David brought up the matter of whether he could talk about the early, pre-paper ancestry of his WESTONs on this list, and I had to say no, because I thought these could best be discussed on a haplogroup or regional list -- or GENEALOGY-DNA. But there is another option. Have you considered opening a WESTON-DNA mailing list? I see there isn't one: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/DNA/ I've opened a surname-DNA list for each of my projects, and I don't think I can conceive of having a project without one. The problem with a WESTON-DNA list might be that, for discussions that are "pre-paper," it might not give you a broad enough audience. A haplogroup or regional list might still be the way to go. Diana

Actually, I don't need to. The List Admin for our Rootsweb WESTON mailing list has no problem with me discussing DNA topics on the list, which I do on occassion. The challenge their of course is the audience knows very little about DNA testing and hasn't expressed any interest. Effectively, I end up talking to an empty room :-) I need a place, where people no what I am talking about and are tackling similiar questions about their surname origins. The challenge for me in using other DNA lists is that my interests cross the boundaries of many lists, where no one list covers all the topics I am looking to discuss. And, Genealogy-DNA is too technical and tends to ignore queries of a personal research nature, unless you're one of the gurus. I've tried. I am not aware of any list (nor do I have the time to start one), that covers the period from around the 11th to 15th centuries when western European surnames were first being adopted. Oh well, that's why we have books :-) Cheers, David. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Diana Gale Matthiesen Sent: July 24, 2008 10:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Y-DNA-projects] project mailing lists David brought up the matter of whether he could talk about the early, pre-paper ancestry of his WESTONs on this list, and I had to say no, because I thought these could best be discussed on a haplogroup or regional list -- or GENEALOGY-DNA. But there is another option. Have you considered opening a WESTON-DNA mailing list? I see there isn't one: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/DNA/ I've opened a surname-DNA list for each of my projects, and I don't think I can conceive of having a project without one. The problem with a WESTON-DNA list might be that, for discussions that are "pre-paper," it might not give you a broad enough audience. A haplogroup or regional list might still be the way to go. Diana