>Delivered-To: th_freeo-thejacobs-thejacobs@thejacobs.free-online.co.uk >MBOX-Line: From hope@carnicle.com Mon Sep 06 23:01:29 2004 >Delivered-To: dave:jacobs.net@netidentity.com >X-OB-Received: from unknown (205.158.62.200) > by mta6-1.us4.outblaze.com; 6 Sep 2004 23:01:29 -0000 >From: hope@carnicle.com >Subject: Search across the pond >To: ENG-SOUTHAMPTON-admin@rootsweb.com >Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 16:10:24 -0700 >X-Library: Indy 8.009B >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 >X-Loop: dave@jacobs.net > >Dear List Administrator, > >I am administrator of a Freeman surname study group and would love to >include DNA test >results from our Freeman cousins from across the pond. > >I am hopeful that you might post my plea for participation on your >list. I am not currently >subscribed to your mailing list, so please reply to hope@carnicle.com. > >Thanking you most sincerely for your consideration. > >I have submitted this request to several lists, so please excuse any >duplication. > >Many of our family lines are known to have come from the British Isles, >but the documentation to >make the final connection does not exist. > >The New England, New York, New Jersey and Virginia family lines all have >traditional ties >back into the 1400-1600's with Great Britian and generations of >descendants have sought >the proof, but at one point or another have come up empty. We also have >many Freeman >family lines who emmigrated to the Carolinas who traditionally ties back >to the British Isles. > >Were the early colonists of Massachucetts and Connecticut for example >related to the >same common ancestor of the Freemans from, say New York, New Jersey and >Virginia? >DNA testing of desendants from these heretofore unattached family lines >may prove (or >disprove) a common line of descent. > >Some tantalizingly hopeful documents found for early Bensington, >Oxfordshire, England >may tie to my Freeman family...but that final proof is lacking. The >Virginia Freeman family >of Bridges Freeman also appears to tie back to this area of England as >well...and there >again we lack the documentary >evidence. > >DNA is the new era of family research that gives us the potential to >strech our ancestry >beyond the bounds of written documents...and I am very excited about its >prospects. We >have had many significant breakthroughs in correcting pedigrees, finding >"cousins" that we >never knew existed and have guided research efforts to the proper lines. > >If you are or know of a male descendant carrying the Freeman surname, >please consider >joining our DNA project. There are over 1,000 surname projects currently >active and looking >for participants from around the globe to join in this phenominal >adventure melding traditional >genealogical research with this advancing scientific tool. > >I have set up a web page at: www.carnicle.com/DNA_Project/ and invite you >to take a look >at our efforts in the area of DNA research. > >I would love to hear from you and include you among our members. > >Thank you >Hope Freeman Carnicle >Phoenix, Arizona USA >Descended from Judge Henry Freeman - 1600's >New Jersey Freeman family line > >PS I have no financial interest or receive no financial gains from >administrating this DNA study >group...but receive deep satisfaction whenever a member of our group >"finds" their true line of >descent. Melding traditional research with scientific advances.