At the request of some of our 244 members, I have decided to officially expand the stated focus of our Turner DNA Project to include any Turner line wishing to document their DNA signature and find other Turners who are genetic cousins regardless of where their known ancestor's roots might have been. The project has grown dramatically since it was begun back in 2002 and we now have several lines tested who were outside the originally stated geographic region. Several of our mid-Atlantic and Southern families are now documented to a confirmed immigrant and they are looking beyond the borders of the American Colonies for their roots back across the pond, as the expression goes. Our Australian and New Zeland members are also searching for their roots back in the UK and Scotland. Today I changed the stated purpose of our Turner DNA Project and welcome any Turner line which wishes to document their Turners. While this will mean that I will not be able to assist on research or document by census searches any lines joining us with roots in the UK or beyond as I have done for the US branches, I hope that this broadened scope will allow everyone to gain a wider group of researchers on related lines so they may share research. It will be imperative that I receive a lineage outline like we use on our project website ancestor lists which gives the Turner ancestors' names, date and locations for date of birth and death, and spouse name if known (being sure it is the correct spouse for the next generation if the husband had more than one spouse). Because the format usually used in the US versus the UK for dates is different, I ask that you be sure I can tell which format you are using to avoid errors. When Nancy Grogan started the project and our website, she began using the American format which I have continued. As a reminder, our Turner DNA Project website is at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~turnerdna/ Any member tested must be a male Turner but a female may order a test to be used by one of her male Turner relatives--cousin, Uncle, brother, father. To join us, click on the word "Join" on the left of the screen at the home page for a secure link to order the test kit. I would prefer to see everyone start at the Y-DNA25 marker test but I know for some people cost is a factor. If a Y-DNA12 marker test is ordered, if a match is found, I will ask that you upgrade to more markers before I can add you to a group. It is known from years of testing on common surnames that a 12 marker test could indicate a match but when more markers are tested there would be too many markers which did not match to indicate a relationship that was genealogically significant. A match at 12 markers could indicate a common ancestor that was back before the use of surnames was adopted. If you have any questions, please e-mail me off list. I am somewhat limited as to what I can post regarding testing company, costs, etc. The information is on our website however. Gail R. Blancett, Administrator, Turner DNA Project

Gail, Stepping stones to larger projects. This is going to be interesting. I work fulll-time but I do go to the history library about 3 times per week during lunch if there's anything you want me to look up for you quickly. Viewing census images would be too long for a lunch break but I can take a look in counties for wills, etc. "Gail R. Blancett" <ablancett@atlantic.net> wrote: At the request of some of our 244 members, I have decided to officially expand the stated focus of our Turner DNA Project to include any Turner line wishing to document their DNA signature and find other Turners who are genetic cousins regardless of where their known ancestor's roots might have been. The project has grown dramatically since it was begun back in 2002 and we now have several lines tested who were outside the originally stated geographic region. Several of our mid-Atlantic and Southern families are now documented to a confirmed immigrant and they are looking beyond the borders of the American Colonies for their roots back across the pond, as the expression goes. Our Australian and New Zeland members are also searching for their roots back in the UK and Scotland. Today I changed the stated purpose of our Turner DNA Project and welcome any Turner line which wishes to document their Turners. While this will mean that I will not be able to assist on research or document by census searches any lines joining us with roots in the UK or beyond as I have done for the US branches, I hope that this broadened scope will allow everyone to gain a wider group of researchers on related lines so they may share research. It will be imperative that I receive a lineage outline like we use on our project website ancestor lists which gives the Turner ancestors' names, date and locations for date of birth and death, and spouse name if known (being sure it is the correct spouse for the next generation if the husband had more than one spouse). Because the format usually used in the US versus the UK for dates is different, I ask that you be sure I can tell which format you are using to avoid errors. When Nancy Grogan started the project and our website, she began using the American format which I have continued. As a reminder, our Turner DNA Project website is at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~turnerdna/ Any member tested must be a male Turner but a female may order a test to be used by one of her male Turner relatives--cousin, Uncle, brother, father. To join us, click on the word "Join" on the left of the screen at the home page for a secure link to order the test kit. I would prefer to see everyone start at the Y-DNA25 marker test but I know for some people cost is a factor. If a Y-DNA12 marker test is ordered, if a match is found, I will ask that you upgrade to more markers before I can add you to a group. It is known from years of testing on common surnames that a 12 marker test could indicate a match but when more markers are tested there would be too many markers which did not match to indicate a relationship that was genealogically significant. A match at 12 markers could indicate a common ancestor that was back before the use of surnames was adopted. If you have any questions, please e-mail me off list. I am somewhat limited as to what I can post regarding testing company, costs, etc. The information is on our website however. Gail R. Blancett, Administrator, Turner DNA Project ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TURNER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Lisa Chatelain