This is my third year doing the Ancestor Score on Valentine’s Day. I’d like to thank Barbara Schmidt who got me started with her post My Ancestor Score – February 4, 2014.
We would not be here without all the Valentine couples who came before us. Most were married, some cut it close, and at least two Doss ladies gave us non-paternity events.
My Ancestor Score
Nine new ancestors were added since last year – thanks to the church records in Luxembourg. This is not much compared to the 26 from 2015 but as you can see (in the second spreadsheet) I have also been working on my children’s bloodline.
Generation 6 is still hanging in there at 30 of 32 ancestors. I continue to search for the key to the door of my frustrating DEMPSEY brick wall. Who were the parents of William A. W. DEMPSEY 1820-1867 of Fayette County, West Virginia?
My Children’s Ancestor Score
My children’s Ancestor Score is looking a lot better than mine due to their paternal ancestry being mostly Luxembourgish. Generations 12 to 22 of their paternal ancestry remains to be researched – the numbers seen reflect the ancestors they share with me on my side of the family tree.
Have you done your Ancestor Score recently? Post your link in a comment and I’ll have a look.
© 2016 Cathy Meder-Dempsey
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I love that you keep this up. I haven’t increased my ancestor score since last year. But I plan a research trip in March. I hope that I can clean up and connect some loose ends 🙂
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Thank you Barbara. It’s been slow going since I was writing the stories of the first 6 generations. But I did sneak in a few generations when I was working with Familienbücher and early Luxembourg church records. 🙂
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Is there a template to do this? I know I won’t get nearly as high a score since on my maternal side I can’t get back beyond my GGgparents. But it’s a cool idea!
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I did it with excel. I could email you my blank copy.
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Thanks! That would be great. Do you have my email address?
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Sent to your email Amy.
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Got it! Thank you!!
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You’re welcome!
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BTW Amy, I did a screenshot of the page view of the spreadsheet when I was finished.
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OK, I will share it with you once I get it done. 🙂
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Does somebody know if Aldfaer genealogial software can make an overview of the number of ancestors per generation like the one above?
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Joan, can’t answer your question but I can tell you I did it old school. Generated a report of ancestors and counted them. 🙂
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Interesting. Mine looks pretty pathetic compared to yours, but I’ve only been working on it for under 3 years. I have 146.
I have two lines that have deep research already done by others, thanks to colonial records, and so far I have not attempted much beyond everyone’s first arrival on this continent–my main goal for the time being.
I don’t know how to figure percentages on my spread sheet, and did the first three segments by hand (the third was a pathetic .001%!)
Thanks for the suggestion. A yearly check up can be encouraging, I’m sure.
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From generations 14 to 21 are names, dates, places from a researcher who did a Swiss line and another who did a line in Belgium. Their deep research, not mine.
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Cathy– Can you email me a copy of the Excel spreadsheet as well? I’d love to give it a try!
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Sent to you per email Julie!
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That is so cool, Cathy!! In some ways it’s like counting up ancestors in each row of a VERY large fan tree! I think I need to do a little housekeeping in my tree (genealogy do-over!) before I can do it accurately, but I’m definitely going to try. What a great idea!
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Thank you Tim. I was able to get a total by doing an advanced filter/focus search but couldn’t figure out how to filter it into generations so I generated a report of ancestors and counted them by hand 🙂
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What a great idea! Would you please email me a copy of the chart as well? helenholshouser@gmail.com nk you so much!
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Will do Helen. Thank you.
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I love this! Do you count only the names you have personally researched and proven accurate? I’m just trying to wrap my head around how I would count my dad’s side. It’s so heavily researched. And not by me.
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I have some lines researched by others (Honegger/Honaker and Philippart de Foy) and have included them in the count – these two are have what gave me the oldest generations. Some names, dates, and places for lines in Germany came from the family books other genealogist do for towns. The records are not always easy to find. So no I don’t count only the names I have personally researched and proven accurate. Thanks Amberly.
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I did mine back in January. You can see it at http://shannonmthomas.blogspot.com/2016/01/2015-legacy-stats.html
I really enjoy looking back and seeing the progress that I have made.
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Thank you. Will have another look at it.
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This is great and definitely something to work towards. Could you please send a copy of your spreadsheet? Much appreciated.
Paula
Msgenealogyuk@gmail.com
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Thank you Paula. Sent you the spreadsheet.
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Hi Cathy, I would love to try this as well – could you please email a copy of your template? SleepyAE -at- gmail -dot- com.
I have a feeling mine is pretty low. I have a few dead-end brick walls that are being stubborn about being solved…
Thank you!
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Ashley, sent it to you per email. You’re welcome.
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