HELLO DENNIS, CLINT & HUGH, MANY YEARS AGO, IN A QUEST FOR ANCESTRY OF JLX (MY LINE), I DID A NUMBER OF INITIAL COMPARISON STUDIES AND HELD OUT SOME HOPE THAT JAMES LEE OF BATH WAS POSSIBLY CONNECTED WITH THE GODFREY LEE OF LONDON AND SURRY, COLONIAL. I POSTULATED THIS BASED ON THE PRESENCE OF PEYTONS IN THE JAMES LEE RECORDS AND THE VERY PROMINENT PLACE OF PEYTONS IN THE GODFREY LEE LINE. IN HAYDEN'S VIRGINIA GENEALOGIES IS A STUDY OF "PEYTON" AND WITHIN IT, A PROMINENT PLACE FOR GODFREY LEE OF LONDON, MERCHANT & VIRGINIA CONNECTIONS OF THE FAMILY. INDEPENDENT OF HAYDEN, I DID MY OWN INVESTIGATIONS AMONG LONDON RECORDS ON GODFREY LEE & WROTE A MONOGRAPH ON MY FINDINGS. WHETHER DONE NOW OR LATER, I THINK IT WOULD BEHOVE THE DNA PROJECTS ON SUNDRY LEE COLONIAL LINES ALREADY IN DNA TESTING TO BE IN CONTACT WITH ANY SIMILAR WORK BEING DONE IN ENGLAND. I ALSO THINK IT LIKELY THAT ALREADY GENEALOGICALLY PROVED LEE LINES ARE STILL LIVING IN VIRGINIA WHO NEVER MIGRATED, AND MIGHT BE PERSUADED TO OFFER DNA MATERIAL, EVEN IF "WE" HAD TO PAY FOR THE TESTING. IT ISN'T LIKELY THAT ALREADY GENEALOGICALLY PROVED LEE LINES WOULD BE SEEKING TO HAVE DNA ASSESSMENT, BUT SUCH TESTING WOULD SURELY HELP US! THE SOURCE, REVISED ED. (ED. BY SZUCS AND LUEBKING, 1997) OFFERS ON P. 707-708 A SECTION ENTITLED, "FAMILY SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS," & UNDER THAT HEADING A BOOK ENTITLED, "DIRECTORY OF FAMILY ASSOCIATIONS" (ELIZABETH PETTY BENTLEY), PUB. BIANNUALLY BY GEN. PUB. CO. THIS BOOK LISTS ADDRESSES, TELEPHONE NOS., CONTACT PERSONS AND PUBLICATIONS OF FAMILY ASSOCIATIONS....ONE-NAME SOCIETIES, SURNAME EXCHANGES, AND FAMILY NEWSLETTERS. IT'S PROBABLY AVAILABLE AT MOST LARGE GENEALOGY LIBRARIES. THE SOURCE ALSO OFFERS, NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR BRITISH GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY, WHICH CONTAINS LISTINGS OF FAMILY REUNIONS IN THE U.S. AND ENGLAND. AN ADDRESS IS GIVEN P.O. BOX 20425, CLEVELAND, OH 44120. MEMBERSHIP $10. WITH CURRENT ONLINE AVAILABILITIES, IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO HARD TO CONTACT LEE DNA GROUPS IN ENGLAND. I PRESUME THAT MY POINT IS TAKEN THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY A NUMBER OF EARLY VIRGINIA LEE LINES WHICH ARE ACCEPTED AS PROVED TO LIVING DESCENDANTS AND WHO WOULDN'T ORDINARILY SEE MUCH VALUE IN DNA TESTING AS REDUNDANT. HOWEVER, THE USEFULNESS OF DNA OFFERINGS FROM SUCH PROVED LINES WOULD BE INVALUABLE TO US & SHOULD BE EXPLORED AS A RESOURCE. PERHAPS I AM GLOSSING OVER EXTANT VIRGINIA LINES ALREADY IN DNA TESTING, BUT THOSE I'VE SEEN MENTIONED ARE PRIMARILY FROM PROVED PROGENITORS OF NORTH CAROLINA (OR VA-NC BORDER), SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA AND MISSISSIPPI. PUTTING AN AD IN "THE VIRGINIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER" (5001 W. BROAD ST., #115, RICHMOND, VA 23230-3023) MIGHT STIR A DONOR RESPONSE. KAY GUNN [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])