Re: Plantagenet Y-DNA project - contacting the Somersets
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Re: Plantagenet Y-DNA project - number of markers needed for particular names
Elizabeth Britton 8/01/07
Lindsey,
I am not sure whether it may be just a waste of time contacting the Somesets. However, as I do not seem to be able to talk Bryan Sykes or FT-DNA into supporting this endeavour, I may get round to trying the excercise myself.
I think I may hold off for a while however, until I get preprints of my Nomina 30 paper on the Plantagenet name. I could then include a copy of this paper when writing to the Somersets in the hope that it might help with breaking the ice with them. Though I wrote this paper in January, it may not be until the end of the year that I receive the reprints; the editor of Nomina has asked me not to reveal too much detail of the paper until Volume 30 of Nomina has been circulated to its subscribers around the year end.
In the meantime, I am continuing to see what support I can muster. I fear that the problem may well be that I do not carry enough weight with the nobility and their relatives to make any progress. I have today sent details of the project to both:[email protected] and the GENEALOGY-DNA mailing list. It remains to be seen if this leads to anything useful. I am not holding my breathe but I guess we have to try.
If you have already collected together any addresses for the Somersets, I should be glad to receive a copy. You have already indicated where to find a few; but, I have not yet myself worked through to collect them together. I suppose another possibilty might be working through phonebooks and the electoral role. I have not tried that.
Best regards,
John
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Re: Plantagenet Y-DNA project - contacting the Somersets
Elizabeth Britton 8/01/07
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Elizabeth Britton 8/03/07
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Re: Plantagenet Y-DNA project - contacting the Somersets