I'm following this idea with great interest. Since I live in the Pacific Northwest it is not possible for me to do in-person research in PA. I don't want or ask anyone to do my research for me.....is there a way on-line to find out which ship an ancestor came over on? I am descended from Howell JAMES who came over in the 1680s. thanks in advance for heading me in the right direction. Janice

Hi Janice: If you have a male (father, brother, uncle or cousin) with the last name James we would love to have you join the James DNA test and order a Y-DNA test for him. We have one person in the test now who claims descent from Howell James and we would love to be able to prove the DNA line for Howell James with another match. We have one man from James James 1650-64 Chester, PA or Pembrokeshire, Wales-1708 Chester Co, PA and we have four men from David James, c1669, probably Wales - 1739 Chester Co, PA. So right now we have three separate James families that came to Chester Co, PA represented in the James DNA test. See our website at: http://www.jamesdna.net Gwen Boyer Bjorkman gwenbj@seanet.com -----Original Message----- From: Jrcinsd2@aol.com [mailto:Jrcinsd2@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 4:58 AM To: PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PaOldC] finding ancestor's ship I'm following this idea with great interest. Since I live in the Pacific Northwest it is not possible for me to do in-person research in PA. I don't want or ask anyone to do my research for me.....is there a way on-line to find out which ship an ancestor came over on? I am descended from Howell JAMES who came over in the 1680s. thanks in advance for heading me in the right direction. Janice