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Last week I wrote about the DNA results, but I did not put up the MRCA chart.  MRCA stands for Most recent Common Ancestor.  It turns out that I am a 67 for 67 match with a descendant of the David Toler line in WV.  That means that we are definitely related.  I have included a chart for you below that shows the chances that our MRCA (Most Recent Common Ancestor) is within a certain generation.

About a week ago I talked about my line, and when put into perspective with Ray Toler's book, you can propose a line that goes back more than 400 years.  Well recently a descendant of a the David Toler line (a Line that is deeply rooted in WV) had his DNA tests upgraded to 67 markers (from 12).  This was done to provide us more insight.  Well....the results are in.  We are a 67 for 67 match.  This means that both the David Toler line of WV and

She is Here!!

Yesterday my wife gave birth to our first child Keira.  Mom and daughter are doing great.  I debated about if I should post anything about it here.... but decided to go ahead and do it.  so....She is here...!!

Recently more DNA Genealogy results have come in, and this has caused me to re-examine my lineage.  Thanks to the work that I and a few cousins have done, I have been able to trace my linage back 9 generations.  Each of these generations has a document or more that helps substantiate the link (again thanks to some cousins for their work).

One of the great things about using a CMS like Drupal is that you can add new "features" to a site by installing a module.  I was (and still am) using the Tagadelic module, which creates a list of the blog topics that I have.  The terms in the list are then scaled in size based on the number of blog posts that have been flagged with that term.  If you look to your right, You can see that the term "Genealogy" is big, and the term "pi Day" is not.  I

As most of you know the Familytree.itowler.com runs PGV (PhpGedView).  I have been using the program for a few years now, and have seen it grow and become better and more refined.  One of the newer (although I must admit, I am not sure how new) features is the ability to add historical dates to the time line. 

It's not Often that I post stuff about my family (or in-laws) but this is a worthy cause.  My father-in-law was diagnosed with a leukemia / lymphoma (Still not totally sure what it is) in 2003 and has been dealing with it since that time.  

About 18 months ago I got a great little laptop that has seen pretty heavy use.  Its an Acer Aspire 3680.  The laptop is small, and light, and goes on the road with me all the time.  I take it to genealogy research libraries, SAR meetings, when I travel for work, vacation, etc.  The laptop "roams" the house as well, and can be found in any room depending on the day.  Because the laptop gets lots of action, it was bound for an accident.  Well the first big accident happened and almost sent the laptop to the graveyard (or recycling stack). 

The computer was on the coffee table, with the power cord plugged into, and hanging down.  Someone (not sure who) stepped on the power cord,j erking it down, and breaking the power jack (DC Jack) on the inside of the laptop (see the picture to the left).  The broken power jack caused the laptop to not work.  The laptop is out of warranty, and Acer wanted $3.00 a min to talk to me on the phone.  So I searched the internet and found the service manual and figured out that I needed to replace the DC power board.

Its Valentine's Day weekend (is there such a thing??).  I Figured that I would do a little bit on my ancestor named Valentine Cox (or sometimes seen as Coxe).  Valentine Cox is my 6x Great Grandfather.  Valentine is the son of Henry Cox, and husband to Nancy Ann Dawson, and father to Judith Cox.  My connection to Valentine is as follows: