TerryDeweyFamilyTree

1. The suffix to a person’s name consists of a lower case letter to identify the source(s):- t=text, f=FT with sources, p=parish register image, m=misc. e.g. passenger list, c=census, v=voting register, g=GRO cert. To identify the source of a DNA match, a single upper case letter, my great-grandparent’s initial (e.g. ‘D’ for Dewey, ‘J’ for Jones etc.) is used, followed by 1 or more numbers, each number identifying a specific path. This is used to mark the DNA link path up from my great-grandparent (1*G GP) to the common shared couple, and then (as near as privacy rules allow) down to the DNA match. So, for example, my 2*G GP Cornelius&Mary Dewey have the suffix ‘|gD128’ where ‘g’ shows I have GRO Certificate(s) for them, D shows the Dewey line and 128 shows 3 DNA matches to me, D1, D2 & D8; these relate to 3 of their children, D1 for Ellen, D2 for Sarah Leah and D8 for Richard Cornelius, whose specific descendants lead down to my 3 DNA matches.

2. Research details at www.DeweyWiltshireRoots.org.uk, including info on Thomas Dewey The Settler, b1606, Dorset.

3. Version F21BB1_TerryD_M126 – Additions:- More 4*G Gran-parents, now 39 out of 64; allocation of source codes; identified valid TrueLines paths; link to Albert & Nelson Dewey; link back to Thomas & Lydia Dewy born about 1610.
4. Version F21B1_TerryD_Ma15 added another 6 4*G GP, now 47 out of 64; addition of DNA path code in order to trace the link from me to a specific DNA match, using Ancestry’s ThruLines tool. As of 16.1.2020 have just over 40 DNA matches fully traced with another ~50 identified but not yet verified.