Hi Charlie, My SCOTT family comes from Dundee and the Fife area of Scotland. Do any of the other testers have roots going back to this area? All the best, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <Meb42639@aol.com> To: <SCOTT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 4:26 PM Subject: [SCOTT] Scott Family DNA > Sam, if I have dropped you a line in the past, please excuse me. Chalk it > up > to old age--I don't mean to be a pest. > I am the coordinator for the Scott Family DNA project. You listed several > names in a Scot-L posting that several of us have in our families: Thomas, > Andrew, James, Samuel. If you have any interest in our project, send me an > e-mail. > So far we have over 25 Scott males who have been tested. Several of us > have a > common ancestor (discovered by the DNA test) and we work together as a > group > to try and help the others. Thanks for your time. Charlie Scott, > Louisville, KY > > PS: My line goes like this: John Scott (born in 1706) came to America out > of > Ireland in 1745 and settled in PA. He later removed to Gilford Co., NC and > some of his family lived in Washington Co., VA. Thomas, his son, fought > in the > Battle of Kings MT. during the Rev. War and then settled in KY. The rest > of my > line includes: Harvey, William C., William, William Lee, and Charles. My > DNA > matches some of those who have Thomas, Andrew, and Matthew in their lines. > > SAR # 163263 > > > ==== SCOTT Mailing List ==== > Learn about the SCOTTs on the Borders of Scotland from 1500 to about 1750. > Visit the Border Reivers website: http://www.reivers.com > >