Congratulations James,
What a wonderful result! Thank you for letting us know about your success!
I join you in encouragement to recruit other Carroll males to the Project.
And PLEASE be sure to upload the new Y-DNA data into ySearch to assist
others in finding kin
How can we get new recruits? I have had a wild thought of going to
GenForum, surname Carroll, where there are over 8000 Carroll inquiries, and
send each one a invitation to join us in the Y-DNA community. But that
would take quite a while, and would probably get me booted off GenForum.
Getting the word out of successes such as yours is probably the best way to
go. You might consider posting your success story at the Carroll Mailing
List at RootsWeb, and also at GenForum.
Best Wishes,
Eric Olson
[Original Message]
From: <JWC51(a)aol.com>
To: <CARROLL-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: 2/28/2006 11:20:21 AM
Subject: [CARROLL-DNA] RECENT SUCESSES/ ENCOURAGEMENT TO RECRUIT OTHERS
This is James Carroll, Kit # 28645 (first one listed on the Carroll web
site). I joined the project early on. We have been able to go back no
further
than my fourth great-grandfather, Michael Carroll, who lived in
Orange
County,
North Carolina, born ca. 1766 (but birthplace and state unknown). A
distant
cousin hired a prominent genealogical researcher and publisher in
North
Carolina about 15 years ago to do "on-ground" research in North
Carolina, who first
discovered that Michael was the father of my third great
grandfather,
Moses
Carroll. But he could establish no definitive blood relationship
with
other
Carrolls in the area with whom Michael was associated.
I came on the scene about three years ago, and discovered these other
researchers, and have now taken the lead in getting past the proverbial
brick
wall.
I made two trips to North Carolina, and last fall spent three days in
the
NC
State Archives. I found documents proving who Michael's wife was
(the
widow
of a Tory who was sentenced to death for treason), along with many
other
documents that provided some fascinating information about his life and
death,
but nothing to definitively identify his parents.
After having no matches with any Carroll DNA participants , last
November I
received notice of a 12 marker match, and encouraged the family
member
of the
participant with whom I corresponded to expand it to at least 25. We
subsequently matched on 24 of 25. They had information going back to
Texas in the
late 1800's. After further research, I was able to work back to
a Hugh
Carroll,
who lived in Nashville, TN, who was born in North Carolina in 1819,
even
locating a great granddaughter who confirmed the information. I'm still
working
to go beyond Hugh to see if I can find a link with Michael.
Then in the past couple of weeks, I was notified of a 36 of 37 match(not
posted yet).This individual is still forwarding me information, but his
earliest
known ancestor is Zedekiah D. Carroll, born in York, SC, in 1802. A
census
search indicates his parents were born in Virginia. I have always
suspected
Michael or his ancestors migrated to NC from VA. So I am just
beginning
to
search for a link here.
I say all of that to say this. I believe that DNA will be the tool that
will
enable me to find the ancestors of Michael Carroll, if they are to
be
found.
We have exhausted the traditional means. I want to encourage
everyone to
recruit as many Carrolls as possible to participate in the DNA project
for
everyone's benefit. I have studied what some other surname
families have
done
through DNA, and the results and the connections they have been able
to
make are
amazing. But they have numerous participants. I recently
corresponded
with a
Carroll that I discovered on a web site who had submitted a sample
that
was
lost, and upon receiving another kit, lost it during the middle of a
crisis. I
encouraged them to try again, even offering to help pay for it. They
have
requested another kit.
My bottom line - let's actively recruit others to participate. I've seen
how
fruitful the results have been for others. We can see that too.If
you're
still awake after reading my mini-novel, thanks for your time.
James
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