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A Pioneer Surname DNA Project

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In Memorial of

Harold Johnson

Colonial Virginia Connections

Website of Linda Sparks Starr

Forest and Tree

Wise is the person who sees the forest
From its grandeur inspiration glean.
Wiser still the person who sees the tree;
When the tree is what needs seen.

May we then in living life
Be it pleasure, pain, or strife
Steadily that wisdom learn
Their differentially discern. 

(Participant 58215)

Our Testing Lab

Out of Dust

Out of dust we came, thus life began,
Of infinitesimal ‘magnitude’ made;
With ability to recreate
When two of us would mate.

Our likeness the creations displayed;
Eventually labeled by name - Man.

The power of deductive thought
Was the blessing he held;
Himself life’s mysteries taught;
Himself with his space meld.

Moved by curiosity, need,
Traveled the millennia expanse,
Across the earth journeyed.

Occurred differentiation when
’magnitudes’ were lost or new;
A different us was created then.

Today J, J, J labeled with its DNA core,
Gathered near northern Europe’s Atlantic shore
Where tales of space did dominate explore
Are full of determination’s blood, guts, and gore.

But oh! Their songs, poems, and music can
Sooth the savage breast when laid
Upon the savage beasties plate.
Let this brotherhood then advocate
Solidarity around the Johnston Plaid;
We are “Aye ready,” a Scottish Clan.

ilj - 2006

Poem by J/J/J participant #58215

(Scottish lineage)

Purpose

-It is hoped that this page will be of help in keeping J/J/J members updated on the latest news, links and events related to genetic genealogy. Previously, an attempt has been made to keep members informed of the latest trends by using a periodic bulk email mailing. However, with the field of DNA research rapidly expanding with new announcements almost daily, bulk emailing is not well suited for this task. There is likely to be a need for occasional bulk emails from time to time ...so be prepared!
Notice: Input for this page from J/J/J members is appreciated!

J/J/J  Web Site Latest News- Additions & New information from your administrators related to the project, and the website.

J/J/J  Project Stats- New member announcements….new groups…etc…

News Announcements-  This section will devoted to current news related to FTDNA & Genetic Genealogy.

Web Links- The latest web links...some very interesting, others less so! These links

will be added as I receive them and stay posted for as long as space allows.

J/J/J Web Site Latest News

J/J/J Members,

  We are currently in need of a Librarian for the UK, as well as Canada, to compile information being sent in by members from those countries to be shared amongst other researchers.  If you are interested in becoming the librarian for one on these countries, please contact Lee.

Thanks,

Lee

Sherrie

Site Updates:

July 22, 2009-Canadian Library section added

July 22, 2009- Member’s list page 7 began!!

July 22, 2009- J/J/J Project Brochure added to main Index page.

July 22, 2009- UK Library Section added

July 19, 2009- Australia Library Section added.

July 18, 2009- New Zealand Library Section added.

July 18, 2009- Keith Johnson volunteers to be librarian for NZ and Australia

July 04, 2009- English Civil War Veteran’s page added.

April 25, 2009- Spanish-American War Veteran’s page added.

April 25, 2009- Mexican-American War Veteran’s page added.

April 21, 2009- Rev. War Pension abstracts added to bottom of Rev. War Vet’s page.

April 6, 2009- Additional site communications site established for Group Leader’s.

Feb. 28, 2009- Seven Years War page added (aka French & Indian War)

Feb. 28, 2009- J/J/J Brochure added to Help Desk & file opens with “Word”

Jan. 23, 2009- Civil War Veteran’s page added.

Jan. 23, 2009- General Fund link added.

Dec. 26, 2008- Presidential DNA pages added.

Dec. 26, 2008- War of 1812 Veteran’s Page added.

Oct 31, 2008- Johnson Revolutionary War Vet’s page. 

Sept. 30, 2008- J/J/J Research Library added.

J/J/J  Project Stats- 

We Would Like to Welcome New Members With Returned Kits!

J/J/J  Project Stats- As of Oct 31, 2009.... 686 kits have been ordered with 676 received at the lab!

We would like to welcome our Newest Family Group!

Vistitor Totals from Oct.:

657

Total Visitors:

1289

FTDNA News Announcements

Our Holiday Season promotion will bring back the discount that we offered this summer for the Y-DNA37, since this has been requested by many of our project administrators.

Orders for the above tests need to be placed and paid for by December 31, 2009 to receive the sale price.

IMPORTANT: since this promotion will run through the months of November and December, we encourage you to spread the word starting now, as the natural tendency is for people to order at the last minute, and we will not extend it beyond 12/31/2009.

In addition here are the newly released permanent prices for the Full Mitochondria Sequence:

Bennett Greenspan
President
Family Tree DNA

Web Links-

Clan Johnstone

Clan Johnstone of America

Clan Johnstone of Australia

Clan Johnstone of the UK

Clan Johnstone of New Zealand

Australia & New Zealand Johnstons Yahoo Group-  As the search for surnames is popular in a global sense many would like to niche their research to a Country or indeed a Province or County, the newly created Group of “Johnston’s in Australia” is a Forum and Network for those who are seeking genealogical and family tree information about their Johnston/e [and all derivatives] surname in Australia/New Zealand and their ties and roots to the surname "JOHNSTON/E".

American-French Genealogical Society

When is a Johnson Not a Johnson?- Report by Joseph Keith Johnston

Attention: Johnson’s of Irish descent

Here is the site where I have some of the original DNA samples from
Johnson’s and McShane’s.  What this does not show is all the O'Neill’s that
have matches with us as well.  We should figure out a way to link the
sites so Irish Johnson’s know to look into the McShane-O'Neill history
for their possible origins.
Cheers,
J.R.
http://www.clanmcshane.org/registry.htm

A very simple Haplogroup locale chart for both mtDNA and Y-DNA. Compiled by Georgia Kinney Bopp.

An interesting list of publications written by members of the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation  staff show the broad range of research topics being investigated by this Foundation.

Neanderthal's fossil yields bits of elusive DNA A tiny fossil fragment from a Neanderthal man who lived and died 38,000 years ago has yielded the first snippets ever discovered of the extinct creature's crucial genes -- and they show that the species was strikingly identical to our own human ancestors

Might mating between an ancient human and a Neanderthal - perhaps occurring in only a single instance - have introduced a gene variant into the human population that enhanced human brain function?

Solving the riddle of China's so called "celtic" mummies.... see this report of this hot topic!

An interesting educational site about Northern Europe's ancient bog people

The International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) has compiled a free listing resource for genetic genealogical professional consultants and related services (products not applicable at this time):  

http://www.isogg.org/consult.htm

To those of our J/J/J Project interested in exploring the scientific significance of DYS markers, a chart has been posted at :  http://isogg.org/markersig.htm

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If you have reports, files, etc… that you would like to have us link to, or post on this page,

 please email Lee.

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Contacts:

Lee Johnson  Administrator | Sherrie Boone  Co-Administrator |

Barbara Hockman Pedigree Coordinator | Tony Johnson Librarian | Euell Johnson Research Analyst

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Notice: Neither this project's administrator(s) nor it's group leaders receive any monetary benefits from this project. Their work is voluntary in support of the belief that this information should be freely shared with the genealogical community; however the individual participants as contributors the administrator(s)  reserve copyright privileges lest anyone attempt to publish the reports, in whole or in part, for profit or any other purpose.

Revision Date: 11 May 2008

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