Subj : RE: WikiTree
To   : Sirronmit
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Thu Sep 26 2024 19:53:14

On 9/26/2024 1:24 PM, Sirronmit wrote to Mike Dippel:

-> I like wikitree but it can appear to be edited by nearly anyone. I do see some
-> items are deleted by some MERGE bot?
-> 
-> I gave up on Ancestry years ago after paying hundreds of dollars to locate my
-> Father's Grandfather's name and coming up empty handed.
-> 
-> A couple months ago I started using MyHeritage and FamilyTree after purchasing
-> my DNA kit. That opened up a whole world for me. I am waiting for confirmation
-> of my direct lineage to Thomas Edward Norris (1608-1675). He ran away from home
-> at age 11 and became a ship mate and arrived in the now Virginia area, Kent
-> Island. I wish I could locate the information I gathered while deployed
-> overseas and passed through England. They had me put on cotton gloves and
-> opened a book showing 7 NORRIS/NORREYS names. I was looking for any 
information
-> back then and wondered what my Heraldry looked like.
-> 
-> So it appears if the information can be confirmed, that I am 13 generations
-> down from my direct lineage to NORRIS arriving at Kent Island. There have been
-> other Norris' within a 100 year or so period, but I haven't looked into seeing
-> if those NORRIS' are different branches of the tree.
-> 
-> I tied my DNS kit to the two sites and waiting for hits and confirmations.
-> 
-> -- 
-> Timothy Norris aka SirRonmit

I have learned a lot and have helped a number of people trace their roots, but over 
time, I have spent thousands of dollars and certainly will never truly get my money's 
worth.

Mike Dippel
https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelDippel
 
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