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The Lost Colony Research Group is composed of staff members, interested parties and possible descendants who have joined together for research and study.
We all are volunteers who have a desire to know what happened to the Lost Colonists, and others who were left on the shores of the New World. We receive no funding or compensation for our work although we do accept contributions towards the DNA testing program.
Our goal is to provide a body of credible research, in one location, available to all researchers. Like with all popular topics, research does exist that has been intentionally slanted towards a specific agenda, generally to encourage the unwary to spend money to join an organization. Neither that research nor those individuals will be included on this site.
We require the highest standards
of research, integrity and documentation.
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February
Newsletter - 2012
Introduction
The
Citie of Raleigh how
it became The
Lost Colony
The Story of Roanoke, Sir Walter Raleigh’s Lost Colony
By Roberta Estes, copyright 2009
The Lost Colony of Roanoke….a romantic mystery that the history books haven’t treated very kindly, or at best, not accurately. Most people think of a young, loving mother holding an infant daughter, and then the picture fades to
grey, oblivion, because we don’t know what happened next.
Almost everyone has their own idea of what happened, and there are almost as many theories as people who are interested in the topic of the Lost Colony. Yes indeed, Virginia Dare, born August 18th, 1587, the first English person to be born on the land that would nearly 200 years later become the United States has become quite the enigma, the mystery that won’t be solved. Did she live? Did she marry? Is she White Doe? Was she the maiden reported to have escaped from the Powhatan slaughter? Does Virginia Dare have living descendants today? And what about the other colonists? Do they?
For
the rest of the story - Link
YOUTUBE:
There are three
presentations at YOUTUBE you might enjoy seeing what is presented. Although,
nothing of the REAL colonists is known for sure, we continue to hunt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o99Y4Brq-GY&feature=related
The DNA Projects:
The goal of this DNA project is to
compile a data base of individuals whose names are closely related to the Lost
Colony project AND those whose genealogy and family history makes them a good
candidate to actually be connected to the colonists or the Native tribes in the
geographic area of interest. Clearly,
if the colonists survived, they assimilated into one or more tribes.
Many people are interested in
joining the project to compare their DNA to that of the colonists.
Plain and simple, we don’t have the DNA of the colonists yet, or if we
do, we don’t yet have the documentation to prove it.
We have established three
different projects, each with its own special focus, to help us in our quest to
find the colonists.
What
Are the Projects?
We have three Lost Colony
projects, as follows:
1. The Y-line DNA project,
for males who have a colonist surname or a surname of interest and whose
families come from either Eastern North Carolina or England or have Native
heritage. www.familytreedna.com/public/lostcolonyydna.
2. The mitochondrial DNA project,
for males or females whose maternal line carries the Lost Colony surnames or
surnames of interest and who are from Eastern North Carolina or have Native
heritage.
3. The Family Finder project who
is for anyone who believes they are descended from the Lost Colonists.
This project was created specifically for those who have taken the Family
Finder test.
Anyone in the Y DNA project or the
mitochondrial DNA project should also join the Family Finder project if they
take the Family Finder test.
Because we are trying to build a
data base of “likely candidates”, at this time we must restrict the DNA
portion of the project to those who meet the criteria as set forth below.
Link
to article
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Donations
for DNA Testing can be made directly to Family Tree DNA's Lost Colony General
Fund by contacting
Family Tree DNA.
Use
this link http://www.familytreedna.com/public/LostColonyYDNA
And then on the left hand bar, scroll down to "contribute to general fund" and click on that link. It will then be held by
Family Tree DNA until used for funding
a Lost Colony DNA test or tests.
Admin Lost Colony DNA Project
contact
link
Administrators
are volunteers and receive no compensation or incentives
from
Family Tree DNA, or any other DNA company or any genealogy company
such as
Ancestry.com or others
OUR
Group has a
private mailing list TLCGP members (Yahoogroups.com) by invitation only,. Write
us about joining..
You
do not have to DNA test to be part of the group, but if you have a surname of
interest, it
would help document your lineage. To join the research group contact one
of the staff via
email
links at staff bios.
http://www.theshipslist.com/Forms/marriagesatsea.html
The
Projects Blog
http://the-lost-colony.blogspot.com/
Please come visit.
Facebook
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lost-Colony-of-Roanoke-DNA-
Project/126053773239?ref=ts
Become a fan !
Help Support the
Project:
Please visit our Lost Colony Store.
http://www.cafepress.com/lostcolony
We have wonderful items designed by professional graphic artists (who happen to be
our volunteers as well) for sale to raise money to fund our ongoing research and DNA projects. We have t-shirts, sweatshirts, book bags, children's
items, mouse pads, mugs and many other items. Buy some for your self and please think of us for your gift-giving needs.
We thank you for your support of our project!
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A
NOTE ON MUSIC PLAYED IN ENGLAND WHEN OUR COLONISTS LEFT:
Written
by John Sankey
The music playing is
composed by William Byrd (1543-1623) was one of England's most gifted and respected composers of the late Renaissance.
Period Composer William Byrd
John Sankey is the musician.
http://www.johnsankey.ca/
for music = http://www.johnsankey.ca/byrd.html
From John Sankey:
All my
harpsichord recordings are Copyright © John Sankey, 2000, under the Berne
convention in order to protect the right of all to continue to use them
freely. Anyone may copy, link to, or distribute any of them as much as they
wish as long as this notice of copyright and permission to further
copy is distributed with all copies. You are free to modify them as you wish
for your personal use, but I require that solely my original unaltered files
be posted or distributed to others. No one may restrict their further use as
above in any way, by collection copyright or any other means. The courtesy of
a site reference or credit is always appreciated.
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