Bill, DNA testing is just wonderful Bill, but it is rather one-side don't you think?? fern www.bufordfamilies.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Davidson" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Fading interest in Genealogy >I too wish that people would "give credit where credit is due," but the >occasional lack of that courtesy does not stop me from posting what I >learn. I only want "the truth and nothing but the truth," and when I find >it, I believe that I really should share it with others.....no matter what >some of them might do with it. > > I think that the high rate at which genealogy-related information was > being added to the internet in the late-1990s and early/mid-2000s was > bound to taper-off to some degree. There are only so many documents out > there to be found, interpreted and discussed. In addition, many folks > have discovered just how hard (and frustrating) this "hobby" can be, and > their initial enthusiasm has waned (too many "brick walls"). It is also > hard, no doubt, for people to concentrate on genealogy when their IRAs are > "tanking," their homes are being foreclosed, they cannot afford gasoline > to get to work, etc. > > DNA testing has helped to renew the discussions to some degree, and many > "revelations" have come from that science. I look at this testing as just > another very valuable tool to use (there is nothing "magical" nor > "mystical" about it), and I wonder if some of those who take no stock in > it are just afraid that their 20+ years of research might be proven wrong. > I love dusty old libraries and courthouses as much as the next person, but > I cannot turn my back on scientific proof, when/if it is made available. > I would literally not take a million dollars for my own DNA test results, > nor for the DNA test results of my male maternal cousin (though his > surname is "Brown," he turned-out to be a "blood Smith".....this is why, > it seems, that our gg-grandfather was named Smith W. Brown). Each of > these DNA tests proved "connections" that documentation alone simply NEVER > could......period. > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html