The Whitmore et al surname project will use a variety of documents and techniques to delineate the various family lines. The ultimate goal, of course, is to determine, as scientifically as possible, the ancestry of each of the participants in the project. In the process, we will hopefully prove or disprove legends that have passed from one researcher to the next without proof. This will be, without a doubt, a long-term project!

• Each participant will have an accompanying pedigree, back to the furthest Whitmore (et al) ancestor. We will need to know what documentation has led to the conclusions in these pedigrees, and which links are strictly hypotheses. These hypotheses will become the subjects of the study.
• The administrators, with the help of any and all Whitmore (et al) researchers will seek participants for each of the identified family lines.
• As the DNA samples are analyzed, we will be able to confirm or disprove the hypotheses defined, and also to create new hypotheses.

Project administrators are:

• Harold B. Whitmore, coordinator/recruiter for UK lines
• Nancy Whitmore Childrey, coordinator/recruiter for Swiss lines.
• Ann Winder, webmaster, database administrator.

Please note that the administrators are all volunteer genealogists, and are not paid by Rootsweb or by the chosen testing lab, Family Tree DNA.

Table of Contents

1. Project Status
2. DNA collection and analysis
• Introduction to Genetic Genealogy
• Hypotheses: What do we want to prove?
• Secondary Sources for Link Between Francis and Thomas Whitmore
• More Notes about link between Francis and Thomas Whitmore
• Full Chart of DNA Test Results from Family Tree DNA
• Analysis of DNA Results
  • Summary of Latest Updates
  • All Participants
  • Participants Assigned to Haplogroup E3b.
  • Participants Assigned to Haplogroup I.
  • Participants Assigned to Haplogroup J.
  • Participants Assigned to Haplogroup R1b.
  • New England Whitmore Haplotypes, Thomas Whittemore of Charlestown, MA; Thomas Wetmore of Middletown, CT; Francis Whitmore of Cambridge, MA. Proof that there is no close relationship among these three families.
3. Pedigree Database
• Surnames included on pedigree charts
4. Acknowledments and Thank You to donors and sponsors

Links to related websites:

• Derek Whitmore's Whitmore Ancestry, a UK Website.