I have someone in my ONS who is writing a SINNOTT history and wants to include a chapter about how DNA can help link families. Has anyone already done this or can suggest books or articles for him to read or to link to that give a good lay understanding? Corinne Curtis #5579

Hi Corinne I suggest you talk to GOON member Debbie Kennett as she is extremely knowledgeable about DNA research. Carol Gill ONS Twelftree/Twelvetrees Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Corinne Curtis via Sent: 11 June 2016 17:31 To: [email protected] Subject: [G] writing about DNA studies (in family history book) I have someone in my ONS who is writing a SINNOTT history and wants to include a chapter about how DNA can help link families. Has anyone already done this or can suggest books or articles for him to read or to link to that give a good lay understanding? Corinne Curtis #5579 _____________________________________________ RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I usually recommend the ISOGG Wiki, at http://isogg.org/wiki/Wiki_Welcome_Page You'll find a link to Beginners Guides to Genetic Genealogy, as well as to lists of books, journals, videos etc, on the Home Page. Best wishes Barbara Griffiths 4004 Parry ONS On 11 June 2016 at 17:31, Corinne Curtis via <[email protected]> wrote: > I have someone in my ONS who is writing a SINNOTT history and wants to > include a chapter about how DNA can help link families. Has anyone > already done this or can suggest books or articles for him to read or > to link to that give a good lay understanding? > > Corinne Curtis > #5579 > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

I won't add to the excellent suggestions already made, other than to say that there are lots of resources available online. A good place to start is www.familytreedna.com at both their 'Resources' educational pages and their 'Projects' pages where you can see how other DNA surname studies are being conducted. I'm a ONS newbie. I know that there are three main branches of Escotts, from Cornwall, Devon and Somerset. We have always wondered if there is a connection, but the Cornish records hit a brick wall where crucial parish records are recorded as lost. I have recently found a Somerset Escott who agreed to Y-DNA testing and am now waiting to see if he is related to my Cornish Escotts. Nothing but Y-DNA could answer this question. Ros Escott Escott ONS Tasmania, Australia

Thanks to everyone who has answered my question about writing about DNA. I have passed on some suggestions (particularly the publicly available material in ISOGG) to my surname study contact. I have also suggested that he might want to consider joining GOONS for the wealth of information available here. Corinne Curtis #5579 On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 5:31 PM, Corinne Curtis <[email protected]> wrote: > I have someone in my ONS who is writing a SINNOTT history and wants to > include a chapter about how DNA can help link families. Has anyone > already done this or can suggest books or articles for him to read or > to link to that give a good lay understanding? > > Corinne Curtis > #5579