Holly, I've had the same thought. One thing that might encourage the "well documented" lines is that they will go to their grave never really knowing the truth for sure. There could be illegitimacy, adoption etc. For example, we just did some testing on the "Sir William Harris of Essex" line using a non-American Harris donor. I will never disclose the results to anyone that hasn't participated in the DNA project. How's that for leaving them hanging? :) -John Harris --- Holly Jagger <hjagger@pronetisp.net> wrote: > Listers, > Just a thought. > > It occurs to me that most persons participating in > the dna project would do > so because of inadequate documentation. Some may do > so out of interest in > their line, however, those who have well-documented > evidence in tracing > their 'tree' back to the original immigrant to > America, might not need dna > to 'prove' it. > > Interesting. This leads to the question, how can we > encourage those with > well-traced roots to participate, so the others in > the study can compare > results? > > (just a thought) > Holly > > > ==== HARRIS-HUNTERS Mailing List ==== > HH Archives: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > HH Site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~confido/hindex2.htm > > HH Data Base: > http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=harrishunters > > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com