The August 2009 Phillips DNA project newsletter has been posted on the News page of this website. Just click on the News tab above and you can elect to read the newsletter in plain text or PDF format. This month's newsletter contains an update on our recruitment program in the UK, information about probability theory and DNA matches, a family story written by a British participant and an essay on names. If you would like to submit an article for publishing, please feel free to send it to us.