First, I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to everyone concerned about the DNA project for my neglect of the results site. My mother ended her 27 year fight with Parkinson's disease this past August. I was with her for a couple of weeks after we decided to cease all life sustaining care. I would sing to her several times a day and even though she seemed completely unaware of her surroundings, she would do an occasional "bed dance," especially to Blue Suede Shoes. Her final passing peaceful and she didn't seem to be suffering much discomfort, especially when compared to what her life had become towards the end. We will miss her greatly but I am looking forward to rejoining her when my time finally comes. In February, we found that my Father's kidneys were failing and that he would need dialysis from here on out. We were concerned that his heart couldn't stand the strain, but so far things have been working as well as could be expected. He is in a nursing home now, but since mom died, his stress level has decreased substantially and aside from the dialysis treatments, he is doing better than he has in a long time. My family situation and my work load are the reasons for my neglect but that doesn't justify people paying good money for these tests and then waiting months to see their results. I have taken some steps that should help. FamilyTreeDNA provides a link to a public website fro each project. I have just completed that site for the Rob*son project. Results are automatically posted to this site as soon as they are available from the lab. This is done by computer without the need for human intervention. I have tried to arrange it as close to our current site as possible. This public site will not display the names of the Earliest Known Ancestors and all new results will display in the unassigned category until I move them to their appropriate group. At least the results will be available immediately. The link is: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/robinson/ I will continue to maintain our current site. The link to the public site can be found at our main project website at both the top of the results page and at the main DNA project page. All can be found at the URL referenced in my signature line below. I will posting the new results over the next couple of days as time permits but I should be finished by the weekend. Again, I am truly sorry for the delay and greatly appreciate everyone's patience. Don -- Donald E. Drake, CPA 601B East Elizabeth Street Elizabeth City, NC 27909 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~drakerobinson/index.htm <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Edrakerobinson/index.htm> *Confidentiality Notice: This message is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This communication may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential or otherwise sensitive in nature and legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended addressee, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this message or any part of it. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this email and delete all copies of this message. * IRS Circular 230 Notice: To ensure compliance with Circular 230 requirements imposed by the IRS, we inform you that any tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachments) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed in this communication or attachments hereto.

Don, our prayers are with you, and with your family. You have done so much for the Rob*son project and research, and I just want to say thanks so much for your dedication to all things "family." With love and prayers, Diane Researching William C Robinson of Jasper Co GA, son of John, son of John, son of Luke. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donald E. Drake, CPA Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 4:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ROBINSON] Robinson DNA Website First, I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to everyone concerned about the DNA project for my neglect of the results site. My mother ended her 27 year fight with Parkinson's disease this past August. I was with her for a couple of weeks after we decided to cease all life sustaining care. I would sing to her several times a day and even though she seemed completely unaware of her surroundings, she would do an occasional "bed dance," especially to Blue Suede Shoes. Her final passing peaceful and she didn't seem to be suffering much discomfort, especially when compared to what her life had become towards the end. We will miss her greatly but I am looking forward to rejoining her when my time finally comes. In February, we found that my Father's kidneys were failing and that he would need dialysis from here on out. We were concerned that his heart couldn't stand the strain, but so far things have been working as well as could be expected. He is in a nursing home now, but since mom died, his stress level has decreased substantially and aside from the dialysis treatments, he is doing better than he has in a long time. My family situation and my work load are the reasons for my neglect but that doesn't justify people paying good money for these tests and then waiting months to see their results. I have taken some steps that should help. FamilyTreeDNA provides a link to a public website fro each project. I have just completed that site for the Rob*son project. Results are automatically posted to this site as soon as they are available from the lab. This is done by computer without the need for human intervention. I have tried to arrange it as close to our current site as possible. This public site will not display the names of the Earliest Known Ancestors and all new results will display in the unassigned category until I move them to their appropriate group. At least the results will be available immediately. The link is: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/robinson/ I will continue to maintain our current site. The link to the public site can be found at our main project website at both the top of the results page and at the main DNA project page. All can be found at the URL referenced in my signature line below. I will posting the new results over the next couple of days as time permits but I should be finished by the weekend. Again, I am truly sorry for the delay and greatly appreciate everyone's patience. Don -- Donald E. Drake, CPA 601B East Elizabeth Street Elizabeth City, NC 27909 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~drakerobinson/index.htm <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Edrakerobinson/index.htm> *Confidentiality Notice: This message is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This communication may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential or otherwise sensitive in nature and legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended addressee, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this message or any part of it. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this email and delete all copies of this message. * IRS Circular 230 Notice: To ensure compliance with Circular 230 requirements imposed by the IRS, we inform you that any tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachments) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed in this communication or attachments hereto. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message