In a message dated 7/26/2005 8:07:54 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I am trying to connect my James Webb, born circa 1802 in MA (county unknown), to one of the Webb families in the area at the time. Without a county of birth, it's a difficult task to begin. I have been following the posts on the Richard/Wm/Christopher/Henry line trying to see if he may descend from one of these brothers. My James moved to NY "at a young age", presumably sometime between 1803 and say 1815, and was in Jefferson Co Ny by 1830, probably sooner. He moved to Wisconsin in 1849. Is there any comprhensive listing of the Webb lineage? I am considering asking my sister's son to do DNA testing to help narrow this down. Deb Mills Dear Deb, I am unaware of any comprehensive listing of the WEBB lineages -- wouldn't that be a godsend to have? That being said, the WEBB Surname DNA Project has identified, off the top of my head, around 20 distinct WEBB lineages/groups many of which have records back to 1680-1710. We are trying to build as comprehensive a list of lineages as possible. We have a participant from the Christopher Webb line, another from the Samuel Webb line, and participants from the Richard WEBB line (or should I say from two Richard WEBB lines). DNA testing for WEBB lines comes in two types: 1. Y-DNA testing, which requires a male WEBB carrying the name with no known adoptions, test tube babies, or other known non-paternity event along the male lineage from the oldest known WEBB to the donor. 2. mtDNA testing which tests the following lineage: Donor<mother<mother's mother<mother's mother's mother< her mother < HER mother etc back through the women. The WEBB Project accepts mtDNA tests for any maternal lineage which has a WEBB wife or daughter along that lineage. Donors for mtDNA may be male or female. Your sister's son will not provide WEBB lineage unless his father is a WEBB. You didn't give your lineage from your James Webb, but if you are WEBB by birth, a brother or brother's son would work. I had to have my mother's father's brother's grandson take the test for my WEBB lineage, as mother was an only child, and her uncles and first cousin WEBBs were all deceased. If you aren't sure where you can find a male WEBB to test your line, write me your lineage and I will make some suggestions. Anne Webb Nelson Administrator WEBB Surname DNA Project