Dear Jim: We are not a closed group by any means! We have A: A mailing list ( that you used here and is part of our project) Very few of the DNA projects have a specific mailing list attached and administered in our case by Lauren Boyd ( who is a qualified FSA) B: A web site that provides the datebase and file section for posting of the the individual genealogy ancestry. C: A searchable database with 1100 results. d: The project is listed at Family Tree in order to provide a group testing price for any that are not attached to a group. I don't find any request from you to join our group and we would be happy to provide any or all of the 4 components that you desire. Best Regards John A Hansen -----Original Message----- From: James R Carr [mailto:n7fcf@hctc.com] Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 1:02 PM To: SCOT-DNA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCOT-DNA] Scotish dna project It sounds interesting. But what good is a closed group? So you send in your application and hear nothing. A note saying we received it would be nice. So someone else notices a vacumn and starts to fill it an you-all start grumbling we were here first. how would they know when you-all won't even answer an e-mail of inquiry? Jim ==== SCOT-DNA Mailing List ==== Have questions about the lab? About privacy? About the process? Visit the FAQ page: http://www.familytreedna.com/faq.html ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx