remove them, please give an explanation as to why youÕre doing so.
Some of the people who are transferring arenÕt aware of the distinction between
the two types of tests. If they have a problem with your decision, please refer
them to groups@ftdna.com for resolution.
WEBINARS AT FTNDA
Family Tree DNA
offers free webinars (online presentations) every month.
All
webinars are presented live at the scheduled date and time, and
are also
recorded for those who cannot attend live. The schedule of
upcoming live
webinars and the archive of recorded webinars are always
available in the
Family Tree DNA Learning Center: http://www.familytreedna.com/learn/ftdna/webinars/
November 2014
webinar schedule (other webinars available for later months):
Introduction to
Family Tree DNA
Thursday, November 6 @ 12pm Central (6pm
UTC)
Registration: http://bit.ly/IntroFTDNA6NovLive
Y-DNA Explained:
Help, My Matches Have a Different Surname!
Thursday, November 13 @ 12pm
Central (6pm UTC)
Registration: http://bit.ly/YDiffSurnameLive
The Ideal Life of
a Family Tree DNA Kit
Thursday, November 20 @ 12pm Central (6pm
UTC)
Registration: http://bit.ly/LifeofKitLive
Descriptions of
these webinars are available on each webinar's
Registration page.
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GRAVES FAMILY
BOOKS STILL AVAILABLE TO BUY
A
few copies of the 7 Graves family books that have been published are still
available for sale from me (Ken Graves).
As of today, however, there are only 2 copies of the Robert Graves book
(part of genealogy 270) and 16 copies of the Rear Adm. Thomas Graves book
(genealogy 28) remaining.
The
books available for sale are the following, and ordering details can be found
on the GFA website here. It is planned to publish additional
books in the future as e-books or in print-on-demand format, but no publishing
schedule has been set.
ROBERT
GRAVES of Anson Co., NC and Chesterfield Co., SC, Ancestors and Descendants
(descendant of genealogy 270)
This
book is about all known descendants of Robert Graves, believed when this was
published to be a sixth generation descendant of Capt. Thomas Graves, who
arrived in Jamestown, VA in 1608. The probable descent of Robert was believed
to be: (1) Thomas, (2) John, (3) Thomas, (4) John, (5) Thomas, m. Ann
Davenport, (6) Robert. Robert Graves was born about 1735-40. He had at least
three sons: Lewis, b. 1760, m. Ruth Worthy (or Worthan); John, b.c. 1763; and
Richard, b. 1765. This is now known to be part of genealogy 270. Published in
1980, 408 pages, $26.00 + $3.00 shipping.
SAMUEL
GRAVES of Lynn, MA (genealogy 83)
From
Lincolnshire and Norfolk, England. He came to America about 1630, and settled
in Lynn, MA. Published in 1985, 446 pages, $36.00 + $3.00 shipping.
THOMAS
GRAVES of Hartford, CT and Hatfield, MA (genealogy 168)
Born
before 1585 in England, settled in Hartford before 1645, and moved to Hatfield,
MA in 1661. Includes everything in the 1896 book by John Card Graves, plus much
more. Published in 1985, 710 pages, $46.00 + $3.00 shipping.
GRAVES
FAMILIES OF THE WORLD (many genealogies)
A
summary of all Graves/Greaves families everywhere. Contains a summary genealogy
(at least the first 2 generations) of 200 families, a brief description of 39
others with insufficient information for a genealogy, and discussion of
possible connections between some of the families. Published in 1994, 509 pages,
$41.00 + $3.00 shipping.
REAR
ADMIRAL THOMAS GRAVES of Charlestown, MA (genealogy 28)
Born
1605 at Ratcliff or Stepney, England, settled in Charlestown, MA about 1637.
Includes descendants in England of his great-grandfather, Thomas Greaves.
Published in 1994, 267 pages, $23.00 + $3.00 shipping.
DEACON
GEORGE GRAVES of Hartford, CT (genealogy 65)
Born
in England, settled in Hartford, CT about 1636, as one of the original
proprietors. Published March 1995, 446 pages, $35.00 + $3.00 shipping.
JOHN
GRAVES of Concord, MA (genealogy 166)
Born
in England, settled in Concord, MA about 1635. Published March 2002, 1703
pages, 2 volumes, $75.00 + $5.00 shipping.
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NEW FAMILY
TREE DISPLAY AT FAMILY TREE DNA
Ginger
Smith (descended from genealogy 270) writes a blog called ÒGenealogy By
GingerÕs Blog.Ó She recently
wrote: ÒFor all of you who have tested with FTDNA, they recently changed the
way your family tree is displayed. Now you can add people to your tree and link
other people who have tested to your tree as well. The only problem is that
there is a new default setting that you might want to change: all people born
in the last 100 years are marked "PRIVATE"; but unfortunately even
people with no birth or death dates are also marked as "PRIVATE." I'm
not sure if this is a bug or what. Anyway, you can follow the steps outlined in
this post to change your settings to "PUBLIC." http://www.genealogybyginger.blogspot.com/2014/09/new-family-tree-settings-for-ftdna.html.Ó
Her
blog article gives more details.
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MYHERITAGE AND
23ANDME ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP
MyHeritage
and 23andMe have recently announced a new partnership. An article about that, dated Oct. 21,
was in EastmanÕs
Online Genealogy Newsletter, and another article was in the MyHeritage
Blog. According to Dick
EastmanÕs article, the partnership will provide major enhancements to the
services of both companies. 23andMeÕs customers will be able to enjoy automated
family history discoveries by using MyHeritageÕs Smart Matchingª Record
Matching services, and MyHeritage customers will now be able to use matching
DNA to explore their family tree connections.
A
post by Doris Wheeler on the ISOGG list states: ÒStart for free at www.myheritage.com. You can even build a
skeletal tree for free, but the subscription really is worthwhile. I find new
discoveries all the time, especially in Europe. It seems to be a favorite site
for Europeans but has many American subscribers too. They also offer a great
mobile app, as well as a desktop version of your tree that synchs with the
online one. I use it for direct ancestors only to keep from being overwhelmed
with great "record" matches. Their SuperSearch is excellent.Ó
Wikitree.com also
provides a worthwhile and creative approach.
In
case anyone is concerned, it is clearly stated in the fourth paragraph from the
end of the MyHeritage article that the partnership with FTDNA will
continue. The article states: ÓMyHeritage users will be able to purchase 23andMe's Personal
Genome Service¨ in addition to the DNA tests already offered by MyHeritage that
are powered by MyHeritage's other DNA partner, Family Tree DNA. The product
integration that is planned between MyHeritage and 23andMe will take this a step
further by allowing the use of DNA to prove or disprove matches found by
MyHeritage; and the use of MyHeritage trees, records and matching to attempt to
map better connections found by DNA.Ó
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REQUEST FOR
HELP AND COLLABORATION
Caroline
Hickerson (carolinehickerson@yahoo.com) contacted me, asking for help. She wrote: ÒI am interested in working
with Graves researchers regarding several questions I have. I am willing to
share and can make a contribution to the association. Right now I'm working on Graves in Covington, MS. I'm trying
to connect them to the Hills and other families. I have some Hill info that
will probably be useful.
I am
primarily a researcher of the Rains family. The Rains have marriages to Graves
in TN and elsewhere. I don't have enough information to know if these various
Graves lines are connected, though I'm starting to look at the Graves DNA
project.
If you
know anyone who would be willing to work with me, please let me know.Ó
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TRIVIA
Since
this is Thanksgiving weekend in the United States, it seemed appropriate to
point you to a new
map of which foods are unusually popular in each state on
Thanksgiving. Researchers at
Google didnÕt focus on the most popular dish in each state (which would be
turkey), but rather the most distinct.
The results are interesting.
In Michigan, for example, Òcheesy potatoesÓ is 9 times more commonly
searched (relative to population size) than in the rest of the country. In West Virginia itÕs Òdeer jerkyÓ, and
in Texas and Oklahoma itÕs Òsopapilla cheesecakeÓ. Check the site for foods of other states.
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