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Haplogroup A ancestor

Victor you do match me on 4 numbers. mine are:Haplo group A
16111T  16223T  16290T  16319A 16335G  16362C 16526A

Josie, what were your numbers if you don't mind sharing?  

Linda in Everett

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "v.h.villarreal" 
 wrote:
>
> Linda and Josie,
> 
> These are my HVR1 numbers: HVR1 Haplogroup A
> 16075C, 16111T, 16223T, 16239T, 16290T, 16319A, 16362C
>  
> 
> --- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Erlinda Castanon-Long"
>  wrote:
> >
> > Josie I had the exact same experience as you, Early in my 
research  
> > I said I have  Espanol ancestors and then my mtdna came back 
> > Haplogroup A as you said is Native American.  My female line 
goes 
> > from Jalisco to Michoacan and I have matched 2 others who's 
female 
> > line was from Guanajuato. Also like you the "Muse's" from my 
line 
> > help me do genealogy at night!  Not much sleep but lots of 
names.  
> > In fact from a dream my Gutierrez line went from Tamazula 
Jalisco 
>

collecting oral history

Thank you, Natalie:  I have gone to the section you recommend and am trying to prepare myself for a good interview.  One of the persons I will visit is in her 90s so I will try to do it right the first time.

 

Mary

Natalie wrote:

Mary,
Have you had a chance to search the message archives here. There was a
discussion of the collection of oral histories last spring. Enter oral
history in the search box to bring up those messages.
Also, check the "Ancestry.com" site >go to Learning Center >type in
oral history - to bring up a multitude of references regarding
collecting oral histories. There is more to read than you probably have
time for, but maybe they will provide some additional ideas. Maybe
those that you interview can tell you about what the community was like
years ago.
Good luck on your trip.

Natalie Coleman in VA



collecting oral history

Mary,
Have you had a chance to search the message archives here. There was a 
discussion of the collection of oral histories last spring. Enter oral 
history in the search box to bring up those messages.
Also, check the "Ancestry.com" site >go to Learning Center >type in 
oral history - to bring up a multitude of references regarding 
collecting oral histories. There is more to read than you probably have 
time for, but maybe they will provide some additional ideas. Maybe 
those that you interview can tell you about what the community was like 
years ago.
Good luck on your trip.

Natalie Coleman in VA




Haplogroup A ancestor

Linda and Josie,

These are my HVR1 numbers: HVR1 Haplogroup A
16075C, 16111T, 16223T, 16239T, 16290T, 16319A, 16362C
 

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Erlinda Castanon-Long"
 wrote:
>
> Josie I had the exact same experience as you, Early in my research  
> I said I have  Espanol ancestors and then my mtdna came back 
> Haplogroup A as you said is Native American.  My female line goes 
> from Jalisco to Michoacan and I have matched 2 others who's female 
> line was from Guanajuato. Also like you the "Muse's" from my line 
> help me do genealogy at night!  Not much sleep but lots of names.  
> In fact from a dream my Gutierrez line went from Tamazula Jalisco 
> back to Chilchota Michoacan from about 1680 to 1780.. I picked up 
> almost 1,500 names from that dream!  I will never question what I 
> don't undertand again!
> Linda in Everett
> --- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Josie T. Trevino"  
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mary!    What you describe as "a strange

Haplogroup A ancestor

Josie I had the exact same experience as you, Early in my research  
I said I have  Espanol ancestors and then my mtdna came back 
Haplogroup A as you said is Native American.  My female line goes 
from Jalisco to Michoacan and I have matched 2 others who's female 
line was from Guanajuato. Also like you the "Muse's" from my line 
help me do genealogy at night!  Not much sleep but lots of names.  
In fact from a dream my Gutierrez line went from Tamazula Jalisco 
back to Chilchota Michoacan from about 1680 to 1780.. I picked up 
almost 1,500 names from that dream!  I will never question what I 
don't undertand again!
Linda in Everett
--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Josie T. Trevino"  
wrote:
>
> Hi Mary!    What you describe as "a strange feeling" is a good 
thing!!!  It
> happens to me all the time and the first time (a few years ago) I 
did not
> understand what was happening!  I now feel that it is the 
ancestors way of
> telling us that they are helping us!  I also

Travel in Mexico

Hi
Mary!    What you describe as "a strange feeling" is a good
thing!!!  It happens to me all the time and the first time (a few years
ago) I did not understand what was happening!  I now feel that it is the
ancestors way of telling us that they are helping us!  I also dream of them
(I even "attended" a wedding on 15 Aug 1810 of one of my ancestors!) and that
dream is still quite vivid in my mind.  When I travel in Mexico I feel like
"I am at home" and I expect to "see people that I know".........quite a strange
feeling!  The odd thing is that I do not know of any living relatives I
have in Mexico, other than a few "primos & primas" that are younger than I
am!!!  But that does not count!!!  I want to meet OLD people who can
tell me their stories!  :-) 

Today I just received
the DNA results for my mother's line (using my brother's DNA) and I spoke to a
person at the lab in Houston that does the testing.  She told me that my
maternal line shows a large "Native American"

Mexico Travel

Hi Mary & Victor!    Victor is right,
Mary!  It seems that things have changed a lot when one travels now. 
I travel a lot and have flown to MX City alone and boarded a bus to Oaxaca to
visit my daughter a few years ago....alone.  It was all very pleasant and
everything went well for me.......and that was the first time I had travelled
alone by bus in Mexico.  I will say this:  Mexico has VERY NICE BUSES
as well as those "chicken buses" you hear about.  I have travelled on
both!  Sometimes you have to take what you can get!  :-)  When I
travelled by "chicken bus" it was to a nearby village and I was with my daughter
so it was all ok.  It is also very important to "downplay" everything as
much as possible......I only wear earrings as jewelry....no rings, etc.; I dress
comfortable.....no heels!........I speak the language......when I have
to!......I try not to let on that I am not from MX.....but as soon as I open my
mouth they know!   They tell me they detect my Texas

Fancy Gadgets for Genealogists

In case anyone was wondering what the gadgets that Emilie is talking 
about look like and cost... I am a big technology junkie but the film 
scanner is way beyond my means.

http://www.heritagecreations.com/products/st100.php

http://www.expansys-usa.com/product.asp?code=119781

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Emilie Garcia"  
wrote:
>
> Mary, I don't know how much you know about all the new-fangled 
technical gadgets besides audio recorders and digital cameras that 
are available to serve our genealogy purposes, but if you could, 
maybe you could get some and take them with you.  You might be able 
to access some computers in certain towns at internet cafes too if 
you can't take a laptop along.  The people at the genealogy society 
here and at the local FHC have some amazing things.  One lady showed 
me a gadget she uses to scan books.  Honest, it was no bigger than a 
ruler and she would start at the top of the page and move it down, 
then she showed me on the

Collecting Oral History: Re: Travel to Mexico



Mary Allen wrote:
Emilie:  I am basically self-taught when it comes to computers and things technical or electronic.  Just recently I bought a scanner which my brother installed.  He gave me a few quick lessons.  Don't you just hate it when they say, "It's easy."  It's not.  But I have had fun scanning photos and documents and e-mailing them to my cousins.  We have met with a purpose to meet monthly and  work really  hard on the oral history.  It's amazing how many times someone says "Oh, I didn't know that.  Are you sure?"  So, we have started an ongoing history under different topics.  For example: did anyone every see Grandma Garcia smile?  No one.  Then while scanning photos I found several where she is smiling.  So now the quest is to find out when she stopped smiling and why.  I think I know.  Then I bought an Adobe photo program. I glared at my brother before he could say "It's easy." It's not,
but I am having fun trying to decipher the handbook. But I