As of today, it appears I am the only descendant of John Strong, Sr. of New Kent Co., VA who has become a participant in the Strong DNA study. A lot of good that will do. I would think we need at least three participants from each line of the children of John Strong, Sr. -- John Strong, Jr., William Strong and George Strong -- to have a minimally valid study for our line. While the line of George may be lacking in known descendants, that can not be said about John Jr. and William. Our line has always been the Avis of Strong genealogy, i.e., "we're number 2, so we try harder." Well, it's time to walk the talk. How many of you were helped by Robert T. Strong, Jr. before he passed away? I can't imagine a better tribute to him than for those of his line (John Jr.) to join in this project. How many of you would be nowhere in your research without Jim Rolff? Don't you owe it to him (his wife descends from William Strong) to join in this project? Don't leave me all alone in this project. Please join me. Robert E. Strong, Jr. Scottsdale, AZ

** Reply to message from "Robert Strong strong@nantucket.net" on Wed, 4 Dec 2002 18:42:31 -0700 > As of today, it appears I am the only descendant of John Strong, Sr. of New > Kent Co., VA who has become a participant in the Strong DNA study. A lot of > good that will do. I would think we need at least three participants from > each line of the children of John Strong, Sr. -- John Strong, Jr., William > Strong and George Strong -- to have a minimally valid study for our line. > While the line of George may be lacking in known descendants, that can not > be said about John Jr. and William. Our line has always been the Avis of > Strong genealogy, i.e., "we're number 2, so we try harder." Well, it's time > to walk the talk. I would like to participate but with the current technology can not. I think there are a lot of us that would like to add our DNA to the mix but are excluded. So until there are better tests I will stand by and watch. -- Robert Blair

William Strong is my fifth great grandfather, and I would be happy to participate in this DNA study, but I am not a direct male descendent of him. Would my participation be helpful? Bob Harrison 4515 Aspen Lane NE Cedar Rapids, IA Robert Strong wrote: > As of today, it appears I am the only descendant of John Strong, Sr. of New > Kent Co., VA who has become a participant in the Strong DNA study. A lot of > good that will do. I would think we need at least three participants from > each line of the children of John Strong, Sr. -- John Strong, Jr., William > Strong and George Strong -- to have a minimally valid study for our line. > While the line of George may be lacking in known descendants, that can not > be said about John Jr. and William. Our line has always been the Avis of > Strong genealogy, i.e., "we're number 2, so we try harder." Well, it's time > to walk the talk. > > How many of you were helped by Robert T. Strong, Jr. before he passed away? > I can't imagine a better tribute to him than for those of his line (John > Jr.) to join in this project. > > How many of you would be nowhere in your research without Jim Rolff? Don't > you owe it to him (his wife descends from William Strong) to join in this > project? > > Don't leave me all alone in this project. Please join me. > > Robert E. Strong, Jr. > Scottsdale, AZ > > ==== 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 > ==========================================================

Hi Robert We share the same line. I plan on participating. Still not sure what the cost is? But I have contacted Dave Strong abt. it. My Line is as follows John Strong New Kent County, VA William Strong of New Kent County, VA about 1700-1779 Thomas Strong of Hanover County, VA about 1739-1770's Samuel Strong of Pittsylvania County, VA about 1777-1840's Josiah Joseph Strong of Russell County, VA from 1800-1880 Samuel Strong of Jackson County, TN from 1833-1869 Caley Strong of Clay County, TN from 1868-1939 Comer Strong of Clay County, TN from 1912-1993 James William Strong of Tipton Co., IN 1942- David Comer Strong of Hamilton Co., IN 1963- Just FYI..., Dave Strong

Robert, I had been following the DNA discussions, but somehow missed that there was a particular effort to "round up" southern STRONG male descendents (sorry, has been the end of semester rush of papers to grade and students to see!!!). Anyway, I am a direct male descendent of a southern STRONG line, but not one that has been proven to be connected to the New Kent Co. bunch (though "Bama Bob" always seemed convinced that all the Virginia Strongs probably descended from one or two [probably brothers] original immigrant[s]). Mine is the Norfolk County line of Edward STRONG (found in SFAA Vol. 5, pgs. 47-78). My descent is: Edward John, Sr. Nelson G. (William) Henry Charles Luther Lester Bryant Robert Watt (me) Sounds like this might be a way to finally prove that all the Virginia Strongs do or do not have a common ancestor--I suspect Robert T., Jr. is anxiously awaiting for us to get it done (I really miss my long electronic discussions with him!!!). So what do I need to do to sign on? Bob Strong At 06:42 PM 12/4/02 -0700, you wrote: >As of today, it appears I am the only descendant of John Strong, Sr. of New >Kent Co., VA who has become a participant in the Strong DNA study. A lot of >good that will do. I would think we need at least three participants from >each line of the children of John Strong, Sr. -- John Strong, Jr., William >Strong and George Strong -- to have a minimally valid study for our line. >While the line of George may be lacking in known descendants, that can not >be said about John Jr. and William. Our line has always been the Avis of >Strong genealogy, i.e., "we're number 2, so we try harder." Well, it's time >to walk the talk. > >How many of you were helped by Robert T. Strong, Jr. before he passed away? >I can't imagine a better tribute to him than for those of his line (John >Jr.) to join in this project. > >How many of you would be nowhere in your research without Jim Rolff? Don't >you owe it to him (his wife descends from William Strong) to join in this >project? > >Don't leave me all alone in this project. Please join me. > >Robert E. Strong, Jr. >Scottsdale, AZ Robert W. Strong <><><>"Things are more like they are right now strong@gslis.utexas.edu<><><><>than they have ever been."