I would also be willing to contribute to the William Killgore, Sr. DNA testing. My line is descended from William b. abt 1759 and Anne Higginbotham. Jenna -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J Jerome Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 12:25 PM To: Sherry Arnold; [email protected] Subject: Re: [KILGORE] DNA Testing I am willing to make a reasonable contribution for someone that might help us get past the William Sr. brick wall (land grant in Augusta, GA in 1755). I am a part of the Robert Greer Kilgore line back to William Sr., but can't seem to get past him in 1755. I think it would be great if we could get a results for a couple from the lines we think may connect and see what we find. Jennifer -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Sherry Arnold" <[email protected]> > I have contributed to a couple of different projects this year. I am > not an authority on DNA but more than willing to do my part. One of my > projects had an offer for only $75 which three of us split; on another > one there were > 5 of us and we contributed $25. There seems to be a larger group here > so mybe it could be less? Also it depends on the marker as to the > cost? I think it should be at least a 37 marker? Is $150 a ballpark > figure? Are there at least 15 on this list that would/could contribute > $10? I think Vickie has summed it up very well. I think $150 may be > the going rate for > 37 markers, and we probably can;t get it together in time to take > advantage of the September 30th deadline for the reduced rate??? > > So who's on first!!! lol Who is our 'in residence authoity' on DNA!!! > A comment on testing two from the same line, that sometimes turns up a > surprise... So not even that is a waste??? > > Sherry > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vickie Miller" > To: "Kilgore" > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 7:59 AM > Subject: [KILGORE] DNA Testing > > > > I'd like to make a few suggestions. Has anyone determined whether the DNA > > testing site with the reduced rates is valid? If so, then that puts us on > > a deadline if we're going to get the ball rolling on this. > > First- I'd like to suggest that someone either be chosen or volunteers to > > coordinate this-preferrably with experience in either handling this sort > > of thing or with DNA testing (despite the fact that I'm making > > suggestions, I have experience in neither and am not volunteering myself) > > Second-that once that person has been chosen, then those of us who wish to > > donate then first PLEDGE the amount they wish to donate to the > > volunteer-that way if not enough interest or action takes place it will > > eliminate the bother for the volunteer to have to return money to those > > donating? That way, we'll also have an idea whether enough is being > > pledged to actually make this feasible at this time? > > Third-I'd suggest that the pledges be made directly to the volunteer > > OFF-LIST-that way the volunteer will receive the pledge directly to him > > and not have to wade through the list and sort out who's pledging? This > > will keep it better organized for that person-also in this time of > > belt-tightening it might be more comfortable for some to make their > > pledges anonymously (so to speak) directly to the volunteer and not to the > > list-perhaps more will respond? > > Fourth-Once someone is chosen, a deadline is set for the pledges to be > > given to the volunteer so that we can have an idea whether this is going > > to fly at this time? The volunteer can keep us apprised of the total and > > that way we'll know if this is a go or not. It may be, that we won't be > > able to get this project off the ground at this time, and may have to > > defer it to some future date. > > Fifth-It's my understanding that we need male DNA responders who have a > > direct line to our ancestors-we need to determine how many lines we > > represent and possibly what lines we want to focus on and what lines have > > already been tested-to avoid redundancy. It would be stupid if two > > descendants of say Robert & Winnie get tested while a descendant of say > > Ralph Kilgore of GA doesn't and so on. We need to focus our resources. > > > > What do you think? > > Sincerely, > > Vickie > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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