Thanks for the suggestion, Melinda. I will reply further in a separate email to you. {:-) Regards, Dave ======================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melinda Strong" <mstrong@sfd-llc.com> To: <STRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 7:41 AM Subject: RE: [STRONG] DNA STUDY: L'Estrange-Strange-Strang-Stronge-Strong > Nice post David. Have you written to the Strong Family Association of > America, to have this published in their newsletter? There are probably at > least some people who have subscriptions to that but are not online or at > least don't read the lists regularly. I would be glad to write a little > blurb to the editor as a subscriber if you have not done this already. > > Melinda Strong > > -----Original Message----- > From: David B. Strong [mailto:dbstrong@sos.net] > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 10:53 PM > To: STRONG-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [STRONG] DNA STUDY: L'Estrange-Strange-Strang-Stronge-Strong > > Hello Everyone. > > Just a short note to remind you about the DNA Study: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/dnastudy.htm > > I don't want to bother people unduely about the subject, and I know the > holiday season > approaches. There are probably a number of potential participants who are > concerned about the cost involved, particularly at this time of year. > Think Christmas present! {:-) Perhaps someone out there can make a gift of > the DNA test for their resident genealogist! And, remember, you have > probably spent far more than this on research (although probably in smaller > increments) in the past. The potential benefits may well outweigh the > costs involved. > > Let me know if you have any questions, and what I can do to help complete > the signup process for you. > Regards > Dave Strong ... > webmaster: > Book I: RESEARCHING STRONG(E) AND STRANG(E) > IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/contents.htm > Database and manuscript. See especially Chap. 13, > entitled "Lineages"; and Chapt. 15, "DNA Study" > & > Book II: THE DONEGAL STRONG PUZZLE: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/indxdrft.htm > Research and study of Counties Donegal and Fermanagh Strongs and > related families. > ============================================================== > > PS: The following was provided by Family Tree DNA. I thought you might > find it interesting as an example of what we can accomplish thru the DNA > Study: > ================================== > From: Facts & Genes from Family Tree DNA > November 21, 2002 Volume 1, Issue 5 > > Spot Light: Witt - Whitt Surname Project > ====================================== > > Objective: Prove or disprove the genealogy research of the Witt / Whitt > Line from Old Virginia > > There are three identified Lines or families of the Witt / Whitt surname > in the US. One family Line that today spells their surname as both Witt > and Whitt begins with German immigrants in both South Carolina and > Pennsylvania in the early 1700s. A second family Line that today spells > their surname as Witt and DeWitt, began in New England around 1640 with an > English immigrant by the name of John Witt. The third family Line that > today spells their surname as Witt and Whitt began with an individual > named John Witt or Whitt, who first appears in early records in 1670 in > colonial Virginia. The records relating to John show the spelling of his > name both as Witt and as Whitt. It was from John Witt-Whitt that the > Witt-Whitt Family of Old Virginia began. > > Early Virginia records, John Witt-Whitt was the father of at least four > sons, John Witt II, William Witt, Edward Whitt, and Richard Whitt. > > The participants in the Witt-Whitt Surname Project are all documented > descendants of the 4 identified sons of John Witt-Whitt: John Witt II, > William Witt, Edward Whitt, and Richard Whitt. For each of these sons, at > least two documented male descendants participated in the Project. All > participants took the 25 marker test. > > The results for this Surname Project are that the majority of participants > matched 25/25, and a few matched 24/25. Therefore, the Project has > confirmed the genealogy research, and shows that the participants are > related and have a common ancestor. > > When combined with surviving colonial Virginia records for the surnames > Witt and Whitt, the Witt-Whitt DNA study determined John Witt II, William > Witt, Edward Whitt, and Richard Whitt were brothers and their father was > the immigrant John Witt-Whitt of Charles City County, Virginia. The > Witt-Whitt DNA Surname Project also identified the common ancestor of > these four men was from England, or possibly Scotland. (Note, for those > unfamiliar with Scottish genealogy, a large percentage of "lowland" Scots > have a similar ethnic origin to the English, and thus may have a common > ancestry.) > > A DNA baseline for the Witt-Whitt family of Old Virginia has now been > established. Other descendants who have incomplete records, or where > records no longer exist and preclude the determination of a family's > origin, may take the 25 marker DNA test to determine if they are related > to the Witt-Whitt Line from old Virginia. If other descendants find that > they match, they can contact one of the participants in the baseline study > to share the Witt-Whitt family of Old Virginia ancestral history for their > family line. > > The next phase of the Witt-Whitt surname project is to identify the county > in England or Scotland from which John Witt-Whitt originated. > > =============================================================== > Family Tree DNA encourages the circulation of "Facts & Genes" by newsletters > and lists > providing that you credit the author, include their copyright information > (Copyright 2002, Family Tree DNA), and cite "Facts & Genes" > (http://www.familytreeDNA.com/facts_genes.asp) as the source. > ================================================================= > Just a further comment: > The foregoing Whitt DNA Study illustrates what we may be able to establish > re the Virginia, or Southern Strongs, as well as the Virginia Strange > families. The same point may be made with regard to many family lineages > bearing our group of variant family surnames. Please sign up today! {:-) > > > > > ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > ======================================================== > Descendants of Alexander Strange, immigrant from Devon, > England, to New Kent County, VA, including the Ancestry > of John Richard Mayer, d. 1998, San Francisco, CA. > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/a/y/John-R-Mayer > ========================================================== > > > ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > ======================================================== > THE STRONG ROOTS DATABASE: > http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jgilbert/main/srd-toc.htm > > Strong Ancestor Charts, in GEDCOM to HTML format. > ========================================================== > >