Hi With Geocities due to close down on Monday [26 October ] perhaps the site has migrated elsewhere? Best Wishes Alan Craven ----- Original Message ----- From: "PATRICIA SPRINGER" <SPRINGERPC@msn.com> To: <eng-cambridgeshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 5:53 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-CAMS] Powells in Cambridgeshire and Powelltor. > Hello Ian, > > Just now got some time to look over the site you sent, but looks like the > site cannot bring up the page. Do these pages go of the internet????? Do > not know anything about this. Thank you though for helping and sorry I > was not able to get to the information. > > Pat in Southern Indiana, USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: PATRICIA SPRINGER<mailto:SPRINGERPC@msn.com> > To: > eng-cambridgeshire@rootsweb.com<mailto:eng-cambridgeshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 8:00 PM > Subject: Re: [ENG-CAMS] Powells in Cambridgeshire and Powelltor. > > > Thank you Ian, > > Thank you so much for your info and website, and will check it tomorrow > when I have more time. We are in a DNA "T" Haplogroup, so that makes > our line of Powells very rare, and most likely related to "T" Groups that > match all the way to 67 markers. Our DNA group can be found by putting > Powell DNA Project into your Search, and clicking on to it. Look for the > T Haplogroup which is under the first Submitter. There are ll of us. You > can read each family background back to the oldest ancestor by clicking on > the blue underlined kit numbers. > > We just cannot seem to find the link where or who really was the ancestor > that came to the USA, we would also like to know if they came from > Ireland, Wales, or England. Know that is a lot of territory to scan, but > we are so lost at looking for these people. Ran into one person in the > family, and they said Upson Powell told of an Irish Heritage, so guess we > are a dukes mixture. I am thanking everyone so much for any help given, > and will try my best to use the info. Anyone has permission to use my > email address off line. > > Regards, > Pat in Southern Indiana USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: IAN > GRAHAM<mailto:idgraham@btinternet.com<mailto:idgraham@btinternet.com>> > To: > ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE@rootsweb.com<mailto:ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE@rootsweb.com<mailto:ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE@rootsweb.com%3Cmailto:ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE@rootsweb.com>> > Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 5:56 AM > Subject: Re: [ENG-CAMS] Powells in Cambridgeshire and Powelltor. > > > I know from my own family's history that very strange things can happen > in the oral transmission of (former home) placenames and origin myths, > particularly once the the transitional generation are dead and an ocean > lies between the ongoing line and the old country. > > Given you have some DNA results, you might like to look at > > http://www.geocities.com/thurlowons/eagdna/frame_set.html<http://www.geocities.com/thurlowons/eagdna/frame_set.html<http://www.geocities.com/thurlowons/eagdna/frame_set.html%3Chttp://www.geocities.com/thurlowons/eagdna/frame_set.html>> > > (eagdna = East Anglia Geographic DNA project) > > which maintains a database and runs a 'list' like this, with some > interested/informed and helpful regulars. > > Given it's Geocities, it might be as well to do it soon...... > > Ian Graham > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message