There is also a Carter Surname project and, as there are many Carters in Fauquier County, it may be off interest to many on this list. You can read about it at www.carter-cousins.org. Vickie Carter Tallent Carter Surname Y-DNA Project Administrator www.carter-cousins.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bartlett" <jimbartlett@mindspring.com> To: <VAFAUQUI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 2:44 PM Subject: [VAFAUQUI] DNA Projects [was Owen DNA Project] > For anyone interested in joining a Surname DNA Project; > > I would go to www.familytreeDNA.com and look at the Surnames they have (they > have over 800 projects, many with variant spellings). Go to the Surname > project of interest and either order a kit from the drop down menu (you can > pay by credit card or have them bill you), or contact the Surname Project > administrator. I have now opened our BARTLETT-DNA Project up to BARCLAYs, > BARTLEYs, BARKLEYs, BERKELEYs and any other variant that might have been > used for BARTLETT (or vice versa). The DNA results speak for themselves - > they either match someone else's DNA or they don't - we have found either > result to be very helpful. Each DNA result carries a lot of info - I > personally am very interested in the "deep ancestry." In my case that means > that my ancestors came out of Africa and turned right, to the Middle East, > where they were during the last Ice Age, say 10,000 years ago, and then > about 8,000 years ago (after the glacier receded) they came back, westward, > along the Mediterranean Sea - at some point between then and say 500 years > ago, they were in England from whence their descendants traveled to the new > world. My particular DNA Haplogroup (E3b) accounts for about 10% of the > population of Europe. The most common DNA Haplogroup (R1b) waited out the > last Ice Age in Spain, and then followed the receding glacier up into Europe > (over many generations, naturally) - they account for about 80% of the > population of Europe today... > > Jim Bartlett > > -----Original Message----- > From: nobakers [mailto:nobakers@comcast.net] > Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 6:41 AM > To: VAFAUQUI-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VAFAUQUI] RE: [OWEN] Re: Owen DNA Project > > > I am also interested in the OWEN DNA Project. My brother has agreed to be > tested for our line. Please let me know the necessary steps. > > We have traced our line to Fauquier County, Virginia. Harrison OWEN was > born in Virginia on October 4, 1786 and died in Madison Co., Alabama, > November 22, 1843. > > Harrison married Lucy G. VAUGHAN in Culpeper County, Virginia, in August > 1805. On the 1810 Fauquier County Census, Harrison and Lucy have four > children, two boys and two girls, all under the age of 5! > > In May 1825, Harrison and Lucy's daughter, Maria F. OWEN, married Thornton > PATTIE in Fauquier County, Virginia. According to the Nashville Christian > Advocate, Harrison and his family also moved to Madison County, Alabama in > 1825. > > Two other children have been identified for Harrison and Lucy: Thomas > J(efferson) OWEN and Elizabeth G. OWEN LESSLEY ROBERTSON. It is assumed > that the other son died at an early age. > > My brother and I descend from Thomas Jefferson OWEN. > > Thank you. > > Nancy Owen Baker > > > > ==== VAFAUQUI Mailing List ==== > Visit the Fauquier County USGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafauqui/fqva.htm > Be sure to bookmark it!!! > > > > > ==== VAFAUQUI Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > When you subscribed to this list. Feel free to contact > Jim Burgess,list administrator mailto:jim@promobiz.biz > with questions concerning this list!