The team is working to build out family trees on the member website, remember we are volunteers and this is a tremendous time commitment to do so.

Input Methodology - first each individual has to be entered into the database.  Then in a second pass that individual can be linked with father/mother/spouse/children, but each of those individuals has to be entered into the database.

Source - we are using information provided to us by members.  Some of this data was entered into a different platform years ago, this data set cannot simply be transferred to our website resulting in reentry.

Confirmation - member data has not been confirmed, reviewed or compared against every online service providing family trees.

Person information incomplete - we realize that each individual has a life story regarding moves across country, military service, occupation, etc. We will endeavour to add that to our dataset as time allows.  Some of this information is in unpublished family histories that have been shared with us, others from community, academic, historical websites or public works. We will notate the public information and provide links where possible.

Ancient Trees - Our Clan Genealogist Christine Kuhn is working to complete the various ancient trees, including the many branches from Alexander Dunbar of Westfield.  This work is meticulous as information from centuries ago is often sparse depending on what parish is involved sometimes records simply do not exist.  There are often competing theories on how the lines should be constructed.  Note the article on Robert of Hingham, MA on how each potential connection must be analyzed and weighed.  This will often lead to connections that are 1) proven - beyond a doubt and the historical data exist 2) probable - evidence points towards a link but the missing piece of evidence has never been found 3) possible - the lowest standard where maybe common sense says two individuals are related but there is no documentary evidence of this link.

Modern Trees - as noted we are using information provided by our members.  Our first effort is to populate the genetic trees, that is to follow the male Dunbar descendants and their immediate families.  We will often notate the husband of a female Dunbar but not follow that family line.  We will continue to fill in missing (but available) information as time allows.

Living Persons - for public viewing we have used a cutoff of birth year 1930 for showing individuals on trees.  We often have information for individuals born after this year and their children or grandchildren.  However each jurisdiction has rules regarding such information - you will note this in the different releases of census information by country where the US has released 1950 and Canada only 1931.  Please see our privacy policy here https://www.clandunbar.org/privacy-policy  If you see a living person on a tree please notify us immediately so that we can hide that record.