Why we have the Barnes Project.

We could use more help adding the Barnes to Project so we can really start to build out the Master Profiles.

Ok will start looking at some of the Managers of the profiles

Angus, you don't need to. You can add any profile to any project you are following. Go to "more actions," "add to project", drop down, select the project (Barnes Family), done. The profile is then added.

It's all a great deal simpler than it used to be. :)

Ok I understand thanks

So you meant add more Barnes "Profiles" to the project?

Correct. That way we can really start to look at the patterns, migrations, separate unrelated families if there are any, share documents across profiles. Projects are a different view and illumination onto the tree.

And in the future, someone who is researching their Barnes family will find it much easier to gain collaborative permissions to their ancestral profiles by joining the Project, instead of waiting for different users to get on line.

Is it possible to sort the profiles Alphabetically?

Curious I did a relationship path from
Brinsley Barnes, I
Brinsley Barnes

Thomas Barnes
Thomas Barnes, Sr

Are they related??

I don't know if Brinsley & Thomas are related or not -- that's part of what this project is about, to figure that kind of thing out.

Alpha sort would be nice but that's an enhancement request and to me, not a priority. Let's work with the tools at hand.

Angus, my name is John Robert Barnes.I have started my family tree on Geni, however my cousin Ken has done extensive work on one branch of the Barnes tree. You can contact him at kenbarnes12@yahoo.com. Just tell him his cuz John Robert sent you. I hope this will help you in what you are doing. Thank you Angus for helping all of us, please let us know if we can be of any further service and do keep us posted please. John

I descend from Catherine (Barnes) Ross from Washington County, Pennsylvania, her father was William Barnes. William & Catherine (Barnes) Ross are buried in Hand County, SD. I really can't find much on my Barnes line, so hope I can get some help with this. Thanks.

Edith, may I add you to the Barnes Family Project? I suspect we have a couple of family members in common but I'd rather explore more within that Project.

Yes you can. Thanks. I will look forward to more information on the Barnes'. I also have a photocopy of a Barnes line that is incomplete but it could be of some help. I will see if I can find it and get back with you on that.

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You are now a Barnes Project Collaborator and I welcome your additions to our Barnes lines.

You are not yet connected to "the big tree" -- cousin Angus or others can explain that better -- and I want you to take your time to get there. Also I want your information.:)

But since you aren't in the "big tree" I can't use the geni "how are you connected" technology to try and find our common ancestors.

Now I took a quick look at my Ross line, which is a reasonable start from from my third great grandfather William Ashburn 'Old Billy' Ross

And no Catherine Barnes are obvious. So I went to look at my 7th great grandfather, Brinsley Barnes:

Brinsley Barnes

and I'm not seeing anything that jumps out at me either.

Yet I am still pretty sure we may be connected both through Ross and Barnes lines.

Why? Because of the burial in Hand County, South Dakota. "In 1875 Billy Ross and Haley left Arkansas, traveling by covered wagon over the Oregon Trail to the frontier of the Idaho Territory. They lived the remainder of their lives among many of their descendants who also shared in that trek."

In doing "quick research" on wagon trains of 1875 I remember reading of a group that settled in South Dakota. Their times seemed very hard so I moved myself along to Idaho and Oregon following my more direct migration paths.

I have a number of Barnes profiles. I think most are related to me through marriage. Related branches are Scott, Porter, Shipley, Riggs and maybe a couple others. If you think I could help in a significant way, I would be happy to join the project. For starters, do you want my Barnes profiles added to your project?

Tammy,

Your help is always welcome. We would be honored if you collaborate.

I think the most useful profiles to add to the project are for key people like "first immigrants" to a country, state, or where two significant families intersect. Please make them Master Profiles or make sure you have manager rights.

I also think it's useful in a Family name project to "park" "mystery Barnes" so that someone can "make a connection," perhaps.

Well, where two families intersect may be significant in my eyes, but to no one else. But they may be "mystery Barnes" for sure. lol

Angus,

You asked upthread if Brinsley Barnes (of North Carolina) & Thomas Barnes (of Connecticut) are related. My belief so far is not that I can see in the United States.

But guess what. They are both in my family tree.

The James Barnes I added to the project is my 8th gr uncle, so I guess I have more of a direct connection than I first thought. He is an immigrant from England.

Isn't it nice to revisit family?

James ‘the immigrant’ Barnes

of Maryland has a tease at me with the three Porter sibling marriage.

I am new to all of this and I am a direct descendent of Thomas Barnes of Farmington b.1615, Joseph Barnes b.1651, Joseph Barnes, b.1702, Sarah Allen (Barnes) b.1726. Sarah was my 5th great grandmother, who married Joshua Allen b.1728. Their son Joshua Barnes Allen b.1757 married Eve Allen.Their son Joshua Allen b.1787 married Rebecca Allen. Their daughter, Elizabeth Frum (Allen) 1833-1923 married John Frum 1827-1886. Their son was Jerome Frum 1867-1942, who married Isis Frum (Bartlett) 1866-1944 Their son was Ebert Latorus Frum 1905-1972 who married Georgia Elizabeth Frum (Selvey) 1905-1979. Their son, my father, was Donald Richard Frum 1929-2013. I am his daughter Joan Frum and I have more info about this branch if you are interested.

Would love your contributions! Have you connected your tree to the existing profiles on Geni? The idea is "build up" from yourself until there's a "match" - then it becomes one World Family Tree," as correct & well documented as we can make it. I'll send you a collaboration request to make the process easier.

Thanks for any help and info you can give me. I'm learning a little more every day about how to proceed.