Yes, I found a female third cousin online descended from one of my New England lines. We became regular correspondents over a ten year period (and sister/cousins/ best friends). She had a male first cousin who still bore the name. He consented to be tested. What the DNA showed upended a lot of previous research on that line. We had tried to prove our contentions with a paper trail, which was pretty much ignored, but when combined with the DNA, it opened eyes and provided proof which could not be ignored. I am certain that DNA testing is going to really, in many cases, muddy the waters considerably for the next fifty years or so. People are really going to have to hit the research trail in earnest and seek out those primary sources, because a lot of the "facts" in the kinds of books we have been talking about are going to be proven erroneous. Many people will have to start from scratch so to speak. And I am sure that there are some people who are going to get some really nasty surprises when they find out that there has either been an unknown illegitmate birth or an adoption that occured generations ago. Kay -----Original Message----- From: JanAlpert <JanAlpert@aol.com> To: njhunter <njhunter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, Mar 31, 2012 8:50 am Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Y chromosome DNA If you are not a male Stout, you need to find the closest male Stout to ou. rothers ncles reat Uncles hat if the great uncles are no longer living? n one of my surnames (Hodge), I was able to take my last male in the line orn in 1831 (my great, great grandfather) and trace all his 7 sons forward using census on Ancestry and the Social Security Death Index and bituaries when I got to the earlier years. Several had no children or only aughters in a generation or two. But I was able to continue one line forward or 5 enerations and found two living male cousins living in Tacoma, ashington. I convinced one to do the DNA at my expense and I now have a match ith hree other distant Hodge cousins. We are now looking for a common ancestor n upstate New York about the time of the Revolutionary War. t isn't easy research but it can be done. n a message dated 3/31/2012 8:32:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, usan.avery@juno.com writes: Marilyn - the male must still bear the surname Stout in order to be ested - they neglected to tell you that. I imagine that your son is a an Horne and to have his DNA test done would only trace the Van Horne ame, not the Stout name. Susan Avery On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:09:33 -0500 Marjorie Devore <scarlett1@mchsi.com> rites: On 3/30/2012 11:06 PM, Marleen Van Horne wrote: My son would do this, he is 48, lives here in my town, how do I begin? m > Marjorie, > > The yDNA has to be from a male who is a biological descendant from > Richard Stout. > > You could do an atDNA test and hope for a match with another Stout > descendant, gender does not matter, but the matches are harder to prove. > > Marleen Van Horne > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message isit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: ttp://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to JHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in he subject nd the body of the message Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message -----Original Message----- From: JanAlpert <JanAlpert@aol.com> To: njhunter <njhunter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, Mar 31, 2012 8:50 am Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Y chromosome DNA If you are not a male Stout, you need to find the closest male Stout to ou. rothers ncles reat Uncles hat if the great uncles are no longer living? n one of my surnames (Hodge), I was able to take my last male in the line orn in 1831 (my great, great grandfather) and trace all his 7 sons forward using census on Ancestry and the Social Security Death Index and bituaries when I got to the earlier years. Several had no children or only aughters in a generation or two. But I was able to continue one line forward or 5 enerations and found two living male cousins living in Tacoma, ashington. I convinced one to do the DNA at my expense and I now have a match ith hree other distant Hodge cousins. We are now looking for a common ancestor n upstate New York about the time of the Revolutionary War. t isn't easy research but it can be done. n a message dated 3/31/2012 8:32:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, usan.avery@juno.com writes: Marilyn - the male must still bear the surname Stout in order to be ested - they neglected to tell you that. I imagine that your son is a an Horne and to have his DNA test done would only trace the Van Horne ame, not the Stout name. Susan Avery On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:09:33 -0500 Marjorie Devore <scarlett1@mchsi.com> rites: On 3/30/2012 11:06 PM, Marleen Van Horne wrote: My son would do this, he is 48, lives here in my town, how do I begin? m > Marjorie, > > The yDNA has to be from a male who is a biological descendant from > Richard Stout. > > You could do an atDNA test and hope for a match with another Stout > descendant, gender does not matter, but the matches are harder to prove. > > Marleen Van Horne > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message isit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: ttp://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to JHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in he subject nd the body of the message Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

Kay, you're absolutely correct!  There is a book about "Josiah Moore of Hunterdon County" and it totally discounts those of us who never left New Jersey (or even Hunterdon County!).  I had communicated with the out-of-state author several times but he wasn't particularly interested. I tried to explain that not every member of every family had moved to Fayette, Pennsylvania!  You can't always trust the printed word. I have an aunt who just wrote a book of her life and had it published through a vanity press and we know some of the "facts" are incorrect.   Sharon Harry and Sharon Moore Colquhoun Yardville, NJ Our family website