David, This is a public forum, unmoderated. The messages are not seen by me the list Adm. before they reach the list and none are censured or controlled. We don't control who becomes a member and we do not know where they live. No one is told what to post or when. If you read USA messages, it is because the researchers in the USA are posting. If you wish to have the UK represented, you should post your Hancock family, and other residents of the UK should do the same. If you have read the DNA messages, you will see that no mention was ever made about who could or could not submit DNA. The only requirement is that you be a male with the surname of Hancock. We have no control over who participates and I have no idea what lines are represented until the DNA results are in and I look at the ancestor Chart the participant sent to me. The only way I knew about Alvis being represented was that the person mentioned it in email to me. Most participants contact others of the lines that they suspect that they may connect with to encourage them to participate and in some cases offer to pay for the test in order to be sure the line is represented. If the UK is under-represented on our Hancock list or in our DNA testing, the blame must fall on the UK researchers, as everyone is welcome. Julia French Wood In a message dated 06/27/2003 7:28:54 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > There have been a lot of messages regarding the Hancock DNA project, but > only regarding USA Hancock's from the messages I have received. > What is the current situation regarding UK Hancock's? > Possibly I have missed something but it seems that over the last year there > has been a disproportionate amount of messages regarding the DNA Project > than in the usual methods of research, to the exclusion of UK Hancock's. > (Check the archives regarding DNA) > I have subscribed to this site for some time now and just automatically > delete 99% of Hancock messages because they are exclusively USA Hancock > messages or exclusively USA DNA Messages. > If a Surname site becomes polarised towards one subject (DNA) or one group > of people (USA) it becomes boring. > If this list doesn't start to grab the interest of Hancocks worldwide > instead of just the USA it will be to the detriment of all Hancocks, not > just those in the States who can afford to pay for DNA Testing.

Well said, Julia. David, please do post your Hancock line as none of us are really sure how far back our Hancock lines do go. Perhaps another male (one or more) in your direct line would be willing to share the cost of the DNA testing for your line with just one of you turning in the kit to be analyzed. You would get the same results and all of you would benefit from the results as well. Just a thought. Jean Hancock in TX P. S. Julia, I haven't forgotten about the test either---just waiting until I can get over this broken tail-bone thing so I can concentrate on what I need to do!<G> ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] dna David, This is a public forum, unmoderated. The messages are not seen by me the list Adm. before they reach the list and none are censured or controlled. We don't control who becomes a member and we do not know where they live. No one is told what to post or when. If you read USA messages, it is because the researchers in the USA are posting. If you wish to have the UK represented, you should post your Hancock family, and other residents of the UK should do the same. If you have read the DNA messages, you will see that no mention was ever made about who could or could not submit DNA. The only requirement is that you be a male with the surname of Hancock. We have no control over who participates and I have no idea what lines are represented until the DNA results are in and I look at the ancestor Chart the participant sent to me. The only way I knew about Alvis being represented was that the person mentioned it in email to me. Most participants contact others of the lines that they suspect that they may connect with to encourage them to participate and in some cases offer to pay for the test in order to be sure the line is represented. If the UK is under-represented on our Hancock list or in our DNA testing, the blame must fall on the UK researchers, as everyone is welcome. Julia French Wood In a message dated 06/27/2003 7:28:54 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > There have been a lot of messages regarding the Hancock DNA project, but > only regarding USA Hancock's from the messages I have received. > What is the current situation regarding UK Hancock's? > Possibly I have missed something but it seems that over the last year there > has been a disproportionate amount of messages regarding the DNA Project > than in the usual methods of research, to the exclusion of UK Hancock's. > (Check the archives regarding DNA) > I have subscribed to this site for some time now and just automatically > delete 99% of Hancock messages because they are exclusively USA Hancock > messages or exclusively USA DNA Messages. > If a Surname site becomes polarised towards one subject (DNA) or one group > of people (USA) it becomes boring. > If this list doesn't start to grab the interest of Hancocks worldwide > instead of just the USA it will be to the detriment of all Hancocks, not > just those in the States who can afford to pay for DNA Testing. ______________________________