Hi Rod, Thanks so much for your interest. I can assure you that access to the results will not be limited in any way, other than to shield the individual participant's identity. Even that will be an option. I want to post at least the testee's immigrant ancestor and, if he or she wishes, an email address that others can use to contact him. Anyone will be able to view the Results table at www.ftdna.com/public/PalatineDNAProject. In addition, I will be putting up another website soon where I can add results from other testing companies as well as from FTDNA. That, too, will be available to all. As soon as it is functioning, I will put a link to it from my FTDNA site. By the way, it isn't absolutely necessary to purchase a test kit. If one has already tested, we can use the results they already have. Another option is to test with www.smgf.org for free. The problem with the last option is that the company does not return results to the participant or anyone else. It is a scientific study and they "probably" will post the results they find anonymously, but there is no guarantee of that. They require a minimum 4-generation pedigree, and this is what we use, among other techniques, to try to identify the individual's results if they are ever posted. Most of the time, it takes a year or more. I myself submitted a sample about three years ago, and I still cannot find the results online. But it is definitely an option and, in fact, I recommend that everyone do that test in addition to any they might do with a commercial company. It is their contribution to scientific research, if nothing else. Obviously, if people choose to test with SMGF (or any other company), I hope they will let me know and send me a copy of their pedigree so that I can help them find their results and/or so that we can add them to our project's results analysis. I'm a firm believer in sharing, especially where genealogy is concerned. Since this project is so new, we have nothing to share as yet, but I'm hoping for a good response. Questions are always welcome. Write anytime. Regards, Doris Wheeler -----Original Message----- From: nydutche-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nydutche-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rod Dav4is Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 12:58 AM To: nydutche@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYDUTCHE] New Palatine Research Study This is indeed exciting news -- but... Membership and access to the results seems to be limited to direct descendants willing to purchase a testing kit. But what about us historians and genealogists who have an interest and are perhaps not related? Speaking as a trustee of the Little Nine Partners Historical Society, we have an abiding interest in these results, since the L9P Patent had many Palatine settlers. -R. Doris Wheeler wrote: > Descendants of the Palatine emigrants who left Germany in 1708-09 and > settled in the far reaches of the British Empire, including the Hudson > Valley in New York and beyond, may soon be able to connect with > long-lost family members and learn far more about their German roots > than they ever thought was possible. > > A Palatine DNA Project has been established that welcomes all direct > descendants of these brave and hardy men and women. The goal is to > determine if and how these families are related and to reunite those > families that were split apart during the great exodus from Germany > and resettlement throughout the world. DNA testing can make this > possible, and this new Palatine DNA Project will coordinate test > results from all companies in an effort to reach this goal. Not only > can participants learn about their connections to Germany but they > will also learn about their very deep roots, the path their ancestors > took out of Africa many thousands of years ago that led them > eventually to Germany. > > All that is needed to take part in this important new research effort > is to visit the website www.ftdna.com/public/PalatineDNAProject and > order a DNA test if you have not already had one. If you have, > instructions for transferring the results and joining the project are > explained at the website. > > Doris Wheeler, Palatine DNA Project Administrator > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDUTCHE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- Regards, Rod Dav4is / P.O. 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