Ancestry dot com has a feature that correlates ones DNA data with family trees that have been submitted by yourself and others (not always well authenticated, unfortunately), the goal being to identify individuals with whom you share a recognized common ancestor. This is the "ThruLines" feature.

ThurLines has now shown me over 20 distant cousins with whom I share DNA from one or more of the individuals listed in this book, and with lines that i have in fact fully authenticated (a really necessary step, I learned).

So far i have found very few errors or contradictions in Jones' information. I have found that the list of children of each marriage is not necessarily complete - others can sometimes be added from Census records. What IS there, however, is almost always verifiable.

The lack of dates in the book can now be overcome at least back into the early 1800s from extant on-line records. Having done this detailed authentication leaves me impressed that this is in fact a valuable resource.

Unfortunately, the paucity of recorded information before the 1850 Census prevents us from verifying the earliest generations listed by Jones, but that is a problem not unique to these families alone.

I used this book (belonging to my Hamrick grandmother) back when I started my research. The first three generations are very incorrect; the author's old relatives (Old Aunt "Sookie" Hamrick) made up some information or perhaps misremembered is kinder. And most Hamrick researchers have given up on George Hamrick being the progenitor of all Hamricks in America... it appears that honor is more likely to belong to one Patrick Hamrick, whose name you won't find in this book.

I had forgotten that my first g-grandfather's photo is on page 12.

I hope it is possible to get this in print. This has been one of the most exciting finds of a lifetime for my family. I agree with the reviewer who stated it is difficult to follow considering that lack of dates. For me, it will be much easier because I have dates for most of those listed in my direct line. I cannot express enough how wonderful it is to have found this. Thank you SC Jones, God rest your soul.

The strenght of this book as I see it is the stories that give color and interest and especially respect to the subjects of the writing. However, it was impossible for me to identify the generations other than wecond, fifth, etc. without dates attached and I couldn't figure out if people were included only once or multiple times. If one had a lifetime to study it out, perhaps they could descern who was who but I wasn't able to do that.

It was obvious that the author put a great deal of time and effort into his history, but I found it too hard to follow.