My comments were generic. In the specific instance of the FLEMING surname, please see Janet Fleming-Flemming's post. All of the DNA companies I know of have very accurate/precise results - what you get is a string of numbers. The key is having an active Project Administrator who takes an interest in each person who participates and has the big picture for the FLEMING/FLEMMING surname and has a goal to help and map out ALL the FLEMING/FLEMMING lines. I do that for the BARTLETT-DNA Project, and Janet is very active with the FLEMING-DNA Project - I would contact her and join her project for sure. I'm still looking for someone from my FLEMING line to participate in FLEMING DNA. My line goes back to a James FLEMING of Frederick Co, MD (m Ann JOHNSON) who was a LT in RevWar, wounded, moved after the war to Hampshire Co, VA then to Harrison Co, (W)VA, where Ann died and he remarried and then he died. I would be happy to share costs with any male FLEMING from this line in Janet's project. Many of us are trying to sort out the PA/MD/VA Flemings. Jim Bartlett ===================== From: Jeanette Johnston <vjjohnst@yahoo.com> Date: 2008/01/16 Wed PM 11:10:43 CST To: Jim Bartlett <jim4bartletts@verizon.net>, 'Rhonda Cooper' <rcooper46@cableone.net>, FLEMING@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FLEMING] DNA projects Jim: I totally agree with you. I have dealt with familytreedna and have been very happy with them. Also, once you get the results from familytreedna you can upload them to ysearch.org (Y-DNA) and/or mitosearch.org (mtDNA) at no cost and see how the results match others from around the world. Jeanette --- Jim Bartlett <jim4bartletts@verizon.net> wrote: > Family Tree DNA is the oldest and largest (and for me the most genealogy > friendly). Ancestry recently joined with a different lab to market DNA > products. The benefit of the new DNA-Genealogy tool, is being able to > take > your DNA result and compare it with others with the same surname. You > could > visit both of their websites and see if they have a Fleming surname > project > that you can join (with FTDNA you get a good discount by joining an > existing > project). At any company's site you should be able to link up with > others > who have your surname and are getting tested - the only way to use the > DNA > is to compare with others and find a common ancestor. > > Jim Bartlett > > -----Original Message----- > From: fleming-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:fleming-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of Rhonda Cooper > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:25 PM > To: FLEMING@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FLEMING] DNA projects > > I would like some information concerning DNA projects now being used to > assist in genealogy research. How do you know which service to use? I > know > of one provided by Ancestry.com and another at familytreedna.com. If > they > are different services then, are they not separate databases not sharing > information? How does one choose? > > > > R Cooper Jim Bartlett