Have you tried the Surname Origins list? http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/SURNAME-ORIGINS.htm l I just searched their archive for "DNA" and got 19 hits, so this list might be just the venue you're looking for. Diana > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] On Behalf Of David Weston > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:57 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Y-DNA-projects] project mailing lists > > 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. >

Thanks. Hadn't seen that one before. I'll check it out. David. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Diana Gale Matthiesen Sent: July 24, 2008 11:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Y-DNA-projects] project mailing lists Have you tried the Surname Origins list? http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/SURNAME-ORIGINS.htm l I just searched their archive for "DNA" and got 19 hits, so this list might be just the venue you're looking for. Diana