----Original Message Follows---- From: "ljcrain" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [DNA] Re: Mayflower or Jamestown DNA Projects Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:35 -0500 Jamestown Remains Excavated in England By Associated Press posted: 13 June, 2005 SHELLEY, England (AP) _ Archaeologists hoping to determine whether an unearthed skeleton belongs to one of the founders of the first permanent English settlement in North America began work Monday to excavate his sister's 360-year-old remains in eastern England. Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold oversaw an expedition that led to the founding of Jamestown in 1607 in what is now Virginia. Other evidence already suggests that a nearly intact skeleton found outside the site of the Jamestown Fort is Gosnold's, but a DNA match would be confirmation. Cont. here: http://www.livescience.com/history/ap_050613_jamestown_dna.html