Post a Pedigree

The pedigree is a key part of the process of using DNA testing for genealogy.  A combination of DNA testing and your family pedigree offers the best chance of success in finding your family history.  For some, the breakthrough comes quickly, while others may have to wait until the right (and critical) person who can shed light on their family is finally tested and shares his pedigree.  You can influence your own success by posting a pedigree on your surname project's pedigree forum.  

When you join a surname DNA project, the project administrator will probably send you an email, welcoming you to the project and giving information about the project and links to important sites.  (If you do not hear from the project administrator by the time you receive your test results, contact him/her to find out more about the project and share information.)  He/she will probably ask you to post your pedigree on the project's Pedigree Forum, if you have not already done so. (See instructions below.)  After you have posted on the Pedigree Forum, the Project Administrator will post your pedigree on the Patriarch Page of your project.  Please note below the "stripped-down" style we need for the Patriarch Page.

We encourage everyone who tests to also post his pedigree, even if you don't have very much information, so that participants can compare pedigrees as well as test results.  Some interested researcher may see it and contact you. (Note:  You do not have to be a surname DNA project member to post a pedigree on the Pedigree Forum.)

What is a pedigree?

 At World Families Network, we ask for a "stripped-down" pedigree that may be different from what you are used to.  By limiting the information we put on the Patriarch pages, we can get a lot of pedigrees in one place so that people can compare, and for a surname DNA project, all the attention is on the males, so the name of the female spouse is all the information that is needed for her.  You can identify most ancestors by these four pieces of information.  If you have additional information, you can post it on the pedigree forum or one of the other forums.  When we post your pedigree on the Patriarch page, we link it back to your posting on the pedigree forum.

So we ask for you to post on the pedigree forum the following information for each generation of your family tree (which the project administrator will then post on the Patriarch page of your project website):

  1. Name
  2. Birth date
  3. Birth place
  4. Spouse
  5. If you are missing any piece of that information, you can post another piece of identifying information that you have for that ancestor.

Personal Pedigree - Terry Barton [terry AT bartonsite.org]

David, b c1730, Stafford Co VA, m Ruth Oldham
Thomas, b 15 May 1768, Fauquier Co VA, m Sarah Kees
Conway Oldham, b 20 Aug 1805, prob Greenville Dist SC, m Martha John Cox
John Matilda, b 1839/40, ?Columbus? MS, m Emily Cassandra Sneed
Joseph James, b 6 Nov 1865, Milam Co TX m Mary Jane Harlan
John (Jack) Sneed, b 24 Feb 1897, Bartonsite TX, m Josephine Cresap Waddell

 

 

 

 

 

How do I post a pedigree?

  2. Either Log-In or Register (You must be registered at the WFN Forum in order to post your pedigree.)                    To register or log in >>>
     
  3. Search for "your surname"
  4. The first result should be "your surname Family Pedigrees"
  5. Click on your surname Family Pedigrees
  6. Scroll down to the last posting on the pedigree forum.
  7. Find "reply" in the tabbed area near the bottom right-hand corner.
  8. Click "Reply"
  9. Post your pedigree (or message) in the big white box
  10. Click "Post"

 

 

Follow our
Step-by-Step Guide !

DNA Testing the Smart Way                      
1.  Find and Join a Project
2.  Find the right test
3.  Order a test
4.  Access Personal Page 
5.  Post your Pedigree
6.  Receive your Results
7.  Update Personal Page 
8.  Understand your Results
9.  Upgrade, if needed
10.Join forces with your kin

 
Suggestions for Posting your Pedigree:

Please Do:
--Post four pieces of information for each ancestor: 
      -- Name, birth date, birth place, spouse
      -- Missing any of the above? Add other  identifying information.

--Begin with the earliest generation

--Use standard abbreviations

Please Don't:
--Put the surname first

--Use all caps for the surname

--list anyone whose birthdate is after 1910

--use numbers for the generations.
 

To register to post on the forum: 

1. Near the top center, you will see a button labeled "register." 
2. Click on the word "register".  It will bring up a new screen that will have a box that says:  "Register - Required Information" .
3. You can choose any username and password you would like. If you want to hide your email from the public on the website, click on the box next to the blank for your email address. 
4. Do a "visual verification" by typing the scrambled letters you see. 
5. Read the usage agreement below it, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the square by "I agree". 
6. Click on "Register" below that.  You are now registered. 
7. Make a note of the username and password you chose in case you forget it the next time you visit the forum.  

To log in if you have already registered:  

1. Type in your username and password.
2. If you have forgotten your password, type in your username, leave the password blank and hit "log in"
3. A screen will come up saying you didn't enter password.  At the bottom of that square is a small line saying "Forgot your password?"
4. Click on "Forgot your password?" 
5. The next screen will give you a choice of typing in your email address so you can follow a link that will be sent to you in an email to reset your password, or you can check the box "Ask me my question" if you chose that option when you registered.
6. If you choose to have the link sent to you by email, go to your email account, open the email, click on the link, and you will then be able to reset your password.
7. Please make a note of the new password for the next time you log into the forum.

If you have forgotten your username, go through the same steps as above. 

 

 
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