TIP OF THE DAY (Legacy Staff) - Fun with Hashtags (Legacy 9)
Background information - My uncle took a yDNA test at 111 markers. He has two matches and they both match him at 110 markers and they match each other at 111. All three lines end in a brick wall and we are yet to find the connection. I have inputted both of these additional lines into Legacy and have started doing research on them. My goal is to figure out where the three lines intersect. I want to use Hashtags to indicate all of the direct line male ancestors of all three lines (each line gets its own Hashtag). I started with my line. My brick wall ancestor is James Simmons born 14 Aug 1764. I went to SEARCH > FIND > MISC. I created a Focus Group of James' descendants and then sent that to a Search List. I then changed over to the Detailed Search tab. My criteria was Male > Surname > Equal to > Simmons "Only search the Search List" (this part is important) I have 217 people on my Search List. They are all of James' direct line male descendants. Next I went to OPTIONS > ADD HASHTAG TO EVERYONE IN LIST. The name of my Hashtag is Simmons Group - James Simmons Descendants (the desciption field has "yDNA match - TEST TAKER'S NAME" ) I then did the same thing with the other two lines. Simmons Group - William Simmons Descendants (yDNA match - TEST TAKER'S NAME) Simmons Group - William Simmons Descendants (yDNA match - TEST TAKER'S NAME) (two different Williams) I have several other Simmons Groups Simmons Group - Silver Creek Simmons Simmons Group - Balo Chitto Simmons Simmons Group - Natchez Simmons Simmons Group - Perry County Simmons Group - 10&20 Consolidated LA Militia War of 1812 Simmons Group - 13th Regiment MS Militia War of 1812 The ultimate goal is to find overlap especially since I have quite a few Simmons' floating around in my file as unlinked. #LegacyFamilyTreeTips Michele Simmons Lewis, CG Legacy Family Tree [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.legacyfamilytree.com <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/> Certified Genealogist is a registered trademark and the designation CG is a service mark of the Board for Certification of GenealogistsR, used under license by Board certificants who meet competency standards.
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