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Subject: Re: Black DNA Projects
Date: 13 Feb 2005 17:26:27 -0700
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Surnames: Black
Classification: Query
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http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JNE.2ACIB/3325.1
Message Board Post:
A Recent Ancestry Daily News email contained an article about DNA genealogy - called genetealogy by the author. They listed several places for information on current projects:
-- Ancestry's Announcements of DNA Projects Board: Since this message board was launched a couple of months ago, at last check it contains about 335 messages, but it will presumably become a useful place to seek out existing projects as more people discover it. Alternatively, you can search the appropriate surname message boards at Ancestry (just search on +Smith + DNA, replacing Smith with your surname of interest), as quite a few include project announcements and updates as well.
--RootsWeb's GENEALOGY-DNA Mailing List: Still another alternative is searching the archives at Rootsweb's popular DNA mail ing list. Quite a few participants in this list post announcements of their projects, as well as occasional interesting or unexpected results.
-- Testing Companies' Websites: Yet another option is to search at the websites of some of the companies that offer these genetic tests. These include Family Tree DNA (www.familytreedna.com), Relative Genetics, and DNA Heritage (www.dnaheritage.com).
-- Search Engine: And of course, there's always Google.com (or whatever your favorite search engine is). Simply enter "DNA" and the surname you're interested in. If you're dealing with a ver y common name and get too many hits, filter your search a bit more by adding words such as "genealogy" and "surname."
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