The following new message has been added to the Williams Genealogy Forums, on the Williams DNA Project board under the existing topic of Re: Recruiting Participants in the UK/Wales... -------------------------------- This is an excellent question and a worthwhile effort, in my opinion. I think the solution is to "get local". What I mean by that is, the most active genealogy message servers and websites for the UK and Wales are at the County level. I subscribe to the Anglesey county (Wales) genealogy message service, for example. There are several messages there each week, with "Williams" frequently appearing. With a surname as common as Williams, there is no reason for me to subscribe to a Wales-wide message service. Therefore, I think a concise message to each Wales/UK county message board might get some new recruits. I already tried to drum up some interest in Williams DNA a few months back on the Anglesey board. Hard to know if we got any new members as a result. There were only a couple responses to my message. One person was concerned about discovering private family secrets such as illegitimate children. I responded that this would be good information to have!