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From: "Roy Johnson" <>
Subject: Re: [PACE-L] DNA - "E> Aldridge" EHENERYAULD@AOL>COM
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 14:55:41 -0500
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> 1. Of late there have been "bushels" of verbiage about using DNA to
determine
> lineage of the Pace "PACK". Seems a "Protocol aka Ropad Map" is necessary
and
> must at least answer the following questions, all intertwined and
> interdependent:
>
> a. Whot?
> b. What?
> c. Why?
> d. When?
> e. Where?
> f. How?
> e. Controls & dissemation of results?
I agree. I don't think Pace Society president Bob Pace will mind if I tell
you that he e-mailed me privately asking me to work on a proposal to present
to the society, especially since so many have suggested funding by
donations. It has to be done in the right way, and requires a lot of study
into just how it works, what results can be expected, what labs are
reputable, how to handle privacy issues, and, if there is to be a fund for
donations handled by the Pace Society, how to determine participants if
there are more than the fund will handle.
I have been working on it as much as I can and I set up a page on the Pace
Network to post important information and links to useful sites (not in
place yet, but coming). I would like help from all possible sources--if you
come across a useful site or useful information, post it to the group or
e-mail it to me if it is too long.
Site on Pace Network: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pace/DNA/
I teach computer courses at Webster University in the St. Louis suburbs, and
while my class was having their work time today I did some google searching
and came up with some very useful information and some good sites, which I
will post to the above URL as soon as I have time.
Roy Johnson
>
> 2. With successful answers, there are a great number of hurdles to
overcome,
> providing one has the intestional fortitude to contine. Consider the
> possibility your DNA Mapping has already been accomplished. There are
various
> agencies, facilities, etc., which might be of assistance:
>
> a. Your medical provider and servicing labs, inquiring also as to
what
> agencies they have provided "substances" for further study & DNA Mapping.
>
> b. Your medical/health insurance policy holder(s), even those who
have
> rejected earlier coverage. Again, asking to what agencies they have
> communicated on this subject.
>
> c. Government agencies: Suggest starting with the Dept of Justice
> (Atty Genl Ashcroft) as he has the "finger" on all law enforcement records
> leading to a National Data Base on all collecting archives; inquire if
they
> have provided their files to an agency in Brussels, Belgium, i.e. European
> Union and UN as part of the "New World Order."
>
> d. A Note of Caution as such inquiry may very well trigger a notion
> for placement on a "Person of Interest List."
>
> 3. Currenty, there is a move afoot for the military to provide law
> enforcement all of the collected DNA files which was amassed for
> identification of casualties.
>
> 4. Seems a close study of a selected Lab's Protocol prior to heading on
this
> "wild ride." What is the baseline, and how is that to be determined and
who
> does the count of possible Pace Descendents? Maybe one should start with
> legal and known offspring; finding they all match parents, then keep
> proceeding backward.
>
> a. In my research of various families, have "uncovered" one gal who
> was married three times, had three fine sons who were all halfbrothers and
> not one was fathered by either one of the husbands. After her death, and
ole
> nneighbor was aked "what w3as so interesting of the gal"? His relpy,
> "availability."
>
>
> 5. This is a story I tell of part of my heritage:
>
> a. There were two brothers who crossed the pond. After arrival in
VA,
> the elder took an Indian wife during one of his long hunter treks. The
> younger became a merchant/farmer, and while the elder was away, the
younger
> shared the blanket with the Indian gal. On return and learing of the
escape,
> the elder packed, leaving his wife and went south to become a "jack leg"
> preacher. The younger took the Indian gal and went west becomming a horse
> thief. So, by the Grace of God, part of my ancestors rode a boat to VA
while
> another branch was waving to them as they landed, and I come from the
western
> band.
>
> 6. Basic Genealogy is the study of human from womb to tomb. Thus some
degree
> of medical knowledge is necessary when shaking the family tree while
hoping
> not too man "nuts and fruits" fall. This DNA search may lead to the
"woodpile
> and/or haystack, or even to Thomas Jefferson." In any event be prepared to
> encounter prime candidates for study and any School of Proctology. Above
> all, recall that its the same DNA Science that leads some to believe they
> have ancestors and living cousins who are well cloaked, except their
knuckles
> where they drag the ground.
>
>
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