To Couch group manager, I hope ya'll are having a Happy Holidays season. Here at Family Tree DNA we are adding a few new tools for our customers, and we would like to let you know about them. - FTDNATiP is now open to all members of Surname Projects: after the extremely positive response from our Group Administrators, we have decided to offer this resource to all our Surname Project members so that any potentially relevant matches can be analyzed with FTDNATiP. This tool can be found at the "Y-DNA Matches" section and we encourage our customers to read the "Understanding FDNATiP" page to learn why some matches have the FTDNATiP tool for comparison, while others don't. - E-mailing the FTDNATiP Report: because the Report is located on your members' Y-DNA Matches page, it is restricted to the most relevant matches from within your group. This feature will allow you to make any comparison between members and e-mail the Report page to the individuals being compared. The page that is e-mailed is in PDF format for easy printing. - mtDNA table added to the public web page: with the increasing number of mtDNA tests performed within projects, many GA's have asked us to include the mtDNA table of results in the public project page. This is available now and you can choose to publish by checking the corresponding box at the public website setup. We would like to wish you a very Happy 2005 and a year full of genealogical accomplishments. Family Tree DNA hereby renews its commitment to be at the forefront of Genetic Genealogy, and you can rest assured that we will make 2005 reflect this commitment more than ever. On a final note, a quick reminder to those of you who still have FTDNA matching funds ($$) in your General Fund: the use of those matching gifts will expire on 12/31/04, and after that day we will remove them from the log, leaving only the actual donations. If you need assistance on how to make the most out of it, you are welcome to contact us. Happy New Year! E-mail me any time! Max Blankfeld Vice-President, Operations and Marketing http://www.FamilyTreeDNA.com