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Lost Colony Frequently Asked Questions
Lost Colony Information
and Frequently Asked Questions Thank you for your interest
in the Lost Colony project. Whether
the DNA you carry makes you eligible for participation in the DNA portion of the
project or not, there are many ways to participate. 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.
Because we are trying to build a data base of “likely candidates”, at
this time we must restrict the project to those who meet the criteria as set
forth below. Who
Can Join? You can join the Lost
Colony DNA projects if you fulfill one or more of the following criteria for the
Y-line or mtdna lines you have been tested for: ·
Your surnames include those of the
Colonists or others on the interest list AND your family is proven to descend
from Eastern North Carolina, preferably before 1700, or the areas of interest
shown on the maps later in this document. ·
You have a history of Native
Ancestry from this area, confirmed or unconfirmed. ·
You have an oral history of Lost
Colony ancestry. The list of colonist names
and other surnames of interest can be found here: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~molcgdrg/sur/1surnames.htm Managing a project of this
magnitude (by volunteers) is a daunting prospect. In order to assure that our records are complete for those
who join and that the lines in question match the criteria above, you will be
asked for your genealogy pertaining to the DNA tested lines before joining. However,
just because your DNA lines don’t qualify you to join the DNA project doesn’t
mean you can’t participate. There
are many other ways. If
I Don’t Qualify to Join the DNA Project, How Can I Participate? Yline and mitochondrial DNA
are only representative of two of our ancestral lines on our pedigree chart.
There are many more and those may contain colonist or other names of
interest. You can adopt one (or
more) of these surnames and coordinate the research for that surname.
You can provide a writeup about the surname along with references for
other researchers. Check out your
surnames on the list and see what you have to offer.
We need volunteers and contacts for each surname. Completing
your DNA Pedigree Chart Obviously,
you’re interested in the Lost Colony for a reason.
Probably you carry the surnames within your pedigree chart, if not your
Y-line or mtdna. For those who can’t
participate directly in the DNA project, you can complete your DNA pedigree
chart and then use the chart to determine who in your family would be a good
representative for those colonist lines.
You can then find a “cousin” to test and sponsor their test, and they
can join the DNA project. We have
many people who sponsor others to obtain information about their ancestors DNA. Here
is an example of the DNA pedigree chart where the red oval on the right
represents your mitochondrial DNA and the blue square on the left represents
your y-line, if you’re a male.
All of the other ovals are mitochondrial DNA lines and all of the other
squares are Y dna lines.
You can see how you can
match this up with the names on your pedigree chart and then use the information
to find representatives within your family for the various colored boxes and
ovals. More detailed instructions
for the DNA Pedigree chart are here: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~molcgdrg/pubs/p3.htm I
Don’t Qualify to Join, But I Want to Compare my DNA Results to the Lost Colony
Project DNA Anyone can do that without
joining the project. First,
if you tested with Family Tree DNA, be sure that your User Preferences tab on
the left side of your personal page is set to “match against entire data base”.
Any match within the Lost Colony project whose user preference is
similarly set will appear among your matches. Secondly, you can go to the
public results pages for the yline and mtdna and compare your results. Question
– Where can I see the Public Results page for the DNA Projects? You can see the results for
the Yline project at: www.familytreedna.com/public/lostcolonyydna. You can see the results for
the mitochondrial project at: www.familytreedna.com/public/lostcolonymtdna. Lost
Colony Website and DNA Results Our Lost Colony website is
located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~molcgdrg/index.htm
and provides DNA results, research by surname and many other useful and
educational items. Our
Blog Our blog is at http://www.the-lost-colony.blogspot.com/.
You can read about the project and ask questions of those involved.
You can also subscribe. The project is also listed
at Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Colony_DNA_Project. Making
a Contribution Many
times, we want to test someone who doesn’t have the money or inclination to
test.
To date, for the most part, the administrators have paid for these tests
and other costs of running this project individually.
If you would like to contribute to DNA testing for the Lost Colony
project, please click here to contribute directly to the DNA fund.
http://www.familytreedna.com/contribution.html Our
Store We have Lost Colony
products available for sale to support this project at www.cafepress.com/lostcolony.
Please take a look. Question
– Is there a group I can join to follow the progress of the project? Major announcements will be
posted on the blog listed above, but the working group itself of those who are
intimately interested in the project on a day to day basis will be through a
special genealogical group called the Lost Colony Genealogy Research Group which
has a private Yahoo Newsgroup. Researchers
will be working together to solve the Lost Colony mysteries and to collaborate
and share information. To be
invited to the Yahoo group, contact any of the administrators. Question
– I want to have my DNA tested but don’t know where to start. Visit
our website and click on “order DNA kit”: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~molcgdrg/index.htm When
you arrive at the Family Tree DNA page, type the words “Lost Colony” into
the search box on the middle right side of their page. The
next page you see will show you both the Lost Colony Yline and mitochondrial DNA
projects. If you’re a female or
male testing your mitochondrial DNA, join the mitochondrial DNA (mtdna) project.
If you’re a male testing your paternal line, join the yline project.
After your tests results are returned, you can join multiple projects. Question
– How much does DNA testing cost? For men (surname - yline),
the tests cost as follows: 12
marker - $103 25 marker - $128 *37
marker - $153 *67
marker - $252
Maternal line testing (men
and women) mtdna (hypervariable region
1) - $103 *mtdna
plus (region 1 and 2) - $154 mtdna full sequence - $453 I've
included the $4 shipping/handling fee in all of the above prices.
These are significantly discounted from the public pricing of these tests
because of the Lost Colony project.
There are also further discounts if you purchase more than one test at a
time, such as the 37 marker plus the mtdna plus.
Check their website http://www.familytreedna.com
for current pricing and also for bundled specials.
Be sure to check within a project name to get the best pricing. For
yline testing (surname), for our project we recommend the 67 marker test.
At a minimum, the 37 marker test. For mitochindrial, the
mtdna plus is required. Tests can later be upgraded
but it costs more to do the smaller test and then the upgrade than doing the
larger test in the first place. Question
– I have already had my DNA tested with Family Tree DNA.
Can I join the Lost Colony Project with the test I’ve already had
performed or do I need to have a new test? If the DNA that was tested
is appropriately descended from the ancestor in question, you can join the Lost
Colony Yline or Mitochondrial DNA project by clicking on your blue Join button
on your personal results web page at Family Tree DNA. If your surname is listed, the Lost Colony projects will be
displayed as join options. These
surnames are clearly for the males in the project. Question
– I’ve already tested with the National Geographic Society Genographic
project. Can I join? Yes,
and it’s free. If you haven’t already transferred your results to the Family
Tree site, you’ll need to do that first. On
your personal results page for the Genographic project, at the bottom of the
page, you’ll see a link that says “to learn more”, or something similar.
Click on that link to transfer your results to Family Tree DNA.
Then you can join the Lost Colony project by following the instructions
in the previous question. Question
– I had my mitochondrial DNA tested, and I believe I may descend from a Lost
Colonist, a Native American or another family of interest from that area and I’d
like to join the Lost Colony DNA project.
However, when I click on my blue Join button, the Lost Colony projects
are not displayed. Why is this and
how can I join? As
we genealogists are all painfully aware, female last names change with every
generation, so it’s very likely that if you are tracking your maternal
genealogical line, which is your mother’s, her mother, her mother, etc., the
last name will change every generation and the last name of the current
participant is not on the Lost Colony list. That’s
fine and to be expected. You
can still easily join by clicking the blue Join button on your personal page and
scrolling down past the blue projects listed and typing the words “Lost Colony”
into the search box. You will then
see both the Yline and the mitochondrial dna (mtdna) projects listed. Click to join. Question
– I’ve had my mitochondrial DNA tested and I can’t find any matches within
surname projects. I’m very frustrated. What
can you recommend? Because mitochondrial DNA
follows the maternal line, meaning yourself, your mother, her mother, her
mother, on up the tree, the last name changes every generation, so you are very
unlikely to find any matches within surname projects. Geographic area and haplogroup projects will be much more
important to you. Geographic area projects
are projects associated with certain areas of the country, or in this case, the
Lost Colony. You will be much
better served to join one of these kinds of projects so that you are comparing
your mtdna with those of neighbors. After
all, every sister of your ancestor had a different last name, so they too are
much more likely to appear in a geographic project rather than a surname
project. You can also join a
haplogroup project that allows people of the same haplogroup to be matched
together. These project are very
important for people who are researching haplogroups. Question
- Can I join more than one project? Yes,
you can join multiple projects so you don’t need to choose between projects.
Use your join button to join projects. Question
- How can I share my genealogy with others in the DNA project? The best way to share your
genealogy is to upload a GEDCOM file with your DNA results on your personal page
at FamilyTreeDNA. This file will
only be available for those people to see who match either your yline or your
mtdna (in addition to the project administrators). You can upload different versions of your gedcom for both
yline and mtdna. To upload your
GEDCOM file, click on Gedcom on the left side of your personal results page and
instructions are provided. Family
Tree DNA does not display birth and death dates or other information, just the
basic pedigree chart, but that is enough to provide a basic pedigree chart and
will let you if you and another participant converge.
You can also share genealogical research information within the Yahoo
newsgroup. If you qualify to join
the DNA project here, you will be asked to provide your genealogical information
and it will be posted with your kit number.
Information for living people will be removed before posting. Question
– If I join the Lost Colony DNA project, will I be able to see the surnames of
people whose DNA I match? Yes,
you’ll be able to see the results in two ways. First,
all of the Lost Colony DNA information is available on the public web sites for
yline and mtdna as already noted. The
second way you’ll be able to see your personal matches is through the normal
Family Tree DNA matching procedure. If
you have your user preferences set to match the entire data base, then you’ll
see matches within their entire data base.
If your selection is set to match within the project only, then you’ll
see matches within only the Lost Colony project. Many people toggle back and forth between these settings to
see who they match within projects, then set the selection back to “entire
data base”. Your User Preference
tab us available on the left hand side of your personal page.
After making changes, be sure to click on the update button on the bottom
of the page or changes won’t take effect.
While you’re visiting this page, be sure your Most Distant Known
Ancestor field is completed as well. Question
– Since the Lost Colonists were never found, how can you compare our DNA
against theirs? That’s
a great question.
Think of this as a puzzle where the surrounding pieces will define the
shape of a missing piece. We will
be using several tools to infer the colonists DNA, if they did in fact survive.
For example, if we find DNA in the Native Tribes that matches known
surnames of colonists, that’s a huge hint.
If we can find family members from England related to the colonists, and
they test, they provide a baseline for the colonists DNA.
If we find European mitochondrial DNA in the native tribes, that’s a
significant finding as well. Many pieces of tiny data will be combined to attempt to
discover whether or not the colonists survived, and if they did, where they and
their descendants went. A very
important part of this puzzle is the genealogy and other research contributed by
DNA and other participants. Question
– I believe I may have Native American heritage.
How do I prove it? Roberta Estes, the founder
of the Lost Colony DNA Projects, wrote a paper about just that.
You can find it on our website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~molcgdrg/pubs/nah.htm. Question
– Are there any specific physical characteristics associated with the
particular group of Native Americans from the area surrounding the Lost Colony? No, not that we know of.
However, there are some physical characteristics that are associated with many
Native Americans, aside from the high cheekbones that everyone is familiar with.
They include the shovel teeth which means that your front upper 4 teeth
are curved on the back and not straight, and a ridge on the back top of those
same teeth at the gumline. Another
dental feature is a missing Carabelli's
cusp, which is indicated by a flat inner
side of the sixth tooth on the top from the center of your upper teeth.
Another possible indication is a particularly wide space between your
large and second toes and/or small toes that rest under the toes beside them.
Some tribes also have an unusually elongated or heave earlobes.
An inverted breastbone, called Chicken Breast, is also found in some
people with Native Ancestry. Many
people with Native ancestry have almond or almost oriental shaped eyes with a
fold of skin called the epicanthal fold. Facial
hair and hair on the chest and legs is often minimal or nonexistent.
While these traits alone do not indicate Native American ancestry,
The epicantal fold shown
here is a fold of skin between the bridge of the nose and the inner side of the
eyebrow. Question
– What contemporary North Carolina counties are of primary interest in the
Lost Project? Hyde, Beaufort, Chowan,
Washington, Pamlico, Tyrrell, and Bertie Counties, have records such as deeds,
wills, etc. that indicate a connection with the early colonists / natives.
There are a number of sites in all of these areas that appear to have a
connection to the colony and/or their descendants. Large numbers of the
surnames of interest are found in these counties as well. Below,
we’ve provided information about the formation of the North Carolina Counties
as well as some in South Carolina that are of interest as well due to migration.
The
Formation of the North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943 by David
L. Corbett.
Albemarle
Precinct – original county created in 1663, abolished in 1739 Anson
– formed in 1750 from Bladen County Archdale
– created in 1705 from Bath, name changed to Craven in 1712 Bath
– an original county created in
1696, abolished in 1739 – today Beaufort.
The original Bath County was divide in 1705 into Archdale, Pamtecough and
Wickham Precincts before being discontinued in 1739. Bath
was also the haunt of Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard. He is said to
have married a local girl and briefly settled in the little harbor town of Bath
about 1716. Berkeley
Precinct
– created in 1670 as a precinct in Albemarle.
Today, Perquimans county but was known as Berkeley precinct from 1671 to
1681. Beaufort
– created 1705 from Bath - location
of Chocowinity, possible settlement of the Lost Colony Bertie
Co. – created 1722 from Chowan Bladen
– formed in 1734 from New Hanover Brunswick
– formed in 1764 from Bladen and New Hanover Camden
– created from Pasquotank in 1777 Carteret
– created in 1722 from Craven Chowan
– created 1668 from Albemarle Precinct Columbus
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formed in 1808 from Bladen and Brunwsick Counties Craven
– created 1705 from the Archdale Precinct of Bath County Currituck
– created in 1668 from Albemarle Dare
– Created 1870 from
Currituck, Tyrrell and Hyde
counties, it is the county where Gum Neck is located and it is "50
miles into the main". Hatteras
Island is located in Dare County. Duplin
– formed in 1750 from New Hanover Edgecombe
– Formed in 1731 from Bertie. Neighbors
Martin and Halifax. Hyde
– 50 miles into the main –
created 1705 from Wickham Precinct of Bath Co. (formerly Wickham Co, name
changed to Hyde in 1712) Martin
- Piney
Woods is located here and is inhabited by many descendants of Native
Americans. Formed in 1774 from Halifax and Tyrrell. New
Hanover – created in 1729 from
Craven Onslow
– formed in 1734 from New Hanover Pamlico
– formed in 1872 from Beaufort and Craven Pamtecough
– created in 1705 from Bath, name changed to Beaufort in 1712 Perquimans
– created 1668 from Albemarle
Precinct. Originally known as
Berkeley Precinct from 1671 to 1681. Pasquotank
– created in 1670 as an Albemarle Precinct Pender
– formed in 1875 from New Hanover Richmond
– formed 1799 from Anson County Robeson -
Home of the Lumbee who have always had the oral
history of their ancestors being from the Lost Colony. Formed in 1787 from
Bladen. Scotland
– formed in 1899 from Richmond County Tyrrell
– located 50 miles into the main – created in 1729 from Chowan, Currituck
and Pasquotank Wickham
– created 1705 from Bath Precinct, name changed to Hyde County in 1712 Washington
– formed in 1799 from Tyrell County
Download
county maps here: http://www.ncdot.org/it/img/DataDistribution/StateTravelMap/counties.html South
Carolina Counties Additionally, there are
some South Carolina counties that border North Carolina that are also of
interest as many of the NC families moved into these areas, particularly along
the PeeDee Rivers. Chesterfield, SC Dillon, SC Horry, SC Florence, SC Marion, SC
Good
luck with your Lost Colony research!!! |
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