Hi Theresa, To contact your DNA matches, click the envelope under their name and email them. If the email bounces, you can contact me to see if that person is in the project. I can look and see if there's an alternate email address I can give you. If not, then we can have FTDNA call to see if there's a valid phone number or we can forward the email to FTDNA and they will snail mail it to the address on file.
Make sure you have your Gedcom uploaded to all your DNA kits. Go back 10-12 generations if you have it. Include the lines of as many DNA matches as you can figure out (people find the most success with 100 cMs or more). Include everyone in your Gedcom (1st cousins, 2nd cousins 2x removed, 5th cousins, etc). Then when you link your matches from your Family Finder test to your tree, it will activate the Parental Matching feature. Some matches will also appear on both (just to give genealogists a headache). Also, some people test only for the ethnicity estimates that they see on TV. They aren't interested in genealogy :( Family Tree DNA doesn't like it when people advertise who the DNA match is without their permission! Kinda funny, because people post all over social media. But FTDNA asks us to refrain from that. Thanks, Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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.
