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Incomplete postings

I would like to request that donors complete the information concerning their oldest known ancestor. Some submissions have nothing at all, and some have no dates or locations. With the repetitive naming that the Caseys used, it it difficult enought to keep them all straight even with complete info. But, with mimimal or no data, it makes for a difficult anaysis. Please! If you have gone to the trouble to submit DNA, finish the process and share enough information so that the rest of us can try to figure out where each donor falls within the family. Thanks!

By fiddler at 2007-11-30 13:40 | General | About the Project | login or register to post comments | previous forum topic | next forum topic

Documentation on Casey DNA

My web site has all the lines documented and detailed analysis of all submissions (except the most recent). http://www.rcasey.net - select Casey DNA link.

By rcasey at Sat, 2008-05-31 11:55 | login or register to post comments

Incomplete postings - info on Kit 70443

Kit 70443 does not have information posted. However, I know (because the submitter was my proxy) that the oldest know ancestor was exactly the same as for the following Kit #34258, also my proxy. (Apologies that this hasn't been posted--will work on trying to get it done.) Should read "Daniel Casey b ~1760 VA>GA." Here is a bit more on this family which may be helpful in esablishing possible connections:

This Daniel Casey was married to someone named Mary (Unknown). He appeared on tax lists in Henry County, Virginia, then by 1785 was in Wilkes County, Georgia, then to Elbert County, Georgia. Daniel's son John Casey b ~1778 married Elizabeth Pace, daughter of Barnabas Pace and Agnes Aycock. John and Elizabeth died in Hall/Banks County, Georgia. They had 10 known children, likely more. Their son Wiley Casey b 1802 and his wife Matilda White moved on to Cherokee County, Alabama. Wiley's brother Barnabas Casey b 1816 eventually moved to Lamar County, Texas, where he died. Descendants of these two brothers were my DNA proxies.

I do not know Daniel's parents nor his siblings but suspect a strong familial relationship with one Roger Casey of Amherst Co., VA then of Wilkes and Lincoln Co., GA (near the Savannah River across from SC). No one else I know of is researching this Roger Casey. He was listed with 12 white people in his household in Virginia in 1783. What happened to all those Caseys? Hope the DNA project will eventually uncover someone who may connect to ours! - Joyce

By Joyce at Sat, 2008-02-09 21:32 | login or register to post comments

Documentation about Casey DNA submissions

Most of the Casey submissions have their ancestry documented at my web site www.rcasey.net. Please go to my web site and see how well your line is documented (several are sketchy and some only have the oldest ancestor). Making this information available allows us to analyze these lines and make meaningful conclusions. Without tradition documentation available, DNA analysis can not be done or will have assumptions that lead us to incorrect conclusions. The SC lines are fairly documented but the other lines are hit and miss. Also, if someone wants to submit, having knowledge about current submissions greatly influences who should submit next. Submissions of closely related individuals with known common connections are not the best use of your funds to help discover our elusive Casey ancestors.

By rcasey at Sat, 2008-02-02 14:38 | login or register to post comments

Incomplete Postings

It's nice to have Casey information available on your website. However, if Casey DNA website submittals lack adequate information to tie them to a person or line, then the resulting data cannot be associated with your data base or mine. Hence, it is of little use to anyone other than the submitter.

Again, I request that each DNA submitter provide identity so that the results can be shared by all. Thanks!

By fiddler at Wed, 2008-02-20 22:50 | login or register to post comments

Best use of funds?

I'm not totally sure I agree with the last sentence, "Submissions of closely related individuals with known common connections are not the best use of your funds to help discover our elusive Casey ancestors." It's very important for the project to verify a new Casey line whenever possible with a matching set of DNA. There may have been an unknown adoption or illegitimacy "way back when," so if only one set of DNA exists for a reported Casey line, then how can we be absolutely certain it actually represents that line?

At this time there are only two sets of matching numbers for my Daniel Casey b ~1760 VA>GA. Each was a male proxy for myself, a female. Each was a descendant of a different grandson of Daniel, one b 1802, the other b 1816. Once the first proxy's numbers were in, I felt it a best use of funds to obtain a corroborating set of numbers from another known male relative to prove our bloodline. Otherwise I could only keep my fingers crossed that the first submitter was indeed a Casey by blood because he wasn't a good match with any other Caseys in the project despite our excellent documentation. Now we have assurance that this is indeed the DNA profile for male descendants of this particular Daniel Casey. In like manner I would say to everyone submitting for the first time, if at all possible, please verify your line (with as distant a cousin as possible) if you know of another living male descendant. Once you've established the line for sure with 2-3 sets of DNA, then I agree with Robert that testing additional known relatives doesn't add much value to the project. - Thanks, Joyce

By Joyce at Sat, 2008-02-09 20:38 | login or register to post comments