Hi Everyone: The Barnett Family Surname DNA Project Webpage has been updated. We now have 16 participants. About 10 have their results posted and the others are waiting for their results to be returned. The website has been reworked and some of the participants have been renumbered but their information remains the same. Currently there are two groups dominating-one from Virginia to Georgia and the Carolinas, the other from Pennsylvania to Mecklenburg, NC. There are several others with no matches. With all the Barnetts that were in the US in the 1850 census I know this is just a drop in the bucket. We also have two Barneys in the group. The results for one have been returned and we are waiting on teh results for the second. The Results page has the marker information and there is a genetic distance comparison page. There is a short write up on each family , namly the lineage of the participant from the ancestor down to the participant. For the sake of not giving out personal information living persons dates, names and other information has been abreviated to prevent identity theives from having too much information. The site includes an email contact for each participant shoudl someone wish to contact the person. Mark Barnett has set up a Barnett Forum where people can discuss what is going on on the DNA website or in their research. Hopefully this will help organize families on the DNA program and not detract from thie Barnett Mailing Group on Rootsweb. The website for the new forum is at http://www.barnettfamilytree.com/forum/ If you are a male Barnett, know one or are related to one or researching one I hope you will participate or find a Barnett to sponsor in the Barnett Surname DNA Project. The more we have in the group the more we can connect and learn more about the various Barnett families in the US and the World. I suggest people who are not now surnamed Barnett but are researching the name should try to find someone still carrying the name and sponsor them in the project. The best way to know how your line fits in is to find someone in your own line to take the test. The tests are not real expensive but they are not just coffee money either. By pooling together we can help ourselves by helping to defray the cost for someone who can take the test. MIC

Apparently I left off the URL for the DNA website. Here it is: http://micbarnette.bravepages.com/_barnett_dna_project.html