Oliver Lines of Descent from Olivers in the Magenta Group

This web page was first mounted on March 25, 2008 by Sheila Schmutz. sheila.schmutz@usask.ca and updated on March 25, 2008. This is a private webpage that has no "official" connection to FTDNA or the Oliver Surname Y DNA Project there, or at any other such company. Please address corrections and additions to her. If you wish to correspond with other participants whose lines are shown, she will forward your message to them.

Mr. Pat Oliver coordinates The Oliver Y DNA Project. The results of the Oliver men who have participated in Y DNA testing through this project are shown on his webpage. This webpage focuses only on the men who are highlighted in magenta, among the many Oliver men who have been tested thus far.

I am not related to this group but present this page as a "sister" page to the one on the men in the "bright yellow group" to whom I am related. Both groups have a connection to Georgia. I have had a long standing interest in the Oliver Families who settled in Georgia, and one of these did.

• Dashed line = No hard evidence, assumptions made based on similar time and place and occasionally by reports of others who have posted information on WorldConnect
• Solid line = Some evidence such as a Bible record, will, court record or census record.
• Black line = Line based on genealogy with DNA results not yet available.
• Magenta line = Line based on genealogy, supported by DNA results.

Note that the names of the participants and their Fathers are not shown to protect the privacy of the individuals. If individuals do not wish their line to be shown at all, please contact me and I will respect your wishes.

The chart above illustrates the lines of the 3 men who have been Y DNA tested and match. A fourth line is shown for someone who suspects they may match.

Useful References

Links to Other Related Sites

• Oliver Families in the Magenta Group of the Oliver Y DNA project My gedcom file with notes indicating the references which support these lines is available on WorldConnect.
• Charles Oliver Timelines in Pre-1830 Georgia A set of charts which attempts to show timelines for several Charles Oliver. I suspect some of these have errors, based on Y DNA data.
• Oliver Y DNA project at FTDNA This is the site to view the actual haplotype data and sign up to participate if you are not already tested and would like to be.
• Y Search This website althoughs men who have been tested to look for matches, even if they were tested with a company other than FTDNA
• The Genographic Project
Another Y DNA project co-hosted by National Geographic that some Oliver men participate in, if they know their ancestor's country of origin (you can participate in more than one with the same DNA sample)
• Wikipedia Y DNA haplogroup Explanation
• The locations of individuals named Oliver living in Great Britain in 1881 and 1998
Select the year and name to see a map of Great Britain with areas highlighted by occupancy
• RootsWeb Genealogy Repository
A searchable database that allows free access to genealogies and other valuable information for genealogical research

Printed Oliver References Related to These Families

BACK TO Georgia Olivers for a listing of all Olivers in pre-1830 Georgia

BACK TO Oliver Lines of Descent from the Caroline County, VA Region a related page on Oliver men in the Bright Yellow Group of the Oliver Y DNA project