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The following DNA tests were in progress at FTDNA as of 18 July 2009:

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

07/06/2009, 309, 52586, Refine Y-DNA (38 to 67 markers)

07/06/2009, 309, 147495, Refine Y-DNA (38 to 67 markers)

07/08/2009, 309, 105015,...

Family Group 16 has become our latest group to score a European match!  Kit number 150069 traces his Phillips line back to an Owen Phillips who was born about 1810 in Ireland.  This match makes sense, because Group 16 has very Irish-looking yDNA. ...

You only have two more weeks to take advantage of FTDNA's summer sale on DNA tests.  Here are the tests that are on sale:

Y-DNA 37 Marker Test:  $119.00 (regular price $149.00)
Y-DNA 67 Marker Test:  $199.00 (regular price $238.00)
Mt-DNA Plus Test: ...

Family Group 15 has a new yDNA match.  This Philips family traces its Philips line back to Pennsylvania in the 1700s.  In western Pennsylvania at the close of the Revolutionary War, there were descendants of Joseph Philips (born about 1716) and Owen...

The British National Archives are housed at Kew Gardens in southwest London.  It is Britain's single most valuable source of primary records for social historians and genealogists.  Concern is growing that public access is under threat after an...