Hello Claudia,

It is very generous of you to offer to keep track of the mtDNA of the members of Nuestros Ranchos. The fact that you are bi-lingual will make it useful to all the members. It will get to be an increasingly bigger and more interesting job as more people send you their results. Then, of course, there is also Y-DNA to track.

On the other hand, we could set up a Nuestros Ranchos Dual Geographical Project at FamilyTreeDNA. It can be restricted to members of Nuestros Ranchos. It will automatically list all the results of those members who've tested their Y-DNA and/or mtDNA. It will also provide a discount to Nuestros Ranchos members who would like to test their DNA. People who have tested with FamilyTreeDNA are familiar with joining a surname or geographical project and could quickly add the Nuestros Ranchos project.

Administering the project is very simple. The administrator's job would be to approve new member applications by cross checking with our membership list. Other than the set-up, not much else needs to be done.

I would suggest that the project be in both Spanish and English. Therefore, the administrator, or a co-administrator should be bi-lingual.

If one of the administrators of Nuestros Ranchos approves of this idea, they can contact either FamilyTreeDNA or me for details.

Personally, I think it is a great idea.

Linda

On Mar 25, 2011, at 6:11 PM, research-request@lists.nuestrosranchos.org wrote:

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> A mi tambi?n me interesa mucho este tema, pues a mi me result? el mtDNA "C" y he documentado mi linea materna hasta una mujer llamada Antonia Mart?nez casada con Jose Cruz Sandoval. Ellos vivieron en Contitl?n, Zacatecas(que queda entre Juchipila y Moyahua) en 1800...sorpresa tambi?n para mi, porque en todos los registros que he encontrado de esa familia, se indica que fueron "Espa?oles."
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> Tal vez seria una buena idea lanzar un "database" en donde podemos colectar la informaci?n de los miembros de Nuestros Ranchos, indicando el mtDNA y el nombre y lugar de nacimiento de la madre ancestral mas lejana (documentada).
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> Yo, con mucho gusto puedo colectar la informaci?n y hacer un Excel con toda la info para compartir con el grupo.
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> Dejenme saber si les interesa.
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> I am also very interested in the issue of mtDNA tracking for Nueva Galicia. Mine turns out to be Haplogroup "C" and I've traced my maternal line with documentation to Antonia Martinez married to Jose Cruz Sandoval. They lived in Contitlan, Zacatecas (between Juchipila and Moyahua) in 1800...DNA results were a bit of a surprise because in all the church records I have found for this family, they were indicated as being "Espanoles."
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> Maybe it would be a good idea to launch a database where we can track NR members mtDNA results, noting the name and place of birth of the oldest maternal ancestress (documented).
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> I would be happy to volunteer to collect the information and keep an Excel sheet to share with the group.
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> Let me know if you are interested.
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> -Claudia