While we're mentioning DNA projects, I'd like to mention my Shaw Surname yDNA Project. We've got about 40 participants so far, with ancestries documented into England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Of particular personal interest to me are the Shaw families from Cayuga County. I've got two identically matching samples from my own lineage, which is from the Irish Catholic families who settled in Union Springs and then Auburn post potato famine, but I'd love to get some participants from the Shaw families who predated them in the county to see if I can find any links. There were at least three other Shaw family clusters in the pre 1850 censuses, found in both the far northern and southern townships of Cayuga County. As with the Palatine German study, there are also many other ethnic and regional projects in process in addition to the surname projects. Once someone has their DNA tested and has results, it is a simple process to add yourself to multiple studies and databases to look for common family connections. While a yDNA test never "proves" anything except a common ancestry at some point, it can definitely "disprove" a relationship and save you countless hours of hunting down a connection that never existed in the first place, and it is fairly accurate in placing a time frame for the common ancestor, when there are enough samples from different lines to compare. If you'd like to see what a basic project looks like, here is a link to my Shaw Project. It is about as basic as you can get as I don't have time to develop elaborate webpages and more extensive links as some projects have, but it is quite effective. _http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/s/shaw/index.html_ (http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/s/shaw/index.html) At the top of the page you will see links to a "results" chart with the actual DNA results and another link at the top takes you to a list of "Patriarchs" which are basic male lineages (Shaw surnames only) from an earliest known ancestor. Links from that page take you to the Shaw surname forum where people post their original pedigrees that may contain more information than what is included in the patriarchs listing. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Hi Kathy, It has been a while since I've done my genealogy because of my husbands health. But I am not trying to get back into the swing. I helped on the Saint Michaels/Chestnut Hill Cemetery on Cayuga Co. Web. How do I go about signing up on the World Families Network. Thanks so much Tamara McLaughlin-Underwood ----- Original Message ----- From: <KDecker973@aol.com> To: <nycayuga@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 7:08 AM Subject: [NYCAYUGA] Cayuga County Shaw yDNA study > While we're mentioning DNA projects, I'd like to mention my Shaw Surname > yDNA Project. We've got about 40 participants so far, with ancestries > documented into England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Of particular personal interest > to me are the Shaw families from Cayuga County. I've got two identically > matching samples from my own lineage, which is from the Irish Catholic families > who settled in Union Springs and then Auburn post potato famine, but I'd > love to get some participants from the Shaw families who predated them in the > county to see if I can find any links. There were at least three other Shaw > family clusters in the pre 1850 censuses, found in both the far northern and > southern townships of Cayuga County. > > As with the Palatine German study, there are also many other ethnic and > regional projects in process in addition to the surname projects. Once someone > has their DNA tested and has results, it is a simple process to add yourself > to multiple studies and databases to look for common family connections. > While a yDNA test never "proves" anything except a common ancestry at some point, > it can definitely "disprove" a relationship and save you countless hours of > hunting down a connection that never existed in the first place, and it is > fairly accurate in placing a time frame for the common ancestor, when there are > enough samples from different lines to compare. > > If you'd like to see what a basic project looks like, here is a link to my > Shaw Project. It is about as basic as you can get as I don't have time to > develop elaborate webpages and more extensive links as some projects have, but > it is quite effective. > _http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/s/shaw/index.html_ (http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/s/shaw/index.html) At the top of > the page you will see links to a "results" chart with the actual DNA results > and another link at the top takes you to a list of "Patriarchs" which are > basic male lineages (Shaw surnames only) from an earliest known ancestor. Links > from that page take you to the Shaw surname forum where people post their > original pedigrees that may contain more information than what is included in > the patriarchs listing. > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYCAYUGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1222 - Release Date: 01/13/2008 12:23 PM > >

NEVER MIND KATHY, IT HELPS TO READ.... TAMARA ----- Original Message ----- From: <KDecker973@aol.com> To: <nycayuga@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 7:08 AM Subject: [NYCAYUGA] Cayuga County Shaw yDNA study > While we're mentioning DNA projects, I'd like to mention my Shaw Surname > yDNA Project. We've got about 40 participants so far, with ancestries > documented into England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Of particular personal interest > to me are the Shaw families from Cayuga County. I've got two identically > matching samples from my own lineage, which is from the Irish Catholic families > who settled in Union Springs and then Auburn post potato famine, but I'd > love to get some participants from the Shaw families who predated them in the > county to see if I can find any links. There were at least three other Shaw > family clusters in the pre 1850 censuses, found in both the far northern and > southern townships of Cayuga County. > > As with the Palatine German study, there are also many other ethnic and > regional projects in process in addition to the surname projects. Once someone > has their DNA tested and has results, it is a simple process to add yourself > to multiple studies and databases to look for common family connections. > While a yDNA test never "proves" anything except a common ancestry at some point, > it can definitely "disprove" a relationship and save you countless hours of > hunting down a connection that never existed in the first place, and it is > fairly accurate in placing a time frame for the common ancestor, when there are > enough samples from different lines to compare. > > If you'd like to see what a basic project looks like, here is a link to my > Shaw Project. It is about as basic as you can get as I don't have time to > develop elaborate webpages and more extensive links as some projects have, but > it is quite effective. > _http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/s/shaw/index.html_ (http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/s/shaw/index.html) At the top of > the page you will see links to a "results" chart with the actual DNA results > and another link at the top takes you to a list of "Patriarchs" which are > basic male lineages (Shaw surnames only) from an earliest known ancestor. Links > from that page take you to the Shaw surname forum where people post their > original pedigrees that may contain more information than what is included in > the patriarchs listing. > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYCAYUGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1222 - Release Date: 01/13/2008 12:23 PM > >