Dear Augusta rootsweb,For quite some time, I have been intending to say thank you to the group of people who took the time to put the entire three volume's of Lyman Chalkley's records for Augusta Co, VA (1745-1800) on line. This invaluable research tool has made it possible to identify the hundreds of court records that my small BERRY family research group needed to obtain in order to fully document this large extended early Augusta family. Recently, a DNA project was started for the BERRY surname, and I'm thrilled to say that our reseach has been verified by the DNA results. The BERRY DNA project covers BERRTs from anywhere, of course, but three present day well documented descendants of three branches of the early Augusta BERRYs have now been tested and match each other perfectly on 25/25 markers. This DNA doesn't prove paternity, of course. But it does serve to verify that the massive documentation we have put together and the conclusions that one can draw from the d! ocumentation can be trusted. Anyone who is researching early Augusta families and uses Chalkley as a guide can thank the generous people who worked hard to put Chalkey's records on-line. With thanks, Carol VassKent, WA