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How do I add information to the public website?
You will see that there are blank sections, each with a unique title, the first being “Title” where you should enter the name of your project. Enter any information about the history of the project in the "Project Background" section. "Project Goals" lets you explain what you want to accomplish with the group. "Project Results" allows you to includ ...
faq id: 365 in Group Projects -- Administrators Keywords: family, project, public, website, setup
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Do I have to add project results to the public page?
The results will automatically be updated and uploaded to the project. You do not have to copy and paste any results. In fact, changes you’ve made to the Generate Y-DNA Results page, like subgrouping, will automatically be uploaded to the web page for your group.
faq id: 366 in Group Projects -- Administrators Keywords: family, results, project, public, website, setup
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How can I edit the information that is displayed on the public website?
Any changes made to the results will be reflected on the results section of the page. So to edit information like subgrouping, you will have to update it within the GAP, and the changes will appear on your public website.
To edit the information you have provided in the cookie cutter spaces, return to the Family Project Website Setup link and make ...
faq id: 367 in Group Projects -- Administrators Keywords: family, public, project, website, setup
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Where do I go to order the kit?
To order a kit from the Genographic Project, visit their website, www.genographic.com. To order a test kit from Family Tree DNA, please visit our website, www.familytreedna.com
faq id: 370 in Genographic Project Keywords: order, kit
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What is the Member Distribution Map?
This is a new feature in your personal page which you can use to see where the ancestors of your matches come from. A pushpin will appear on the map for each match who has entered the latitude and longitude of their most distant known ancestor’s location. If you have entered the latitude and longitude for your own most distant known ancestor, it wi ...
faq id: 371 in Group Projects -- Administrators Keywords: member, distribution, map, locations, ancestors
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How many administrators should I have?
We generally recommend that a project eventually include more than one administrator. This is to help ensure that if for some reason (vacations, health, etc.) you are unable to administer the project, it will still have someone to govern it, help answer questions from group members and other functions. Additionally, many Group Administrators have f ...
faq id: 374 in Group Projects -- Administrators Keywords: administrators, co-administrators
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How do I list additional administrators?
You can add a co-administrator by entering their name and email address in the additional email section of the Update Contact Information section on your Group Administrator Page. They will receive all future notifications sent to the Group Administrator. To access the Group Administrator Page you will need to share the kit number (begins with the ...
faq id: 375 in Group Projects -- Administrators Keywords: administrators, co-administrators
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What happens when I am ready to retire as Group Administrator?
When you are ready to retire as the group’s administrator, if you have co-administrators, they can take over and maintain the group. If there are no co-administrators at the time, you can contact your group to let them know of the change, and ask if anyone would like to take over. Additionally, please let us know, as we will serve as a temporary ad ...
faq id: 376 in Group Projects -- Administrators Keywords: administrator, retire
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Should my group status be public or private?
Groups can be kept completely private which means unless a member chooses through his “Setup Preferences” section to view matches outside the project, every member of your group will only see their matches only within the project.
Setting the group to public means the default setting for your group members will be to see matches within the entire ...
faq id: 377 in Group Projects -- Administrators Keywords: public, private
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What if a member forgets his or her password?
If a member misplaces his or her password and requests it from you, you can a) direct the member to the home page where there is a link "Forgot the password?" nect to the Login area, or b) forward the email to info at familytreedna.com and we will send the password to the member.
faq id: 381 in Group Projects -- Administrators Keywords: password, member, forgets
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What is a GEDCOM?
A GEDCOM is a common file format that allows genealogists to exchange information about their ancestors. A GEDCOM file can be created using genealogy software that allows you to export your data in GEDCOM format.
Your group members will have the opportunity to upload their own GEDCOM files to their personal pages. This will allow other matches to ...
faq id: 382 in Group Projects -- Administrators Keywords: GEDCOM
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Should all members take a Deep Clade SNP test?
Not all members of your group will need to have a Deep Clade SNP test. If there are one or two groups of men in your project who all closely match each other, then only one of those men needs a Deep Clade SNP test performed. All the other men that match his results will also belong to the same sub-clade. If there are samples that can no longer be c ...
faq id: 383 in Group Projects -- Administrators Keywords: deep, clade, subclade, snp, haplogroup
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Should members with no haplogroup assignment take a Backbone test?
In order to provide our customers with the highest level of haplogroup confidence, Family Tree DNA is now providing a SNP Assurance Program.
In this program, if we cannot predict a person’s Y-DNA haplogroup with sufficient confidence to match the standards required to join the National Geographic’s Genographic Project, we will automatically perfo ...
faq id: 384 in Group Projects -- Administrators Keywords: backbone, haplogroup, prediction
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How do I start a project?
Starting a project is very easy to do, and involves no additional cost. We have no project set-up fee and we offer free analysis of the results.
As a registered surname project at Family Tree DNA, your project will receive project pricing and a set of tools for the Group Administrator plus automatic matching notifications.
Email support at family ...
faq id: 386 in Group Projects -- Participants Keywords: project, start, group