Texas State Genealogical Society is proud to announce the winners of two FamilyTreeDNA test kits. Names of all members of the Early Texans DNA Project who submitted the completed application form by 15 January 2019 were entered into a drawing. This included all members who joined any time from the project inception until the deadline date. Two winners were selected at random. The universe wisely chose winners from both early and recent submissions.
Carrie Woolverton, one of our earliest project members, won a FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder (autosomal DNA) test with a mtFullSequence (Full Mitochondrial DNA) test. The value of the kit at today’s prices is $278. This kit can be used by a man or a woman.
Debra Osborne Spindle, one of our newest project members, won a FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder (autosomal DNA) test with a Y-111 STR marker test. The value of the kit at today’s prices is $438. This kit can be used only by a man as only men have a Y chromosome.
These kits were a generous contribution from Rev. Cynthia Forde in exchange for some DNA advice from our DNA project chair Debbie Parker Wayne.
Congratulations, Carrie and Debra! Thank you, Cynthia!
During the promotional period for this contest 287 new members joined the project and 56 members completed the application form, some for more than one qualifying ancestor. The DNA project team is working as quickly as possible to get all of the lineages entered into the project database.
Join us and contribute your DNA to learn as much as possible about our early Texas ancestors.
One lineage application form must be submitted for each test taker for each qualifying ancestor. The form submission provides permission to access your DNA and to share your lineage information in the online database. The data on the form is handled programmatically reducing errors that might be generated by retyping the data.
The application form is available at https://www.txsgs.org/TSGS/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/TxSGS_DNA_application.pdf.
For more information about the project see https://www.txsgs.org/programs/dna-project/early-texans/.
The lineage information is in the public database at https://www.txsgs.org/TXSGS_DNA/.
If you tested at Family Tree DNA, please login to your account. You can then allow access to DNA analysis tools at FamilyTreeDNA by clicking the JOIN button at https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/tx-state-gs/about/background.
If you tested elsewhere, please create an account then transfer your DNA data from the other testing company. For instructions on transferring data from another testing company see https://www.familytreedna.com/learn/imports/transfer-autosomal-ancestry/family-tree-dna-family-finder-transfer-program/. You can then allow access to DNA analysis tools at Family Tree DNA by clicking the JOIN button at https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/tx-state-gs/about/background.
I am filling out the application and have found an issue with finding marriage license information on some G Grandparents. Can I submit the information that I do have on the app without marriage license information? Is it enough that they are buried together and in some cases the wife’s name is on the death certificate?
Thank you for this question and your interest in the Early Texans DNA Project, Michelle. Reply is from Debbie Parker Wayne.
In genealogy there are always some events where the expected records cannot be found. Indirect evidence from other sources can be combined to support a conclusion. The sources you name can be combined with census, land, and other records to confirm the hypothesis.
We want the database we are building to contain the most accurate family trees possible. In order to accurately evaluate the DNA data we need both the DNA data and the lineage of each test taker. Without both of these pieces we can not reach any credible conclusions. For every generation from the DNA test taker back to the qualifying ancestor we need the best sources available to support the link between parent and child, birth date and place of each person, death date and place of each person, marriage date and place of each couple.
Please complete the form using the best sources you have. There are several fields on the lineage application form where notes can be entered explaining the situation. For complicated cases, a proof argument can be submitted with the application form in a separate Word document or PDF file.