Folks, I'm delighted to see all the activity on this list of late. One point I want to make sure nobody misses: DNA tests are on sale at both FTDNA and Ancestry.com. For general information on our DNA project and tests, you can check out this page: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com/DNAjoin.htm Here's the information on Y-DNA tests, taken in association with our project: https://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?code=T80694&Group=Hatcher The Y-DNA tests taken by Hatcher males do the best to confirm or disprove connections to the existing Hatcher families. The Y-37 test can provide that with its results. The price through the end of August is $129 instead of the list price of $169. Within our project, it's possible to order the Y-12 and Y-25 tests, but the former provides so little data that it's nearly useless, and at $109, the latter costs almost as much as the Y-37, so probably isn't worth the saving. The big Y test is on sale at $499, still a rather hefty price, but down from list price of $649. We have about 40 test participants in our Henrico County family who connect through Edward, the eldest son of William "the Immigrant." We have only nine who connect throughWm's son Henry, Sr, and only five who connect through William's son Benjamin, Sr. In our other Hatcher families, we have up to a double-handful or so project members. One long-standing success is the connection of the Quaker Hatchers of New England to the Dorset Hatchers of Minnesota and the Newfoundland Hatchers. We've been communicating with administrators of other projects as well. The Milam project leads have convinced themselves that our Nancy Hatcher married a specific James Milam, but that some sort of falling-out caused them to separate, and her to give thier children her maiden name. We anticipate some conclusions from working with the Burton admins. It appears that Our various Burton DNA matches *may* all have good genetic connections to the Henrico CountyHatchers. This would imply that the person we list as Susannah Hatcher was likely not a daughter of Wm the Im, but instead a daughter-in-law, and that either William's son William Jr. was her husband and the father of her children, before he passed away young, with Thomas Burton merely their step-father, or Thomas was actually William's son, or perhaps they shared an ancestor in England. Alas, test upgrades don't seem to be on sale at the moment. Autosomnal tests cost $59 through the end of the month, through Ancestry or through FamilyTreeDNA.com. Only the latter allows our DNA project admins to review your results and assist with identifying connections. You can, however, download data from either and upload to GEDmatch.com or MyHeritage.com and look through their databases for results. You can even download from Ancrestry and upload to FTDNA. If you have taken any DNA test anywhere, or have uploaded data to GEDmatch.com, I would be happy to add information about your test(s) to the Hatcher site. We have the ability to log tests in our database, and connect them to people in our genealogical database. As Bill mentioned, our database does not always follow lines to the present, as we track only one generation up or down from the Hatcher name. To maintain a modicum of privacy, I do *NOT* make public the specific individual who took the test, unless they have passed away. Instead, I link to a great-grandfather or similarly distant relative. Do please ask if you have any questions! Very best regards, William Watson Portland, Oregon co-admin https://HatcherFamilyAssn.com/ co-admin, Hatcher DNA genealogy project

I neglected to mention: Upgrades are also on sale: Y 25 new kit $109 (no discount) Y37 new kit $129 (saves $40) Y67 new kit $199 (saves $69) Y111 new kit $299 (saves $60) BigY700 new kit $499 (saves $150) Y12 to Y37 $99 (saves $10) Y12 to Y67 $169 (saves $30) Y12 to Y111 $279 (saves $80) Y25 to Y37 $49 (saves $10) Y25 to Y67 $139 (saves $20) Y25 to Y111 $239 (saves $30) Y37 to Y67 $89 (saves $20) Y37 to Y111 $178 (saves $50) Y67 to Y111 $89 (saves $10) On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 3:50 PM William J. Watson <wjw@alumni.rice.edu> wrote: > Folks, > > I'm delighted to see all the activity on this list of late. One point I > want to make sure nobody misses: DNA tests are on sale at both FTDNA and > Ancestry.com. > > For general information on our DNA project and tests, you can check out > this page: > http://hatcherfamilyassn.com/DNAjoin.htm > > Here's the information on Y-DNA tests, taken in association with our > project: > https://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?code=T80694&Group=Hatcher > > > > The Y-DNA tests taken by Hatcher males do the best to confirm or disprove > connections to the existing Hatcher families. The Y-37 test can provide > that with its results. The price through the end of August is $129 instead > of the list price of $169. Within our project, it's possible to order the > Y-12 and Y-25 tests, but the former provides so little data that it's > nearly useless, and at $109, the latter costs almost as much as the Y-37, > so probably isn't worth the saving. > > The big Y test is on sale at $499, still a rather hefty price, but down > from list price of $649. > > We have about 40 test participants in our Henrico County family who > connect through Edward, the eldest son of William "the Immigrant." We have > only nine who connect throughWm's son Henry, Sr, and only five who connect > through William's son Benjamin, Sr. > > > In our other Hatcher families, we have up to a double-handful or so > project members. One long-standing success is the connection of the Quaker > Hatchers of New England to the Dorset Hatchers of Minnesota and the > Newfoundland Hatchers. > > We've been communicating with administrators of other projects as well. > The Milam project leads have convinced themselves that our Nancy Hatcher > married a specific James Milam, but that some sort of falling-out caused > them to separate, and her to give thier children her maiden name. > > We anticipate some conclusions from working with the Burton admins. It > appears that Our various Burton DNA matches *may* all have good genetic > connections to the Henrico CountyHatchers. This would imply that the person > we list as Susannah Hatcher was likely not a daughter of Wm the Im, but > instead a daughter-in-law, and that either William's son William Jr. was > her husband and the father of her children, before he passed away young, > with Thomas Burton merely their step-father, or Thomas was actually > William's son, or perhaps they shared an ancestor in England. > > Alas, test upgrades don't seem to be on sale at the moment. > > > Autosomnal tests cost $59 through the end of the month, through Ancestry > or through FamilyTreeDNA.com. Only the latter allows our DNA project admins > to review your results and assist with identifying connections. You can, > however, download data from either and upload to GEDmatch.com or > MyHeritage.com and look through their databases for results. You can even > download from Ancrestry and upload to FTDNA. > > > If you have taken any DNA test anywhere, or have uploaded data to > GEDmatch.com, I would be happy to add information about your test(s) to the > Hatcher site. We have the ability to log tests in our database, and connect > them to people in our genealogical database. As Bill mentioned, our > database does not always follow lines to the present, as we track only one > generation up or down from the Hatcher name. > > To maintain a modicum of privacy, I do *NOT* make public the specific > individual who took the test, unless they have passed away. Instead, I link > to a great-grandfather or similarly distant relative. > > Do please ask if you have any questions! > > Very best regards, > > William Watson > Portland, Oregon > co-admin https://HatcherFamilyAssn.com/ > co-admin, Hatcher DNA genealogy project > >