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• 05/31/2009: Geocities Closing Down this Year

  Created: Sunday, 31 May 2009 10:37

    Geocities will be closing down later this year (2009). There are many genealogy sites on Geocities, and sadly, many of these sites may be lost if the owners don't move the sites to a new location. Yahoo is not notifying anyone about this individually ...

• 05/30/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Saturday, 30 May 2009 11:01

  The following tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 30 May 2009:  Due Date, Kit number, Type of Test 05/11/2009, 46393, Deep Clade Extended 06/08/2009, 148515, Deep Clade I 06/24/2009, 116854, Refine Y-DNA (26 to 37 markers) 06/26/2009, 150069, Y-...

• 05/28/2009: May 2009 ISOGG Newsletter

  Created: Thursday, 28 May 2009 13:53

  The International Society of Genetic Genealogy publishes an interesting newsletter.  The May issue discusses the benefits of long-term DNA storage provided by some but not all labs as well a new BBC program called "The Incredible Human Journey" and the...

• 05/26/2009: GeneTree and SMGF Team Up

  Created: Tuesday, 26 May 2009 11:08

  There is an article in the May 26th edition of the Genetic Genealogist by Blair Bettinger about a new company called Genetree and Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation, which is a non-profit organization.  GeneTree and SMGF have announced a special...

• 05/23/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Saturday, 23 May 2009 06:11

    Phillips Tests in Progress at FTDNA as of 23 May 2009 Kit number, Type of Test, Due Date 46393, Deep Clade Extended, 05/11/2009148515, Deep Clade I, 06/08/2009116854, Refine Y-DNA (26 to 37 markers), 06/24/2009150069, Y-DNA (1 to 37 markers), 06/26/...

• 05/21/2009: DNA versus Daughters of the American Revolution

  Created: Thursday, 21 May 2009 08:47

  Whit Athey, the editor of the Journal of Genetic Genealogy, has written an enlightening editorial about why the Daughters of the American Revolution will not accept DNA evidence to support the documentation of a lineage in an application for membership...

• 05/19/2009: Two DNA Matches for Group 17 found at SMGF

  Created: Tuesday, 19 May 2009 18:51

  Two perfect yDNA matches to the yDNA of Phillips Family Group 17 have been found in the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation database.  One of the matches is especially interesting because he traces his paternal line back to Shrewsbury in Shropshire...

• 05/17/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Sunday, 17 May 2009 15:24

  The following DNA tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 17 May 2009: Kit number, Type of Test, Due Date 46393, Deep Clade Extended, 05/11/2009 148515, Deep Clade I, 06/08/2009 116854, Refine Y-DNA (26 to 37 markers), 06/24/2009 150069, Y-DNA (1 to 3...

• 05/14/2009: FTDNA Offers Discounts on DNA Upgrades

  Created: Thursday, 14 May 2009 13:42

  Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) is offering discounts on upgrades for people who have already gotten DNA tests through FTDNA.  Act quickly, because this sale will only last from May 14th through May 23rd.  Here are the sale prices: Refine 12 markers to 67 ma...

• 05/13/2009: Africans Have World's Highest Genetic Diversity

  Created: Wednesday, 13 May 2009 09:15

  A report published in the Science Express journal says that Africans are more genetically diverse than the inhabitants of the rest of the world combined.  This report suggests it is difficult to trace African ancestry back to a particular tribe or et...

• 05/11/2009: Two New Phillips Families Identified Through DNA!

  Created: Monday, 11 May 2009 09:57

  We have just added two new Phillips families identified through matching yDNA:  Phillips Family Group 51 and Phillips Family Group 52.   The earliest known paternal Phillips ancestor in Group 51 is James Phillips who was born around 1802 or 1803 prob...

• 05/09/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Saturday, 09 May 2009 12:28

  The following DNA tests were in progress as of 9 May 2009 at FTDNA: Kit number, Type of Test, Due Date 20699, Refine Y-DNA (37 to 67 markers), 05/18/2009 74772, Refine to Mega mtDNA, 05/18/2009 46393, Deep Clade Extended, 05/11/2009 148515, Deep Clad...

• 05/07/2009: Adoptee Discovers Possible Italian Roots

  Created: Thursday, 07 May 2009 17:36

  A British man who was adopted at birth recently joined our Phillips DNA Project.  This man knew his birth mother's surname was Phillips, but had no idea about his birth father.  He was born 1942 in Kent.  His yDNA tested Haplogroup E1b1b1, which is a...

• 05/05/2009: A British Match for Family Group 8!

  Created: Tuesday, 05 May 2009 13:44

  Phillips Family Group 8 has gotten their first match with a living man in England!  Last month, Group 8 discovered that their yDNA matches yDNA recovered from some 3000-year-old Bronze Age skeletons found in a cave in Germany.  Now they have a match wit...

• 05/03/2009: Phillips DNA Tests in Progress at FTDNA

  Created: Sunday, 03 May 2009 15:09

  The following Phillips DNA tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 3 May 2009: Kit number, Type of Test, Due Date 147495, Y-DNA (1 to 37 markers), 05/15/2009 20699, Refine Y-DNA (37 to 67 markers), 05/18/2009 74772, Refine to Mega mtDNA, 05/18/2009 4...

• May 2009 Phillips DNA Newsletter

  Created: Friday, 01 May 2009 15:02

  The May 2009 Phillips DNA Project Newsletter is available for reading in text format, PDF or XPS.  Just click on the News tab above and then click on Newsletter Main Page.  If that is too much trouble, here is a link.  The May newsletter has informatio...