As regards the LDS Family History Centres collecting this kind of data, I can confirm that this is not the case. Being a director of one of these centres myself, I was intrigued by the original query, so I posted one of my own to a FHC list. The answers that came back were in the negative. Not only are the FHCs not involved in gathering DNA samples, but the Church-owned Brigham Young University, which started a project of this nature, no longer does so as the member of staff in charge of the project has left the faculty. His website is at http://www.smgf.org/index.jsp . Alison Spring Glasgow Scotland -------Original Message------- From: Les HORN Date: 18 July 2003 18:28:06 To: SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ARGYLL] Re: DNA Testing for tracing Ancestors Hi List. Wendy Stevenson wrote : >DNA Testing for tracing Ancestors. >Does anybody know how that works exactly? I can recommend these two websites for starters. However, if you try searching for 'DNA + Genealogy' and "Genetic Testing " you'll get quite a few others. This article is Genetic Testing in layman's terms : http://www.scientific.org/tutorials/articles/riley/riley.html This one is quite good for information despite it being an advert for a commercial outfit : http://www.genetic-identity.com/Ancestry_Testing/ancestry_testing.html Best wishes Les _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool emoticons - download MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger