Great idea, Bob...this list has been fairly quiet for some time now.... I'll get it started! Name: Adrian Williams Generation: Generation 'X' or whatever comes after Baby Boomers.... Status: Married...wife Rebecca, three kids, Jordan (6), LeeElla (3) and Emily (11mos), dog (DeeDee), 3 cats (Justin, Puss, Boots), two rats (Lewis and Clark) and the occasional steer (when the freezer gets thin). What got me interested in Genealogy: A combination of my search for my biological mother (found after almost 20 years of separation) and my inheritance of my first family heirloom...my Great-Grandfather's police badge...Chapel Hill, NC badge #1. DNA Successes: Actually two...first, seeing this project become such a success and a model for others. I never realized when I started it that we'd be this large and influential in such a short amount of time. Second, the testing has allowed me to find new cousins that I never knew I had...and helped makes some connections that were previously thought impossible. Thing I'd Like to see the most in this Project: In tandem with the overall Williams study, I love to start putting together a map of the various family lineages. Specifically, my earliest known ancestor is thought to have immigrated in 1638 into Surry Co. VA. I have tracked the family migrations from there thru NC, GA and MS and have simply mapped this migration path. I'd love to be able to do the same for everyone on one massive US Map and be able to tie DNA tests to specific families and migrations. Next!! Kind regards, Adrian Adrian Williams Williams DNA Project Administrator http://williams.genealogy.fm/ http://www.dna-pat.com/ stickamw@earthlink.net BOB WILLIAMS wrote: > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILLIAMS-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

> Name: Tina Williams Wood Swyers > > Generation: Baby Boomer > > Status: Married...husand, two children, Wendy 36, Cody 34, 3 step > children, 2 grandsons (one named Dawson after my Dad (Harley Glen Williams' grandmother Adeline Susan Dawson Williams. Dawson also means son of David - her husband's name is David). Three step children and 5 step grandchildren. > > What got me interested in Genealogy: A search for my Mom's > biological father....(found through help from the Kansas University > Library online help giving me an e-mail of someone also was also looking for their grandfather, Frank Davis). Inheritance of an old metal trunk full of pictures that belonged to my Dad's Aunt Lena Williams Brook, White. The lawyer said he was going to throw them away if my Dad didn't come and get them. He drove to Colby, Kansas and picked up the suitcase full of old pictures including tintypes. Most were not named. Two albums belonging to Susan Dawson with tintypes in them. Found my Dad's Uncle Monroe's son online through someone and was able to send him pictures of his Dad. His sister took all the pictures. Last but not least, I feel a strong need to put everything together from oldest family on down. > > DNA Successes: DNA matches to Gayle Miller's brother and LaNere's husband > to my cousin. Group 41. Hoping for more to help us complete our Williams line. > Second, the testing has allowed me to find new cousins that I never knew > I had. I work with 6 or 7 other Williams (internet cousins)researchers and > we correspond through e-mails. I like to look for information online and > send to them. > > Thing I'd Like to see the most in this Project: I think the map is a > wonderful idea. I have tried to do one before. I would like to have a large US map on the wall showing where our Williams families were and where they settled. Best wishes to all Tina > > Adrian Williams > Williams DNA Project Administrator > http://williams.genealogy.fm/ > http://www.dna-pat.com/ > stickamw@earthlink.net > > > BOB WILLIAMS wrote: >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WILLIAMS-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WILLIAMS-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'll be next Adrian..... (sorry I always write "books" my friends say) Name: Doris E. Williams-Keefer Age: 44 Born in California but I have lived in several states and currently reside in Alabama Work: I have run a business on Ebay for several years now in which I sell HP Photo paper and Magnetic Bracelets, which allows me to have a flexible schedule and go with my husband to his medical appointments. Status: Married...hubby Gary, two grown kids that I raised,only one of which I gave birth to, (which leads me to ask some questions. Since my son was given MY Maiden name at birth which DNA should he actually do, His real father's last name or the name which is legally his (Williams) haha should be interesting I live with: My husband, Gary; my brother, Donald, and my nephews Rob & Nathan and my Moluccan Cockatoo, Snuggles in Alabama. I have three grandchildren (Alyssia lives in Florida born in 2001), Aslan lives in California, born 2002 (and was just here for a week visit!!!) and Caleb lives in Rhode Island and will be 2 years old on the 11th of February. What got me interested in Genealogy: The birth of my son mostly. I made a common mistake at the beginning. I went to my oldest living relative and slacked off on the others (such as my father and younger "older" generation) my grandparents-now 27 years later are still living but my father died in 1987 -just 7 years after I started my research in a serious way. The only "Mistake" in this part of it -was "slacking" off my other living relatives at the time and waiting too long to go back to them and ask the questions i needed to ask them till it was too late with my father. I work still on my grandparents (Maternal) side as well as my father's side of the family. The earliest know ancestors on his side being William Williams (born 1800 in Georgia) and his wife, Elizabeth "Betsy" Carrol Williams (Born about 1803 in Georgia). I have not tried yet to go back further on my Williams side. Our Taber side has been traced back to the Mayflower families that married into the Taber family. DNA & Genealogy Successes: I moved back to Alabama in 2000 and full time back in 2002 and met many of my father's relatives I had either never met in my life or had not seen since we lived here between 1972-1977. I found a 100 year old bible still in our family, possessed by a sharing relative and FIVE other family bibles to scan and dig over happily and a wealth of information locally on my father's side of the family, including pictures several generations back. I wrote and home published a compilation of data /book form for the Sherrod Williams family for my Friend, Vaughn Williams and many of his cousins and relatives (we are very very distantly related only) and have met one of my best friends (Vaughn) through Williams genealogy. I founded and administrate several myfamily dot com sites including the "Williams Database project" which I initialliy started as a database on my computer, until it grew so large by information sent to me in less than a month that I started the site instead, back when the sites were free. I also founded and administrate the Taber Research site (My maternal grandmother's family), The Birchfield site (related through my grandmother's first marriage), and the William Williams and Elizabeth "Betsy" Carrol website. When the sites were free i had several others as well such as the Scoggins website and the Lider website (My mother's father's family) My Maternal grandmother and grandfather (Taber & Lider) are still living in California. When Vaughn and I first "Met" online I started the Descendants of Sherrod WILLIAMS site for him and I to share files and now it has a LOT of members, but the Williams Database site is still the biggest with over 400 members, about 200 members are active regularly I would guess. I volunteered with Madison County, Al typing their marriage records and such until I was no longer able to do so, they have done a super great job!!! My Dna successes are still to vague for me to understand. I just upgraded my test though. (Done for me by a sibling) I have matched a ton of other surnames as well as some WILLIAMS but I'm not sure how we connect yet at all. Thing I'd Like to see the most in this Project: Adrian's map Idea is Awesome, I'm a VERY Visual person this would be awesome! More members!!!! Hobbies and such: Genealogy (of course!) Learning (I go through phases when I get interested in something I have to read/study/learn as much as I can till I wear myself out or find something else that leads me in another direction) Taking care of my Ebay business (Ebay ID: Satinlady) and my husband these days which has been on chemotherapy for over a year now for his Hepatitis C disease. The drugs are taking their toll on his body but it's curing the Hep C.I don't have as much time lately for genealogy as I used to (I did it almost full time for four years) but hope to be able to return to it soon in the future when my husband is not as sick. Writing (Poems/Stories/genealogies/anything!) Researching the status of Parrots in the home and how fast our rescues are filling up with unwanted ones. Researching Elephants in captivity. Bible/Da Vinci Code/and other current studies. myspace dot com sites myfamily dot com sites Next!! Kind regards, Adrian Adrian Williams Williams DNA Project Administrator http://williams.genealogy.fm/ http://www.dna-pat.com/ stickamw@earthlink.net