GRAVES FAMILY BULLETIN
Vol. 19, No. 8, November 16,
2017
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
**
General Comments
** Family
Tree DNA Holiday Sale
**
How to Save More Money on Tests and What Tests to Order
**
Interesting Graves Project in Essex, England
** To Submit Material to this Bulletin & Other
Things
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GENERAL
COMMENTS
This
is the first bulletin that has been published since Aug. 31, so if you have
been concerned that you havenÕt been receiving them, donÕt be. I have just been too busy with other
things.
The
most exciting news in this issue is the year-end DNA Holiday Sale from Family
Tree DNA. We are making great
progress with finding the ancestry and connections of the various families, but
we need many more of you to do more testing. I encourage all of you to take a Big Y test or a recommended
SNP Pack, or to help fund one for someone else in your part of the family.
This
past weekend, Nov. 10-12, I was fortunate to be able to attend the 13th
International Genetic Genealogy Conference in Houston, Texas, sponsored by
Family Tree DNA. In the next issue
of the bulletin I will be reporting on some of the very interesting information
discussed and presented there, and the big impact on the Graves/Greaves family
genealogy studies. One very
encouraging result is that our next generation testing of SNPs and Big Y is
finally yielding results within the recent genealogical time period. Stay tuned!
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FAMILY TREE
DNA HOLIDAY SALE
SALE PRICES
The
Family Finder DNA Holiday Sale started this past Sunday, Nov. 12, and ends at
midnight Central Standard Time, Dec. 31, 2017. The following individual tests, bundles, and upgrades will
be on sale.
Individual
Tests
Test |
Sale Price |
Regular Price |
Family Finder |
$59 |
$89 |
mtFull Sequence |
$169 |
$199 |
Y-37 |
$129 |
$169 |
Y-67 |
$229 |
$268 |
Y-111 |
$299 |
$359 |
Bundles
Bundle |
Sale Price |
Regular Price |
Family Finder + Y-37 |
$178 |
$238 |
Family Finder + Y-67 |
$278 |
$337 |
FF + mtFull Sequence |
$218 |
$268 |
FF + Y-67 + mtFull
Sequence |
$442 |
$536 |
Upgrades
Upgrade |
Sale Price |
Regular Price |
Mt/mtPlus to FMS |
$119 |
$159 |
Big Y |
$475 |
$575 |
Y-12 to Y-37 |
$69 |
$109 |
Y-25 to Y-37 |
$35 |
$59 |
Y-37 to Y-67 |
$79 |
$109 |
Y-37 to Y-111 |
$168 |
$228 |
Y-67 to Y-111 |
$99 |
$129 |
SNPs
and SNP Packs will also be 15% off during the Holiday Sale.
EXTRA SPECIAL DEAL FOR Y-DNA
AND BIG Y
Roberta
Estes posted in her DNAeXplained blog that the holiday sale has the best deal
EVER on the Big Y test that includes a FREE STR upgrade.
During
the holiday sale which started last weekend, any customer who purchases the Big
Y will receive a free upgrade to Y-111 from any level STR test. You MUST currently have a Y-DNA test
either ordered or completed in the system.
This
means that if you donÕt currently have a Y-DNA test, and youÕre a male (or have
a male you want to test,) you can place a Y-DNA test for any level and then go
in and order a Big Y test, using any coupons. In other words, if you donÕt already have a Y-DNA test, you
can order a Y-37 test for $129 and then order a Big Y test for $475, and you
will be upgraded to Y-111 at no additional cost. This deal is in ADDITION to
any coupons you may have. You may have to wait a bit to order the Big Y until
your regular Y-DNA test order is registered in the system.
YouÕll
get a coupon discount on both orders (regular test and Big Y), and youÕll
receive the Big Y AND a free upgrade to 111 that you automatically receive when
purchasing a Big Y.
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HOW TO SAVE
MORE MONEY ON TESTS AND WHAT TESTS TO ORDER
HOW TO SAVE MORE MONEY ON
TESTS
In
addition to the special prices on DNA tests in the FTDNA Holiday Sale, there
are other ways to reduce the cost of testing.
á
Use the weekly coupons posted on your FTDNA page or provided to you by
me or others.
á
Ask your family members and others descended from the same
Graves/Greaves ancestor to share the cost.
á
Ask the Graves Family Association to pay for part of the cost. Contact
Ken Graves about that.
COUPONS
FTDNA
is also giving away coupons (called Holiday Rewards) for their most popular DNA
tests. New coupons will be posted
every Monday. If you are a FTDNA
customer, go to your personal page and click on the link at the top of your
page. They are also allowing all
their customers to share those coupons with anyone else by just entering your
name and the recipientÕs email address.
The coupons are only good for 7 days, so check your personal page on
FTDNA and either use the coupon or offer to share it with someone else. We will try to publish a list of
coupons on the Graves Family Association Facebook page also. Check your Holiday Rewards to see what
you have.
Coupons
I presently have that you are welcome to use (all expiring on 11/19) are listed
below. The first column is the
promotion code.
R230IOMPL4KE $25 off Big
Y
R23TOW5QS7PV $10 off Y37, Y67,
or Y111
R2386SSGGXY3 $10
off Y37, Y67, or Y111
R234DANU9OXB $10 off Y37, Y67, or
Y111
R23VMQZPKHX7 $10 off Y37, Y67, or Y111
R23T8R5RL90S $5
off Family Finder
R23T5M4DGDM0 $10 off Y37, Y67, or Y111
R237TXN0UIK2 $20 off
Y-DNA67
R23JECA6BJX3 $10
off mtDNA Plus or mtFull
R237Y9SBD3R1 $5
off Family Finder
R23GAIETQNC4 $5 off Family
Finder
R23HN64JU4AY $25 off Big
Y
R23DUAOGPBPA $10 off Y37, Y67, or Y111
R23YAO0ZKMU0 $25 off Big Y
R23FEZ37GN7Z $5 off
Family Finder
R231W4TCXLLH $10 off mtDNA
Plus or mtFull
R23QNDSFISC7 $10
off Y37, Y67, or Y111
R239RIID5XJR $20
off Y-DNA67
R237S23VQC1I $20
off Y37, Y67, or Y111
WHAT TESTS TO ORDER
If
you have only taken a Y-DNA12 or Y-DNA25 test, it would be helpful to upgrade
that to at least a 37-marker test, and preferably to a 111-marker test.
At
least one person (and usually more than one for a genealogy with more testers)
should take the Big Y test. Also,
if you are Ungrouped, you should probably take a Big Y test to find your
connections. If you canÕt afford
the Big Y test and you canÕt get anyone else to share the cost with you, you
can test with a recommended SNP Pack.
In general, only test with SNP Packs if you donÕt plan to take a
next-generation test (such as Big Y); otherwise you will pay for testing some
of the same SNPs twice. To get
help and a recommendation on which SNP Pack or other test to order, be sure to
join the appropriate haplogroup project.
To see which SNP Packs are available and to order the one you want,
either go to your personal page on FTDNA, and click on the ÒHaplotree &
SNPsÓ link in the Y-DNA section, or click on Upgrade at the top right of the
page, scroll down to ÒAdvanced TestsÓ and click on ÒBuy NowÓ, click on the box
next to Test Type and select SNP Pack, click on Find, and then click on Add
next to the SNP Pack you want. You
should usually select the Pack that is farthest down the SNP tree but still
within the part of the tree you are confident you belong to. To see the structure of the tree, look
at the tree on your FTDNA page or one of those on the GFA website at the bottom
of the Y-DNA page.
If
you take the Big Y test, encourage your close matches to take the test
also. The more men who take this
advanced test, the farther down the tree toward the present we will be able to
go.
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES TO
YOU AND OTHERS OF TAKING TESTS LIKE BIG Y?
¥ Finding where your
Graves/Greaves ancestor lived at a particular time in the past, possibly
allowing tracking of their migration and dispersion paths. This comes partly via some descendants
knowing where their ancestors lived.
¥ Discovering about when the
surname first began to be used for your particular line.
¥ Finding how your
Graves/Greaves family is related to other Graves/Greaves families.
¥ Finding how your family
connects with other families that share a common Graves/Greaves ancestor.
¥ Finding SNPs belonging to
specific branches or even to people within branches of large families, allowing
confirmation of lineages and proper placement of previously unplaced segments
of families.
¥ Much better identification
and placement of people of unknown ancestry, such as adoptees.
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INTERESTING
GRAVES PROJECT IN ESSEX, ENGLAND
The
following news article about Brian Graves was published in the Essex County
Standard on 22 Sept. 2017.
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