On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 06:17 PM, Janine Zerger LAST_NAME wrote:
WikiTree requires documentation for anything that is put on there, so I like that.
Unfortunately, WikiTree accepts anything entered into their Source field <ref></ref> as "documentation". Just creating that field and putting something vague like "GEDCOM" in it will get you past that requirement, I think. The folks at WikiTree apparently make no effort to police that field. Or maybe they do....? I have never tried to enter anything but valid primary record sources in that field. There is enough bad data on WikiTree to make me suspicious, though..
The only time I have ever heard from WikiTree regarding Sources was about Y DNA certifying my Daniel line back to my earliest proved ancestor. They were pretty strict about that and required adding a comment block for every direct line ancestor with links to the proof. Though there is a lot of really bad data on WikiTree, too, at least it is possible to make comments and changes, not true for Ancestry, MyHeritage, etc. My blood pressure goes up every time I look at the ThruLines feature on Ancestry. I try not to!
The Y DNA of the line of Kevin Daniel has been proved<ref>Family Tree DNA Y DNA testing used to prove Y DNA of the line of the MRCA [[Daniel-5982|William Daniel]].
* For details of the testing refer to:
?http://www.kevindaniel.x10.mx/carolinedanielsdna.html
* Y DNA kit #s 3347, 445720 and 756121 represent descendants of three sons of [[Daniel-5982|William Daniel]], the MRCA, proved using primary record evidence, though multiple descendants, 20 total, have been tested. The three reference kits have tested to 111 markers and done Big Y 700 testing. All males in this group share the same terminal SNP which is unique to this Daniel family. No other men with this terminal SNP have been identified.</ref>.
Cheers,
Kevin
Kevin Daniel