Connie: Yes, that helps a great deal. A narrative footnote was just what I had in mind and it's good to know it's already been done in a published work. I will reference the DNA site, but it needs an explanation wrapped around it. Your response gives me confidence about the direction to take. Thanks!
Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: Connie Sheets [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 8:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Citing DNA Test Results Kirsten, If there is a website for the DNA surname project, with kit numbers/id numbers of the person listed, I would use that information and cite it as a website. The most recent published case study that I'm aware of that relies heavily on DNA results is Daniela Moneta's "Virginia Pughs and North Carolina Wests: A Genetic Link from Slavery in Kentucky," National Genealogical Society Quarterly 97 (September 2009): 179-194. That article is available online if you are a member of the (US) National Genealogical Society. She mostly uses narrative type footnotes to describe the DNA results. Hope this helps a bit. Connie --- On Sat, 9/18/10, Kirsten Bowman <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone developed a satisfactory > source citation format for DNA test > results? > > I'm working with many others on a one-name study. > Over two dozen of the men > in this group have y-DNA test results to support their > paper documentation > and prove descent from various sons or grandsons of 2-3 > different > patriarchs. We've established a Surname Project > through FTDNA and a site > online through WorldFamilies where results are listed > anonymously. Of > course I don't want to post anything that would infringe on > anyone's privacy > but I would like to indicate in my source notes that > descendancy from > immigrant John Doe is supported by DNA testing. This > could be handled with > a generic source note and a simple statement in the Detail > Text, but has > anyone found a better and/or more complete citation > format? (This would be > a source citation completely separate from the DNA Records > section in > Legacy.) > > If you have suggestions, could you post examples--including > the template > used? > > Kirsten Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
