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A British website called The National Trust presents the findings of a project based at University College London that is investigating the distribution of surnames in Great Britain, both current and historic.  It allows users to trace the geography and...

Here is a link to an article in the European Journal of Human Genetics about the discovery of Haplogroup A1, a globally rare and archetypically African sublineage, that has been found in 7 out of 18 Yorkshire men carrying the same surname.

The following DNA tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 12 September 2009:

Due Date, Batch #, Kit #, Type of Test

10/02/2009, 320, 159622, Y-DNA37

10/05/2009, 322, 156136, Various Y-DNA Markers

10/09/2009, 321, 160099, Y-DNA37

10/12/2009, 323,...

The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command is trying to identify the remains of individuals who have died in past wars.  They have five men named Phillips in their database.  Read more about how to help in our Families Needed section at thislink.  This effort seems...

For a significant research project, Professor Bryan Sykes, the Oxford-based geneticist, will be collecting data in collaboration with NEHGS in the Boston area the week of September 14-18.  He is interested in identifying documented descendants of...