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Friends,
This past month has been busy for the Coe DNA Project. DNA samples for John Talbert Coe of Florida USA, Aaron Alexander Coe of Annapolis USA, Charles Thomas Coe of Whittier, CA USA, and Norman Gladden Coe of Baltimore USA were received at FTDNA for analysis. I just received notice that Anthony Thomas Coe of London, England, ordered a DNA kit. Results for the group should start posting soon. As always, I will keep you updated with details.
I have posted a new photo and bio at the Coe Hall of Fame at The Coe Group webpage. I think you will find this one especially timely and interesting. Many here in the US and perhaps across the world have been reading and seeing on the news of efforts to save and expand the Florida Everglades. What you may not know is that the father of Everglades National Park was Ernest Francis Coe (Ernest Fancis9, Edward8, Walter7, Levi6, Thomas5, Robert4, John3, Robert2, Robert1). Ernest Coe's English/American ancestor was Robert Coe (1596-1689), 1634 Puritan immigrant to Massachusetts. The National Park Service recently dedicated the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center in Everglades Park. You can read more on Ernest Coe and his efforts to preserve this precious world treasure here:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=525065&o=all&o...
For the first time I would like to recommend for your reading two outstanding Coe books. The first is "Chronicles of the Coe Colony" (Burkesville, KY: Xerxes Publishing, 2007) by Samuel S. Coe. I first read this book in manuscript form from a copy on file at the Glasgow Public Library in Barren County, KY. Wow . . . what a story! Samuel Coe, whose father was born on the Coe Plantation at Coe, KY, chronicles his family's trials and tribulations at the hands of a few local ruffians after the American Civil War. This book would make an amazing movie. A new printing is available for the first time since 1930 and can be acquired at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Coe-Colony-Samuel-S/dp/0979...
The second is a related book: William Lynwood Montell's "The Saga of Coe Ridge" (Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1970). Noted historian Lynwood Montell narrates the story of both the Coe slaves and Coe family that brought them from North Carolina to Kentucky in 1809. Many American Black Coes trace their ancestry to this family and the property known as Coe Ridge given to them by their former owners at the close of the American Civil War. Each Memorial Day descendants gather on Coe Ridge on the Tennessee/Kentucky line to celebrate their heritage and renew family bonds. This outstanding book can also be acquired at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Saga-Coe-Ridge-Study-History/dp/087049...
We desperately need more Coes from around the world to participate in the DNA Project. We have DNA samples from most branches of the Coe family in North America, the majority of which trace their ancestry to East Anglia. There is a good representation of Coes here who trace their ancestry to Desborough, Northamptonshire, as well. We need more international samples to help identify the origin of other families, plus document for posterity as many branches of the worldwide Coe family as possible. Project goals are simple but lofty: “To scientifically identify and document all Coe families of the world.”
To review and compare Coe DNA results posted to-date, please click on this link: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Coe%20Family%20DNA%20Pro.... For more information and to review past DNA Project reports, please see: http://blog.myspace.com/carlrcoe. To join the Coe DNA Project and take advantage of our 40% group discount, please use this link: https://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.aspx?code=N65083&special=true
Thank you for your continued interest and support! And a special thank you to James Delano Coe of Bloomington, IL USA, for his recent donation to the Coe DNA Project General Fund. His kindness and generosity will help others identify and document their family origins.
Thank You,
Carl Robert Coe
Marysville, OH 43040-9012
http://www.myspace.com/carlrcoe
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=562709570
ccoe2@columbus.rr.com
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