It is true that many people in the project don't appear to Faial ancestry but is is also extremely frustrating and disappointing that a huge percentage of people in the project don't bother to list the island or freguesia that their maternal or paternal ancestor is from.
On Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 1:32:03 PM UTC-8, Cheri Mello wrote: > > If you have your lineage going back to Faial, you really need to be DNA > tested. *The Azores DNA Project doesn't have that many people with Faial > ancestry testing*. > > And if you think that just because NEPS has most of it online so there's > no point in DNA testing, yes there is. > > 1) Not everything is on NEPS > 2) Humans read the records. They make mistakes. > 3) Humans did the data entry into NEPS. Another chance to make a mistake. > 4) You could match someone else and make a connection that wouldn't have > happened without the DNA. You'll have a new cousin and your match will be > forever thankful that you DNA tested. > > The Family Finder is regularly $99, on sale for $89, and there are $10 off > coupons floating around. So it's $79 and then $9.95 for postage (includes > return postage back to Texas if you reside in America). > > Cheri Mello > Family Tree DNA Admin (volunteer) > Azores DNA project > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
